Joan Lowy, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this March 23, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump gestures while sitting in an 18-wheeler truck while meeting with truckers and CEOs regarding health care on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

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AP: Transport safety rules weakened under Trump

by Joan Lowy Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressFebruary 26, 2018

WASHINGTON — On a clear, dry June evening in 2015, cars and trucks rolled slowly in a herky-jerky backup ahead of an Interstate 75 construction zone in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Barreling toward them: an 18-ton tractor-trailer going about 80 mph.Despite…

In this image from video, Jake Nelson, AAA’s director for traffic safety advocacy and research drives one of the test vehicles used in the study in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Infotainment technology automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, a study being released by AAA on Oct. 5 says. (AP Photo/Bill Gorman)

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New cars crammed with distractions

by Joan Lowy Associated PressOctober 6, 2017

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Distraction cited for spike in pedestrian deaths

by Joan Lowy Associated PressMarch 30, 2017

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2016 file photo, emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal multi-vehicle crash on the eastbound side of the Bronx Expressway in the Bronx section of New York. The government says traffic fatalities surged about 8 percent in the first nine months of last year, continuing an alarming upward spiral that began in late 2014. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the sharp increase comes at the same time Americans are putting more miles on the road than ever before. But the rise in deaths is outpacing the increase in travel. Vehicle miles traveled in the first nine months of 2016 increased about 3 percent. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Surge in traffic deaths outpaces increase in travel

by Joan Lowy Associated PressJanuary 13, 2017

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Elaine Chao tapped for transportation chief

by Joan Lowy Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressNovember 29, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, a road construction project backs up traffic in Springfield, Ill. Donald Trump has vowed to rebuild the nation’s roads, bridges, airports and railways, but the path to delivering on that promise is full of potholes. When President Barack Obama tried to do it, a Republican Congress fought him at almost every turn, and Trump would have to contend with his party’s deep-seated dislike for government spending and higher taxes to meet the 1 trillion tab for his proposals. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)

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Trump’s path to boosting infrastructure is full of potholes

by Joan Lowy Associated PressNovember 12, 2016

This photo provided by the NTSB via the Florida Highway Patrol shows the Tesla Model S that was being driven by Joshau Brown,who was killed, when the Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode on May 7, 2016. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on July 26 that the Tesla Model S was traveling at 74 mph in a 65-mph zone on a divided highway in Williston, Fla., near Gainesville, just before hitting the side of a tractor-trailer. (NTSB via Florida Highway Patrol via AP)

Tesla car speeding at time of crash

by Joan Lowy Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

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by Joan Lowy Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressJuly 1, 2016

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2015 file photo, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene of a collision involving three vehicles in Malibu, Calif. Officials said former Olympian Bruce Jenner was a passenger in one of the cars involved in the Pacific Coast Highway crash that killed one person. Traffic deaths surged last year as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel than ever before, a result of an improved economy and lower gas prices, according to preliminary government data released Friday, July 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

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Traffic deaths surged in 2015 as driving hit new record

by Joan Lowy Associated PressJuly 1, 2016

FILE - In this April 14, 2016 file photo, a drone operated captures videos and still images of an apartment building in Philadelphia. Routine commercial use of small drones was cleared for takeoff by the Obama administration Tuesday, June 21, 2016, after years of struggling to write rules that would both protect public safety and free the benefits of a new technology. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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White House clears small, commercial drones for takeoff

by Joan Lowy Associated PressJune 21, 2016