Articles from Washington Traffic Safety Commission

Using a pre-/post-test survey approach, support for a 0.05 BAC limit increased from 54% to 71% of survey respondents, and opposition fell from 34% to 25%, after respondents received information on research behind the policy.

May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and officials are hopeful that fatal motorcycle crashes decreased in Washington. As the weather gets warmer and the roads get drier, the Department of Licensing (DOL) and Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) are reminding drivers of all motor vehicles, including cars, trucks, and motorcycles, to safely share the road.

The King County Target Zero Coalition has introduced a new traffic safety project seeking to reduce injuries and deaths along a 11-mile corridor that has seen a number of recent crashes caused by speed and impairment. The corridor runs along 140th Avenue SE/132nd Avenue SE through Renton, Kent, Auburn, and unincorporated King County, beginning at the intersection with SR 169 (north point), passing SR 516 (mid-point) and ending just before SR 18 interchange.

More motorcycles travel on Washington’s roads in the summer months than any other time of the year and officials are concerned about the continued increase in fatal motorcycle crashes throughout the state. As part of an effort to reduce these crashes, increased safety patrols will be visible July 7 through July 23 in Pierce, King, Snohomish, Clark, Yakima, and Spokane Counties.

The King County Target Zero Task Force today announced law enforcement agencies in King County are deploying High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) patrols from July 25 to August 7 to monitor distracted drivers violating Washington’s Driving Under the Influence of Electronics (E-DUI) law. The first E-DUI ticket costs drivers $136. If the driver incurs a second ticket within five years, the fine increases to $234.