In recent years, inventors have come up with many features to decrease the number of traffic accidents. Emily Finn at MITnews elaborates in her excellent article “‘Smart cars’ that are actually, well, smart”: Engineers have developed myriad safety systems aimed at preventing collisions: automated cruise control, a radar- or laser-based sensor system that slows a [...]
You’ve had a fantastic evening out watching the game with friends at the local bar. You get ready to drive home, and your car refuses to start because you have too much alcohol in your blood. Welcome to one possible future! Let’s start with the Fox News video report on the new gadget that may [...]
Last Wednesday’s snow storm across northern Colorado was marked by a slew of accidents as road conditions became increasingly slippery and icy. Eric Bellamy of The Greeley Tribune reports: U.S. 85 was closed for hours at Weld County Road 42, which is at the Gilcrest exit. Between county roads 42 and 46 on U.S. 85, at [...]
A man from El Jebel lost his life Tuesday after a head-on collision on Highway 82 in Basalt. Pitkin County Coroner’s Office identified him as Jose Maximiliano Nachado Andrade, age 21. According to reports, he was on his way to work at a local restaurant at the time of the crash. Scott Conden, a reporter [...]
Events continue to develop in the case of Colorado Senator Suzanne Williams’ fatal car accident in Texas the day after Christmas. In addition to all we’ve seen so far, there are now tangible political repercussions. For those joining this story for the first time, here’s a quick summary: Colorado State Senator Williams (D-Aurora) was involved in a collision [...]
When someone high-profile is involved in an accident it usually means a lot of media attention. Such is the case for Colorado Senator Suzanne Williams’ car accident last month. The December 26th crash outside Amarillo, Texas resulted in the death of 30 year-old Brianna Gomez, who was seven months pregnant at the time (fortunately, the [...]
A semi carrying mail was involved in a four-vehicle crash just south of the El Paso County border Wednesday night. The car accident cost the semi driver his life, and started a brush fire that shut down I-25 northbound for nearly three hours. Jakob Rodgers, a reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette, brings us details [...]
Sunday night was the scene of another fatal car accident on I-70. A semi driven by Jason Ross of St. Louis went the wrong way down I-70 for at least nine miles with its lights off before its head-on collision with an automobile. During that nine-mile stretch, a Limon police officer, responding to a call [...]
Authorities in Texas are currently investigating a fatal auto accident that involved Colorado state Sen. Suzanne Williams. Williams, according to her website, is in her second term in the state Senate after serving eight years in the House of Representatives. She is also the only legislator who is a registered Native American in Colorado, and serves [...]
The Colorado car accident case of Morgan Stanley wealth manager Martin Erzinger has caused quite a stir this past November, when the prosecution decided to downgrade Erzinger’s charges from felony to misdemeanor because “having a felony on his record would impede his ability to earn a living.” The charges stemmed from a hit and run [...]
