Over the past decade, there have been several major weather events in the Ulster County area that caused a significant amount of trees to fall. Some of these events, like in-season thunderstorms and snowstorms, were relatively predictable. Others, such as the blustery nor’easter in October 2011 or Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, were very out [...]
About 10,000 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are currently enforcing the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign aimed at targeting drunk and drugged drivers. This effort, which began on August 21st, will run through the Labor Day weekend and is reportedly supported by about $13.5 million in NHTSA advertising. Commenting on the [...]
Drunk driving is a persisting problem in the U.S. despite laws prohibiting it – and despite the ever increasing penalties for the people caught doing it. Perhaps, nothing may elucidate this point better than the findings that: About 2 out of every 3 Americans will be in a drunk driving accident at some point during [...]
Across the U.S., more than 14 percent of all motorists are uninsured, meaning that about 1 in every 7 drivers doesn’t have auto insurance, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). In the state of New York, however, this average is about a third less, as only about 5 percent of motorists in the state [...]
