posted 9/23

3 type 1's:

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A federal safety official said traffic deaths in the United States fell to their lowest total in five years in 2006, and the rate of deaths per miles traveled dropped to a record low. But that’s not the case in Vermont, where highway deaths were up 19 percent. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said 87 people died in highway-related accidents in 2006, up from 73 in 2005. Missouri led the list with a 13 percent drop in fatalities, from 1,257 in 2005 to 1,096 in 2006. The latest figures show highway crashes killed 42,642 people nationally last year. That compares with the 43,510 who died in 2005.

Wow that is a lot of people who died in collisions over a short period of time. Um i wonder how many people have died this year because it doesn't tell u how many have died. On news and the Internet you always here about people dieing in car crashes because they were on something or they were drunk. People should know better not to drink and drive or drive when they are high on something.

POULTNEY - Brent V. Poczobut admitted to police that he was behind the wheel of the pickup involved a fatal hit-and-run Wednesday morning in East Poultney, but didn't say much else, according to a Vermont State Police affidavit filed in court Thursday."Poczobut advised (the detective) that he was driving the truck that was involved in the accident," the affidavit stated. "He further admitted driving the truck and smashing the truck, but on advise of his attorney he would not talk further with (the detective)."Vermont State Police say Poczobut was the driver who struck and killed 74-year-old Paul Delorenzi on the Thrall Road Bridge in East Poultney around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Poczobut then fled the scene, and following an extensive manhunt around western Rutland County he was taken into custody about five hours later.Delorenzi was taken by ambulance to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead as a result of multiple injuries suffered in the crash, police said. A doctor at the hospital later told police, "There is no way the operator of a motor vehicle would not know that he struck a pedestrian," the affidavit stated. Poczobut, 21, of Poultney appeared Thursday in Rutland District Court to face felony charges of gross negligent operation of a motor vehicle with death resulting, leaving the scene of a fatal crash, and a misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage.

I was watching news and they were talking about this and they said if the guy was convicted he could spend 15 years in jail. They said he took pills for something that was wrong with him but i don't remember what they said. They don't know if drugs or alcohol were involved with this collision that killed a guy. I hope the guy gets convicted because he deserves to because he hit a guy and killed him.

(WBZ) DERRY, N.H. A Derry woman is facing her fourth drunk driving charge following an accident which injured a police officer working a construction detail in Windham.Officer Rober Moore, 34, was struck by a pick-up truck as he was supervising construction along Route 28 in Windham Wednesday afternoon.Moore was transported to a Boston hospital. We're told his are non-life threatening and he's being held overnight for observation. Windham Police Chief Gerald Lewis said the six-year veteran was conscious and alert.Forty-three-year-old Susan Foss was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated. According to Windham Police, Foss is currently out on bail following a drunk driving arrest two weeks ago. She also has two previous DWI convictions. The road project has been going on for one year without any major problems, Lewis said."There's a lot going on. That's why we have police officers out here with vehicles in uniform with vests on. They're plainly visible," he said. "It's an intoxicated driver who should not have been on the road in the first place."

I don't get why they didn't take her license away the second time or third time, if they did then this would of never happened, well maybe. They should have took it away, if i was the judge i would of took it away the second time but I'm not the judge so i couldn't. I don't get why people have to go around doing stupid stuff like this lady did. It just makes me think "What are people turning into now of days."

8 places not to pass:
8 places not to pass people are on curves because you cant see whats around the corner, at an intersection because there are cars coming from different directions, at hills because you cant see over them, rear road crossings because a train might be coming, where there are signs to say not to pass because it is the law, a tunnel because they are to small, bridges because they are to nero, and on on coming traffic because you might not have the room.