May 17, 2021
PSC Warns Drivers: Click It or Ticket
CHARLESTON, WV – Public Service Commission of West Virginia has joined forces with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and other law enforcement agencies in the Click It or Ticket blitz that runs from May 14 through the Memorial Day weekend. This annual program reminds motorists that seat belts not only save lives, but failure to wear one could result in a ticket. While other agencies concentrate their efforts on the general public, the PSC’s Enforcement Officers deliver the seat belt safety message to drivers of commercial motor vehicles.
State Leaders applauded the program as ââ¦One of the finest projects I have ever seen undertaken by an Organization. . .â
Numerous enough to notice, infrequent enough to startle at seeing, they stimulate reverence, sorrow, sympathy, curiosity, and caution. They affect us all to one degree or another. They are the white crosses which mark the sites of fatal traffic crashes along the highways of Montana. For over 68 years, these white crosses have reminded passing motorists of the dangers of the road, as well as the lives that have been lost on these highways.
Members of the Montana Highway Commission approved and established guideline for the Highway Safety known then as the American Legion âWhite Crossâ program in 1953, with the blessing of then Governor, J. Hugo Aronson. It has received the endorsement of every Montana Governor since.
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FIND WAYS TO EASE VOTING, NOT RESTRICT IT: This needless “Elections Integrity Act” bill demands mail-in ballots not only be cast by Election Day, but if mailed, must be RECEIVED no later than Election Day. It is a change that is not necessary, won’t make elections any more secure and simply erects another unnecessary impediment to casting a fair ballot and getting it counted. There was no problem to be fixed. Things worked better than ever! The quest should be for ways to get MORE people to vote and get MORE properly cast ballots counted. A legal vote legally cast on or before Election Day (including placed in the mail) should be counted. The current practice for receipt of mail-in ballots is basic common sense. To seek a political advantage, regardless of whether done to help Democrats or Republicans, under the guise that appointed elections officials or staff professionals acted improperly is disingenuous at best.
Trucking Leaders Hail West Virginia Bill as Step Against Seat Belt Gag Rule Ziga Plahutar/Getty Images
The West Virginia Legislature has passed a bill to allow use or nonuse of seat belts as admissible evidence in civil actions, a legislative step the trucking industry has applauded.
Specifically, the legislation, which was passed April 7, establishes the admissibility of evidence related to seat belt use with regard to a claimant’s damages. The bill states when a person making a claim for damages in a civil action was the driver of a passenger vehicle involved in a collision from which damages suffered by the claimant driver arose, evidence that the claimant driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision may be admissible in court. This evidence would be used to show that his or her failure to wear a seat belt exacerbated or contributed to the claimant driver’s damages, the bill states. The bill also includes a provision saying the defendant’s burden of
A Cumberland County native has been named the next commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday.
Maj. Freddy L. Johnson Jr. was raised in Fayetteville and is a Fayetteville State University alumnus, the release said.
After graduating at the top of his class in the Highway Patrol Basic School in 1996, Johnson began his career as a state trooper in Lumberton, according to the news release.
The majority of his career he spent in Cumberland and Robeson counties, the release said.
“Being chosen to lead such a great organization with such great people is an incredible honor,” Johnson said in the news release. “I will do all I can to support the men and women of the patrol while continuing to build stronger partnerships with the communities we serve across this great state.