Traffic Safety

Highway Safety On a cool Saturday night last fall The Texas Aggies began celebrating their win against the Baylor Bears in a rival football game. Students from both campuses came together for the traditional post-game parties. However the parties and celebrations came to a devastating halt when 6 students were killed by a driver who had fallen asleep and hit them on the highway. The driver was not drunk, nor was he speeding, he just fell …

…lhsle005.htm>. Peterson, Karen S. “Passengers Mean Danger For Teen Drivers.” USA Today 21 March 2000. 4 October 2000 <http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/general/lhgen014.htm>. Pittle, David. “Toughen Up Auto Safety.” USA Today 2 October 2000. 4 October 2000 <http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/ncguest1.html>. “Seat Belt Systems.” Autoliv 2000. 4 October 2000 http://www.autoliv.com/cb08817cb08817c728225b39c1256679003ofof1?opendocument.html. “Speeding.” National Highway Transportation Safety Association 1997. 25 September 2000 <http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/ovrfacts.html>.