Many Wisconsinites report they regularly engage in unsafe driving behaviors despite acknowledging the threats they pose and revealing more than one in three have a loved one who has been seriously injured or killed in a crash. That according to the AAA Foundation’s recently released Traffic Safety Culture Index. State AAA spokesman Nick Jarmuscz says the survey revealed many unsafe driving behaviors are widespread in the Badger State including excessive speeding and red light running. Jarmuscz says the greatest disconnect between acknowledgement of danger and actual behavior relates to drowsy and distracted driving. “Respondents in our survey actually rated distracted driving as a greater danger on the road and something they are more concerned about than drinking and driving,’ Jarmuscz told WFDL news. “Yet one in five of them admit to doing thing like texting while they’re driving. ” Wisconsin also lags behind the rest of the country when it comes to seat belt use:
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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