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"The effect of marijuana use on drivers just became a little less hazy – and not in the way legislators or medical experts might expect. A new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that consuming marijuana does not elevate the crash risk of the driver, a result that’s leaving road safety decision-makers wanting more information."
Police crews and emergency responders have been stretched thin Tuesday morning as drivers have taken to roads despite warnings, leaving strings of accidents that have delayed traffic for miles.
The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department reported that between 3:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday officers responded to four injury crash calls and 82 non-injury crash calls.--Jordan Buie
How big is the problem?
- Injuries are the leading cause of death for AI/AN ages 1 to 54 and the third leading cause of death overall. 1
One person is injured after a Tuesday crash in Canoga Park, California that began as a pursuit of a driver suspected of driving under the influence of narcotics. The accident occured on the 8700 block of Mason Avenue. Details concerning the victim's condition and identity were not immediately available.
"MOSCOW -- It may not be the most appealing kind of activism. But it certainly makes for interesting, and often viral, YouTube footage.
During Friday rush-hour, Artyom Leonov, 20, and a group of activists, travel to a heaving, traffic-clogged highway in northern Moscow where they lie in wait for hours with video cameras. Their quarry: cars illegally driving on the hard-shoulder.