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Car Crash

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

What Are the Most Dangerous Intersections in Your Neighborhood?

To add a marker, just click on the blue "Add" button on the map's upper-right corner. Then, click on the intersection you want to identify and hit "submit" in the dialogue box that pops up.

Earlier this month, the City of Minneapolis released a study of car crash statistics that had some striking results: a great many collisions between bicycles and automobiles were the fault of both the cyclist and the driver involved. Red pins in the map above mark the worst intersections for bike-car crashes. Depending on where your views lie on the car-versus-bike question, the results might not have been all that surprising. The study, which analyzed data from 2000 to 2010, found that many drivers caused crashes by not yielding to bikes when they should under state law. It also said that many cyclists caused accidents by "riding in an unpredictable manner," doing things like running traffic lights or riding on the wrong side of the road…

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yomammy

8:47 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013

Roundabouts are EASY. and much faster than stop signs or lights. Just the typical Amerikan driver is too busy reading, texting, eating, to actually pay attention to driving. They are NOT that hard to use if everyone does it properly.   more ›

Thursday, May 5, 2011

VIDEO: Car Crashes Into Pond Following 'Medical Situation'

The man had no visible injuries but was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.

A man was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center Thursday following a “medical situation” that caused him to drive his vehicle into a pond off Highway 169, according to the State Patrol. Two witnesses saw the man’s sedan driving erratically prior to the incident, said State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske. The vehicle went off the highway, behind a guardrail and into a pond near the southbound Minnetonka Boulevard entrance ramp. The witnesses were able to pull the man out of his vehicle. He did not have any visible injuries but was taken by ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center. Roeske, who wouldn't disclose the driver's identity, doesn't anticipate troopers will issue any citations from this incident, pending further investigation.

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