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Two Tennessee Troopers   investigate the carriage of a school bus following a collision between a CSX freight train and a Murray County, Ga., school bus on March 28, 2000, in Tenn ga, Ga. (Alan Mothner/Associated Press Network Photo)

Speeding destroys lives!

Speeding is dangerous - and illegal.

"The faster you go, the more likely you are to crash."

In fact, your chances of death or serious injury double every 10 m.p.h. that you increase your speed over 50 m.p.h.

Did You Know ? T jury rate per 100,000 population has declined by 28 percent from 1988 to 1996. (Reference: 1996 Annual Report)       National Statistics:     2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes                      Fatal Crashes 38,309 37,862 37,526 37,140 37,107 37,324 37,494 37,241 36,254                     Traffic Crash Victims                    Occupants                      Drivers 26,549 25,869 25,567 25,257 24,743 24,667 24,534 24,390 23,691    Passengers 10,571 10,469 10,695 10,521 10,530 10,944 11,058 10,782 10,518    Unknown 112 102 86 97 109 114 103 119 109  Nonmotorist                      Pedestrians 4,808 4,901 4,763 4,939 5,228 5,321 5,449 5,584 5,489    Pedalcyclists 662 732 693 754 760 814 765 833 802    Other/Unknown 113 123 141 149 131 153 154 109 107  Total 42,815 42,196 41,945 41,717 41,501 42,013 *42,065 41,817 40,716                     Other National Statistics                      Vehicle Miles Traveled (Billions) 2,830 2,781 2,747 2,691 2,632 2,562 2,486 2,423 2,358    Resident Population (Thousands) 288,369 285,318 282,224 272,691 270,248 267,784 265,229 262,803 260,327    Registered Vehicles (Thousands) -  221,230 217,028 212,685 208,076 203,568 201,631 197,065 192,497    Licensed Drivers (Thousands) -  191,276 190,625 187,170 184,980 182,709 179,539 176,628 175,403                     National Rates: Fatalities                      Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.55 1.58 1.64 1.69 1.73 1.73    Fatalities per 100,000 Population 14.85 14.79 14.86 15.30 15.36 15.69 15.86 15.91 15.64    Fatalities per 100,000 Registered Vehicles -  19.07 19.33 19.61 19.95 20.64 20.86 21.22 21.15    Fatalities per 100,000 Licensed Drivers -  22.06 22.00 22.29 22.44 22.99 23.43 23.68 23.21 * Total fatalities for 1996 include 2 fatalities of unknown person type.

 

D U I   FACTS $4,900 is probably more than you plan on spending for a night out with a friend, isn't it? Or is it? A first offense DUI (Driving Under the Influence) charge could add up to about $4,900. Your license would also be revoked for at least one year. Driving Under the Influence (DUI) includes not only alcohol, but any intoxicant, narcotic drug, or other drug producing central nervous system effects -- including prescription drugs.

In addition, you can plan on spending over $4,900

Towing Fee - Car Storage	$ 50.00
Bail	$ 50.00
Defense Attorney	$ 2,000.00
Court Costs	$ 200.00
Reinstatement Fee	$ 153.00
Proof of Liability insurance in effect at time of violation, or pay additional:	$ 65.00
Additional charge if fails to surrender driver license within specified time:	$ 75.00
SR-22 Form (proof of insurance required for a minimum of 3 years) which results in higher insurance rate	$ 2,000
Driver License Examination and Driver License Fee (Class D)	$ 19.50
Alcohol Education Program	$300.00
Total	$ 4,912.50

In addition, you will need to:

• Show proof that all fines and court costs have been paid to the court for the violation
• Proof of completion of alcohol/drug program if 2nd offense

You can obtain a restricted license if no prior DUI and no other revocations or suspensions are against your driver record. You will have to:

1. Obtain an order from the judge
2. Pay a $67.00 driver license fee
3. File SR-22 insurance
4. Show proof of liability insurance in effect on date of violation
5. Take complete driver license examination (eye, law, and road)

Known Alcohol Related Fatal Crashes and Fatalities in Tennessee

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TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY

WE'RE

GOING

TO SAVE 

LIVES!

JUST THE FACTS:

We're serious about saving lives and Tennessee is cracking down on everyone who doesn't buckle up!

• More than 70% of vehicle occupants killed in crashes were not wearing a safety belt. Research shows it's almost nine times safer to wear your safety belt.

Unrestrained children are 4.2 times more likely to die in a crash than restrained children. Less than 1% of children properly restrained were killed.

Buckle up. It saves lives.

BUCKLE  UP  IT'S  THE  LAW  !!     TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY IS WATCHING YOU !!

You can be pulled over and ticketed if children under the age of four(4) are not properly seated in a child passenger restraint system meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards.

You can be pulled over and ticketed if children four (4) years through fifteen (15) years are not restrained in an age appropriate safety device.

Sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) year old drivers can be pulled over and ticketed for not wearing a safety belt.

Drivers pulled over for a primary traffic stop can be ticketed as a secondary offense for not wearing a safety belt.

  Rollover Crashes

In 1998, more than 8,000 people died in single-vehicle rollover crashes. Rollovers are among the most dangerous types of vehicle crashes because of their high incidence of occupant ejection and head injuries.

Many factors contribute to the occurrence of rollover crashes. Rollover correlates closely with unsafe and reckless driving behaviors, poor road design and vehicle type. Certain categories of vehicles, such as sport utility vehicles and small pickup trucks, are more prone to rollover than other classes of vehicles.

At present, the federal government has established no performance standard to require improved vehicle stability to reduce the incidence of vehicle rollovers. In addition, current vehicle crash protection requirements do not adequately protect against the types of serious injuries most often associated with rollover crashes.

ROLLOVER CRASH FACTS

•                     In 1998, 10,280 fatal crashes involved rollovers. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA)

• Crashes in which a vehicle rolled over accounted for approximately half of the single-vehicle, as opposed to multiple-vehicle, crash deaths. (NHTSA)

• Vehicle rollover crashes are especially serious because they so often result in head injuries. Head trauma is the most frequent type of fatal and nonfatal injury in rollover crashes. (NHTSA)

• The rate of serious injury in rollover crashes is 36 percent higher than in crashes where there is no rollover. (NHTSA)

• The high fatality and injury rates are due, in part, to the high percentage of rollover crashes in which passengers are ejected from the vehicle. Ejections account for 63 percent of all fatalities in rollover crashes and often result in costly and debilitating head injuries. (NHTSA)

• More than 90 percent of rollover crashes of passenger vehicles are single-vehicle crashes. (NHTSA)

• Sport utility vehicles are more prone to rollover than other vehicle types. This is due to their higher ground clearance and narrow width which tend to make the vehicle top-heavy and more likely to roll over in a crash. (NHTSA)

•                     Sport utility vehicles, as a class, account for almost 70 percent of all rollover crash fatalities. (NHTSA)

• A 1996 Louis Harris public opinion poll commissioned by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) found that 52 percent of those surveyed felt it was "very important" that the federal government set strict safety standards for sport utility vehicles, and 75 percent of respondents would be willing to pay $200 to $300 more for added safety features that would prevent rollover.

• Consumer information, such as labeling and a rollover rating system, is important, but information alone is not sufficient to address a safety problem as serious as vehicle rollover.

• Improving roadway design and driver behavior should be part of a larger effort to reduce rollover crashes, but the only certain way to significantly decrease the incidence of rollovers is to require basic rollover stability standards for every class of vehicle.

• Within each class of vehicles, some models are less prone to rollover than others. The Department of Transportation could set standards for improved rollover stability that would greatly decrease rollovers without calling for radical redesign of classes of vehicles or imposing excessive burdens on automobile manufacturers.

• Current vehicle crash protection requirements fail to adequately protect against injuries likely to result from rollover crashes. Roof crush requirements must be strong enough to protect against head and neck injuries, and improvements in other structural components are needed to reduce injury severity.

 ADVOCATES
 FOR HIGHWAY
 AND AUTO SAFETY

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer. Advocates encourages the adoption of federal and state laws, policies and programs that save lives and reduce injuries. By joining its resources with others, Advocates helps build coalitions to increase participation of a wide array of groups in public policy initiatives which advance highway and auto safety.

TENNESSEE  DEPARTMENT

OF

SAFETY