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State police forces shrink
The number of highway patrol officers has shrunk in a dozen states in the past 13 years and failed to keep pace with population gains in others,...
USA TODAY, 11/16/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Communities try to prevent pedestrian traffic deaths
Some communities are working to curtail sudden, puzzling increases in pedestrian traffic deaths while safety advocates urge states to spend more...
USA TODAY, 11/10/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Many to ride out Ida on Gulf Coast
GULF SHORES, Ala. -- An unusual late-season tropical storm chugging toward the Gulf Coast of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi wasn't enough Monday...
USA TODAY, 11/10/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Big-city mayoral races contested Tuesday
ATLANTA -- Turnout was sparse here Tuesday as voters went to the polls in a mayoral election that could give the city its first white mayor in a...
USA TODAY, 11/04/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Some cities may be in for shake-ups
ATLANTA -- Potentially historic races in Atlanta and Houston are among big-city mayoral races that voters will decide today against an economic...
USA TODAY, 11/03/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Police alert for 'peephole' drivers as winter nears
As snow and temperatures start to fall, it's "peephole driving" season in the USA. Many Americans have done it: gone outside to an ice-covered...
USA TODAY, 10/26/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
New accent on safety in road rules
Highway safety campaigns across the USA increasingly are reflecting the nation's diversity. State traffic agencies are tailoring safe driving...
USA TODAY, 10/20/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Rural roads deadlier than urban ones
States are intensifying efforts to reduce traffic fatalities on rural roads to counter a reality of highway safety: More Americans die on lonely...
USA TODAY, 10/07/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Driver's ed gets 21st-century update
CUMMING, Ga. -- In the back of a second-floor classroom at West Forsyth High School, four students in driving simulators approach stop signs, heed...
USA TODAY, 09/29/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication -
Driver's ed hangs a U-ey, returns to public schools
Driver's education in public schools, which virtually disappeared a generation ago, could be staging a comeback. "We're on the cusp of a...
USA TODAY, 09/29/09 by Larry Copeland · More from publication
