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For all of us cheering the National Transportation Safety Board’s call for a ban on hand-held cell phone calls and texts while driving, we might want to stop clapping and start calling (please not while driving), writing, e-mailing and just shouting...Tags: Transportation, National Transportation Safety Board, Travel, Cell Phones, Transportation Industry
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Be prepared for driving when winter weather hits
A winter storm watch is in effect from 1 p.m. today through late tonight, serving as a timely reminder to motorists to take it easy when snow falls.
The following guidelines for safe winter travel are offered by the Indiana Department of Transportation:...Tags: Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Weather Reports, Weather, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Indiana Toll Road bans lengthy trucks over high winds
GRANGER, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Toll Road is temporarily banning some lengthy semitrailer rigs from the western part of the highway because of high wind gusts forecast for the region.
The Toll Road said the ban was in place from 5 p.m. Thursday...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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UPDATE: Michiana weather advisories
Enjoy Thursday morning ... hunker down this afternoon and tonight.
- LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY ... The National Weather Service in northern Indiana has issued a lakeshore flood advisory...which is in effect from 11 p.m. EDT/10 p.m. CDT this evening to...Tags: Transportation, Weather Reports, Weather, Travel, Weather Warnings
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Wind whips Lake Michigan's waters, blasts inland leaving 17,000 powerless
Intense winds coming off Lake Michigan Friday knocked out power to more than 17,000 I&M/AEP customers in a six-county Michiana area. A half-dozen schools closed for lack of power.
Brisk northwest winds, gusting to 25 mph inland Friday will push in...Tags: Transportation, Weather Reports, Weather, Travel, Weather Warnings
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Police in South Bend area on lookout for school bus arm violators
SOUTH BEND — When a school bus slows down and its lights start flashing yellow, officials say it’s time for motorists to prepare to stop, not speed up. "The red light means stop, yes, but I would tell anyone that if you see the yellow light,...Tags: Transportation, Highway Transportation, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Metal and Mineral, Travel
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UPDATE: Toll Road crash victim upgraded to fair condition
ELKHART COUNTY – Seven people were killed, including an infant, and four others were injured in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road Thursday night. Now, hospital officials are saying one of those injured is doing a little better.
Maria Antonia Yupa,...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Trips and Vacations, Transportation, Entertainment Events, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Top NM official 'shocked' after running over body
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A high-ranking New Mexico official and several other motorists unknowingly drove over the body of a man who had been struck moments earlier on a pitch-black highway, shocking drivers who didn't find out until later that they...Tags: Transportation, Highway Transportation, Health, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Travel
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UPDATE: Police say speed, semis make U.S. 6 a particularly dangerous road
ELKHART COUNTY – A scary crash in a construction zone Thursday morning sent one man to the hospital with serioushead injuries and closed a busy road more than two hours. Police say the stretch of road where the crash happened – U.S. 6 –...Tags: South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Randy Brown, Vehicles, Transportation, Human Interest
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Indiana tollway rates less than some other states
Starting Friday, drivers are going to pay more to use the Indiana Toll Road. But, compared to other states, the rates drivers pay is less per mile in Indiana.
On July 1, it will cost $9 for most cars and trucks to drive the full 157 miles of the Indiana...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Transportation, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Travel
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Drivers won't notice a difference even if Tollway operator struggles
Indiana's governor is celebrating the five-year anniversary of Major Moves: the biggest infrastructure project in state history. The project was paid for with the lease of the Indiana Toll Road. But a new report suggests the company that leases it may...Tags: Transportation, Human Interest, Travel, Mitch Daniels, Elections
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Court rules parking lot a highway under NY law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — When is a village parking lot a highway? When New York's highest court says so. A Court of Appeals ruling Thursday means Margaret Groninger can't sue Mamaroneck for her slip and fall on ice in its parking lot. The village...Tags: Transportation, New York, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Travel
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