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Search results for "Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles" ...
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Who's in the Driver's Seat at Motor Vehicles
The online traffic school, lowestpricetrafficschool.com, had exclusive advertisement in Florida's Official Driver's Handbook through the Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles department. The traffic school was also in charge of printing the booklet, offering it free on line but charging taxpayers for shipping. WTVT found that Fred Dickinson's, the executive director of the DHSMV, wife was a lobbyist for the National Safety Commission which operates the traffic school. She later resigned her position when Gov. Jeb Bush criticized the Dickinsons for the conflict of interest.
Tags: motor vehicles; conflict of interest; state government; National Safety Commission; Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; traffic schools; lobbying; Fred Dickinson; Sherry Dickinson; driver's handbook
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Our Deadly Traffic
The authors investigated why fatality rates on the roads had sky-rocketed in Lee County, FL.
Tags: traffic fatalities; accidents; Department of Transportation; the Florida Highway Patrol; Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
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South Carolina's Deadly Roads
State reporters do an in-depth series on the fatalities on South Carolina highways and explore the many causes that leaves South Carolina with some of the "deadliest highways in the nation." The articles depicts topics including teenage driving, motorcycle and truck collisions, state highway spending, lack of police on roads, and the financial costs of car wrecks on the state of South Carolina itself. Finally, the State offers solutions to in an effort to reduce highway accidents.
Tags: highways; car collisions; motorcycles; teenage driving; police staffing; deadly roads; motor vehicle safety; CAR