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Prom Promise makes traffic fatalities real for South Hagerstown High students
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comBrett Jamison said she found herself getting tearful while playing a dead teenager in a fatal accident skit for the Prom Promise program at South Hagerstown High School on Thursday. “When I heard the sirens, that’s when it really snapped in,...Tags: Students, Drunk Driving, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Maryland State Police
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William D. Talbert, 64
William “Bill” Dewitt Talbert, 64, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born June 14, 1947, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Roy Edward and Ruby...Tags: Drunk Driving, Heroism, U.S. Navy, Crofton, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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'Border-to-Border-Border-to-Border Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign' launched
richardb@herald-mail.comAbout a dozen police officers — usually the first to come upon the carnage left by drunken drivers — stood by their cruisers Wednesday in a show of solidarity against what they call "a preventable crime." With December National Drunk and...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Maryland State Police, Health and Safety at School
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A sober approach to drunk driving
In its new report on how to reduce drunken driving deaths, the National Transportation Safety Board states its goal in the title: "Reaching Zero." The agency thinks it is irreproachable to try to ensure that no one ever dies in an alcohol-related...
Tags: Drunk Driving, Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board
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Reader Panel: Lowering the drunken-driving limit
Today’s question: Federal safety regulators have called on states to lower the drunken-driving limits from .08 blood-alcohol content level to at least .05. What do you think of the idea? What do you see as the positives and negatives? And where do...Tags: Abusive Behavior
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Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12...Tags: Highway Transportation, AAA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC, Transportation Accidents
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Should the legal limit for drinking and driving be lowered?
A federal agency recommends lowering the blood alcohol limit for drivers from 0.08 percent to at least 0.05 percent. Reporters Peter Hall and Colby Itkowitz asked supporters and opponents about their views. YES: The NTSB argues the legal limit should be...
Tags: Drunk Driving, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Alcohol and traffic deaths
The entire undergraduate student bodies of the Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Naval Academy combined. The population of Bel Air, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. The average attendance at a Hershey Bears hockey game (the highest in the AHL)....
Tags: Annapolis, Highway Transportation, Government, Johns Hopkins University, Public Officials
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Area officials weigh in on lower DWI recommendation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving from 0.08 to .05. Area officials would like to hear more discussion and information on such a proposal. “...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Government, AAA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Government
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Federal agency says lowering legal limit could cut DUI deaths
Even moderate drinking before driving could become illegal if a federal safety panel's recommendation Tuesday is enacted eventually by the states. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that states cut their thresholds for drunken driving...
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Winchester native Jason Epperson premieres documentary on Carrollton bus crash
The Winchester SunAfter 2 1/2 years of planning, filming and editing, “The Impact,” a documentary about the Carrollton bus crash, is now complete and ready for a public screening. “It’s been a journey,” Director Jason Epperson, a Winchester...Tags: Daniel Smith, Entertainment, Movies, Arts and Culture, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Connecticut Moms Take Lead On Social, Political Causes
The Hartford CourantFar from the Hallmark holiday it's turned into, Mother's Day was conceived in the U.S. by female activists interested in expanding women's impact in society. In Connecticut and across the county, women are carrying on that tradition, incorporating their...Tags: Interior Policy, East Haven, Human Interest, Woodrow Wilson, Family
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