due 7/22

3 type 2's

BOSTON -- Two people were killed and two others suffered serious injuries after a five-car crash on I-95 northbound in Attleboro early Saturday morning. The multi-car crash occurred when a 1998 Honda Civic driven by Isaac D. Souza, 21, from Leominster, Mass., entered the breakdown lane, striking an unoccupied 1997 Honda Accord. The Civic then spun back into the highway and set in motion a crash involving three other vehicles. Souza was declared dead at the scene. The driver of a 2004 Dodge Dakota, Michael G. Doble, 36, from North Attleboro, was killed when his truck rolled over. Claudia DeLeone, 22, and Jose Gouveia, 21, suffered serious injuries and were taken to Rhode Island Hospital. A 16-year-old suffered minor injuries in the crash. State police said they believe two other vehicles might have been involved in the crash, but left the scene. The highway was closed for four hours after the accident.

I have no clue who is at fault for this collision for happening. I don't know if it is the person who parked the car or if it is the person who hit the car. This article is very confusing to me. I hope the other people who are in critical condition well survive because if they don't then their family will be very hurt. I hope all of the people had their seat belts on because in this article it doesn't say if they had them on or not.

A Wallingford man is behind bars on charges of allegedly leading police on a short chase late Thursday night in a stolen vehicle before he was eventually captured when a police dog found him hiding alongside a stone wall.Glen A. Perry, 23, pleaded innocent Friday in Rutland District Court to charges of drunken driving, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, attempted to elude police, leaving the scene of a crash, and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He was ordered jailed for lack of $50,000 bail. Steven Zwicky, Perry's public defender, did not contest the bail request. Zwicky said he client is on furlough from a previous conviction and faces a hearing that could result in his furlough being revoked.Deputy State's Attorney Peter Neary said in court that Perry's criminal record included a prior conviction for burglary and escaping from furlough.Rutland City Police said the incident leading to the latest charges against Perry began 11 p.m. Thursday when Officer Matthew Prouty tried to pull over a 1999 Jeep Wrangler when the driver, later identified as Perry, squealed the vehicle's tires on Prospect Street.The driver refused to pull over, running a red light and heading onto River Street, and then driving through a stop sign at the intersection of River and Granger streets, Prouty wrote in an affidavit.Perry then drove through two more stop signs before striking another vehicle at the intersection of River Street and Dorr Drive, the officer wrote."I could see the Jeep spinning around and stop facing south on the west side of Dorr Drive," Prouty wrote.Perry then jumped out of the vehicle and into thick bushes nearby. Prouty's police dog, King Riley, went into the bushes after Perry, and began growling at Perry, but the bushes were too thick for the dog to continue tracking him, the affidavit stated."I waited for a few minutes to see if the subject would pop out of the woods but he did not," the officer wrote. Police said they then saw Perry jump a stone wall and the dog began to pick up the track to a nearby small stone wall."As I came up over the wall King Riley was standing over the male subject who was lying down on the ground next to the wall," the affidavit stated.Police took Perry into custody, and he told police that he was the passenger of the vehicle. However, Prouty wrote that he saw him driving the vehicle.A record check later revealed that the Jeep Wrangler that Perry was driving had been reported stolen from Pawlet late last week, court records stated.A breath test also revealed that Perry had a blood-alcohol level of 0.122, high than the 0.08 legal limit for driving in Vermont, according to the affidavit.If convicted of all the charges, Perry faces more than 10 years in jail.

He should of just pleaded guilty instead of innocent because he had so many cops there that he would be accused guilty from the jury and the judge. He was so stupid to take the car and make the police chase after him. Who would take a car from someone who didn't give them permission to take the car.

MARLBORO -- The state police and the town will be working together to curb traffic concerns along Route 9. At last week's Select board meeting, Brattleboro barracks commander Lt. Rick Hopkins told the board that state troopers did, in fact, police the town roads, not just Route 9, a notion expressed by the board the week before. When Hopkins read a recent article in the Reformer about speeding on Route 9, he immediately called up the Select board to set up a meeting. Having read about the town and board's concerns and feelings of helplessness, Hopkins wanted to discuss possible solutions to the problem. There is a lot of communication between the sheriff's department and the state police, he said, so "if there's a sustained, continuous problem on a road and you told the sheriff's department about it, I'd expect to hear about it," and respond. And when Select board member Lucy Gratwick asked for specific amounts of time spent policing back roads, Hopkins assured her that a larger staff was on its way. While the state police are busy right now, Hopkins said there will be three more people on staff by the end of the summer. Right now, "We start with places where the accidents are." Hopkins had applied for and received a $10,000 grant from the state to aid in accident reduction on Route 9, specifically for the section running through Marlboro. This was used for 2005 and 2006, but the grant focus has since changed, Hopkins said, so he could not re-apply. There was a limited impact, he explained, because real change requires a few years of work. "It's kind of tough to make a big difference in one year," he said. Hopkins agreed that last year was particularly difficult, with several fatal accidents on Route 9. "There are good years and bad years. Last year was a bad year and we couldn't explain why," he said. It was clear that something needed to be done.
State Police Lt. Bill O'Leary applied for a grant to create a position for a crash data analyst.
"With the number of fatalities we saw over the years, it became an issue to get real time crash data from Vermont," O'Leary explained. Sarah Kepchar, the new analyst, has spent most of the past two months training. "She's going to be able to get us data about crash patterns and causes," O'Leary said. "She's just now getting her feet wet. We're hoping, in the next couple of months, to get data reports out to the field commanders." While some accidents, such as weather-related crashes, cannot be fixed by enforcement, Hopkins said, "a lot of them you can."
"What we think we're seeing is faster drivers," Select board member Craig Hammond said.
"It seems people are more distracted when they're driving and just fly," Select board Chairwoman Gail MacArthur added. "With new cars, you don't know you're going so fast."
Hopkins agreed, saying that speeding cars could also affect residents' quality of life. Road Commissioner David Elliott said it was important to see the truth of the issue. "It's not out-of-staters," he said. "It's Vermonters that know where they can make up a little time." It was also important to recognize that college students and participants in the summer music festival were not really as much of a problem as suggested, Gratwick said. It's residents in Marlboro and Halifax that cut through town on their way to work, Elliott agreed. Hopkins suggested three solutions: * The state police could do a speed survey with an unmarked car with a laser. * They could put a "smart cart," an electronic display that gives drivers a real-time visual of their speed, on the road. Doing so, however, tends to be a double-edged sword as people may accelerate to see how high they can get the reader to go. * Or Marlboro could send a representative to the community advisory board. The community advisory board is comprised of people from all towns within a department's jurisdiction. It meets quarterly with the state police to discuss issues, serving as a "conduit between the town and the state police," Hopkins said. Representatives also have a direct contact to call with issues or trends between meetings. Although there was an attempt in the past to send someone from Marlboro, there is currently no representative on the board. The next meeting, possibly an open house, will be held in October. There will be a statewide meeting in December.

Why do the people think the drivers will follow the new rule of the speed limit or whatever they put up because the drivers or some drivers don't follow the speed limit that is posted now. I don't think the drivers will follow the new rule they put up or whatever they do.

type 2: intersection

To time yourself to get to a green light in an intersection you should see you r light in your target area, see red light in a closed zone, you have to alert you r car in your rear by tapping your brakes, then you have to begin to constant brake, then time yourself into an open zone, at 10 mph you have to make a decision to stop or go, when you get a green light you have to search the intersection, or at a red light you should stop smoothly.

type 2: benefits

There are five benefits gained by 4-seconds.
They are:
- removes the controls that the front vehicle has over your controls
- gives you more time to become aware of moments when you're closing in on the vehicle ahead of you
- your eyes can search beyond the vehicles in front of you to see if there is anything ahead of them that could be dangerous
- it will eliminate, or minimize, surprises from the actions of other drivers
- you become aware of the desadvantages of a lesser amount of space