While electric scooters offer fun and inexpensive transportation in downtown San Antonio, riding an e-scooter comes with responsibilities. In addition to following all scooter safety measures, riders need to know San Antonio’s local laws governing e-scooter use. San Antonio officials tightened electric scooter ordinances last summer after what was criticized … Continue reading
Drunk driving accidents continue to be a deadly threat on American roads, and Texas has the dubious distinction of consistently ranking among the states with the highest number of drunk driving fatalities year after year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says 40% of all traffic deaths in Texas … Continue reading
Brownsville recently debuted a pedicab service as a transportation option for tourists and residents in its historic downtown. A pedicab is a pedaled tricycle taxi with a driver on a bicycle seat holding handlebars up front and a bench seat for passengers behind. Pedicabs are promoted as an environmentally friendly … Continue reading
No one expects to get hit by a car while walking. We learn while very young to look both ways and to cross the street with the lights. But highways in Corpus Christi have grown wider and intersections busier. Half of the fatal traffic accidents that occurred in Corpus Christi in 2018 … Continue reading
Several Texas highways, including a 145-mile interstate between Corpus Christi and San Antonio, have been called among the worst in the nation for drowsy or fatigued driving fatalities. Texas counties as a whole including Hidalgo County appear near the top of various counts of sleep-related car accident fatalities. “Falling Asleep … Continue reading
San Antonio is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. An additional one million people are forecast to move to Bexar County in the next 20 years, adding to traffic congestion and making transportation planning critically important to avoid gridlock. The current discussion about the future of … Continue reading
Texas had the most deaths in car accidents of any state in the union in 2018, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says. There were 3,303 fatal motor vehicle accidents and 3,639 deaths across Texas in 2018, according to Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics published by the Texas Department of … Continue reading
With Texas DOT statistics showing more than 3,300 fatal car accidents in a year across Texas, Corpus Christi and Nueces County residents might wonder how often people are killed in car accidents in their home on Texas’ Coastal Bend. The most recently published TX DOT Texas Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics … Continue reading
Officials say a spike in fatal car accidents in San Antonio over the last three years is due to driver negligence as well as population growth. The numbers published by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are striking: 159 fatal motor vehicle accidents and 164 deaths in Bexar County in … Continue reading
Commuters and others who regularly drive in San Antonio are well aware of Bexar County’s heavy traffic and the frequency of car accidents. What emerges under closer inspection is that many car accidents occur at intersections, and that some intersections – due to design, traffic volume or other factors – … Continue reading
