As we head into the Labor Day weekend, we can expect the usual holiday sales in stores, picnics and barbeques in parks and Tennessee Highway Patrol sobriety checkpoints. Yes, summer is coming to an end, and the THP is going to be out there waiting to arrest you if...
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Month: August 2014
No more DUIs?
Cars are becoming ever more adept at avoiding crashes. Some vehicles today have collision avoidance systems that will warn drivers when their vehicles stray from their lanes or when they approach too closely to another vehicle.Google is testing an autonomous vehicle...
CRASH program helping to deploy Tennessee state troopers
Big data is everywhere, it seems. From privacy concerns raised by the NSA's collection of phone information, to hackers stealing more than a billion passwords, the accumulation and processing of ever-greater amounts of data are shaping our world.We think nothing of it...
Knoxville ranks high on nationwide DUI study
Chattanooga's neighbor to the north, the city of Knoxville was unhappy with its inclusion in the top ten listing of cities with DUIs and fatal accidents. The study, which was put together by the website Nerd Wallet, looked at DUI arrests, fatal car accidents and the...
Slow driving can alert police to a potential DUI
When police are looking for drunk drivers, they look for motorists who drive abnormally. Exactly what might constitute "abnormal" can vary greatly from situation to situation. Because alcohol reduces the ability to control motor responses and affects the ability to...