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Safety Council: Traffic Deaths Surged In 2012

Traffic fatalities surged 5 percent last year, according to an analysis of preliminary state data, putting an end to a seven-year decline in which the number of annual traffic deaths reached their lowest level in more than six decades.

2013/02/19

A police officer makes a traffic stop. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Local PD Has More Officers Watching You Drive

Not that you shouldn’t do it all the time anyway, but drivers in Fort Worth are being advised to buckle up and watch your speed. The Fort Worth Police Department has just beefed up its street patrols.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/01/22

Trucks pass by a sign indicating the nighttime speed limit in West Texas. (credit: Rick Scibelli/Getty Images)

Elimination Of Nighttime Speed Limit Among New Texas Laws

Want to catch a catfish by hand or shoot a feral hog from a helicopter? Want to keep driving the daytime speed limit after the sun goes down? You can do so legally in Texas starting Thursday.

2011/08/31

Evening rush hour traffic. (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

State Lawmakers Debate Raising Speed Limit To 85 MPH

Driving 85 miles an hour could soon be a legal reality on some Texas highways. The state house has passed a bill that would give the Department of Transportation power to raise the speed limit.

2011/04/07