Nevada is home to many motorcyclists, and almost three percent of all vehicle registrations in the state are motorcycles. While this seems to be a small percentage of those on the road, the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety testified in front of legislature that motorcyclists made up for twenty-one percent of the almost four-hundred…
Like the rest of the country and the world, Nevada has seen one of the hottest summers yet, with health organizations and local governments preparing for additional heatwaves to wash over the state. Temperatures last month in Las Vegas hit a record 116 degrees from July 23-24th while Reno reached 108 degrees on July…
With school out and the country in the middle of summer break, a vacation to Las Vegas can be a fun and exciting experience. Las Vegas can offer vacationers a myriad of entertainment including casinos, shows, celebrity restaurants, concerts, and even a Las Vegas Aces game. However, accidents in a hotel or casino are…
This June, Frontline and ProPublica released a collaborative investigative documentary titled “America’s Dangerous Trucks”. The docuseries investigate deadly truck accidents across the country and the fight to pass regulations which could possibly reduce truck-related fatalities. The National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration reported that in 2021, more than four hundred people died. Nevada has…
There have long been rumors of the A’s move from Oakland to Vegas, and these only increased when the Raider’s made the move to the Allegiant Stadium in 2021. These rumors came to fruition when The Athletics signed a binding agreement to purchase land in Las Vegas, and the team announced that the agreement…
In early May, Exercise Equipment Company Peloton, known for their innovative exercise bikes which gained immense popularity during the pandemic, announced that it would be recalling more than two million of its bikes over concerns that its seat could break during use, and thus injure the consumer. If you own one of these bikes,…
As we near the end of April, Nevada State Police has reported first quarter data from Nevada roads. This year, there have been sixty-nine lives lost on Nevada roads, which is a nineteen percent decrease from this time in 2022. In addition, there were twenty-two pedestrian fatalities, and fourteen fatalities because of unrestrained motorists….
A group of researchers at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Medical School have been examining traffic data from the last decade in Nevada to find better causes and solutions to rising traffic fatalities across Nevada. The Traffic Safety Research Group recently received grant money from government organizations to take on this project following…
Nevada’s legislature is currently in session, and among all the proposed bills is one that advocates and law enforcement say can make traffic stops safer for Nevadans with disabilities. The bill, Assembly Bill 161, was presented by Assemblyman C.H. Miller and ACLU of Nevada in front of the Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure…
A preliminary count from state officials shows that number of fatalities on Nevada roads have been on a decline since the start of 2023, compared to last year. This past January, there were 25 traffic related fatalities, which is down from the 28 in 2022. Of those fatalities, 18 were in Clark County, who…