The enablers Part 3 of a three-part series As if road deaths in U.S. could be made funny, artist Woodrow Phoenix once sketched a comic book titled “Crash Course: If You Want […]
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The perpetrators
Who is responsible for pedestrian death record? With Anchorage having set a new record for killing pedestrians on its streets, and more than a few motorists happy to blame it on the […]
Dubious distinction
On pace for road-death record With 11 pedestrians dead this year on the streets of Sacramento, the California city of half a million people is on the verge of declaring a state […]
Road kill
A new Anchorage record Drivers of motor vehicles killed four pedestrians on Anchorage roads in five days last week and few residents of Alaska’s largest city paid it much attention. Imagine […]
Canine road kill
Machines are our friends until…. Outrage has followed the deaths of three more Alaska sled dogs hit by a motorized vehicle on the Denali Highway, but in many ways, the tragic […]
Questionable priorities
The costs of machines dictating policy Alaska State Troopers are yet again trumpeting their desire to make everyone safe by taking extra efforts to enforce the nation’s mandatory seatbelt law. “…Troopers […]
