road safety
June 6 marks the annual Secure Your Load Day, dedicated to raising awareness about securing vehicle items to ensure road safety. “Every year, thousands of accidents occur due to unsecured loads on the road,” says Wyoming Highway Patrol Sergeant Jeremy Beck. “These accidents can lead to severe injuries, property damage, and even fatalities. To combat…
Numerous factors on Big Horn Avenue make it difficult to find a solution, but a solution will be found. WYDOT released a statement on how the situation at Big Horn Avenue and Freedom Street will be handled after a Cody Middle School student narrowly avoided a serious accident with a semi-truck. The student only suffered…
The student is fine – only a few scrapes and bruising – but is another victim of the decade-long battle to make Big Horn Avenue safer for Cody students. Park County School District #6 Superintendent Peg Monteith related the event after getting information from the Cody Police Department and the Cody Middle School Resource Officer.…
The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be forced to make tough decisions amidst a tight budget and one of those will be a different process of road plowing. The roads will still get plowed, but it the surface may stay snowier for longer. Tactics such as magnesium, salt, and chloride will all still be used…
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