July 4 is not only a time of celebration and fireworks, it is also a day of danger according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. July 4 is the single most dangerous day on our nation’s roadways, particularly our rural roadways. The increase in the danger comes from an increase in drinking and driving, driving while fatigued, and other types of distracted driving while people are relaxed and in a celebratory mood.
Many of these accidents occur not on the crowded city streets but on the deceptively safe rural roads. Today, researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Excellence in Rural Safety released a study that identified the “Top 100 Rural Hot Spots.” It defines those hot spots as the places where the most traffic fatalities have occurred over the past 8 years. Pennsylvania is listed as among the states with the most “hot spots:” You can learn more about where those hot spots are by visiting www.saferoadmaps.org.
We encourage you to stay safe this holiday weekend and to avoid a Pennsylvania crash that could ruin – or even end – your life.
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