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Black Ice and White Knuckles: Braving the Elements on Iceland’s Ring Road

By Eric A. Taub December 22, 2022Automobiles, Iceland, Roads and Traffic, Seasons and Months, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Travel, Travel and Vacations, Weather

In summer, the roughly 830-mile route offers drivers midnight sun, along with plenty of traffic. Other times of the year, its snowy delights are more solitary, and slippery.

Los Angeles Pedestrians Look Forward to Relaxed Jaywalking Law

By Will Higginbotham November 3, 2022Automobiles, Fashion, Jaywalking, Los Angeles (Calif), Traffic Accidents and Safety, Walking

“I’m smart enough to know if cars are coming,” said one walker who is glad the old law will come off the books on Jan. 1.

Los Angeles Pedestrians Look Forward to Relaxed Jaywalking Law

By Will Higginbotham November 3, 2022Automobiles, Fashion, Jaywalking, Los Angeles (Calif), Traffic Accidents and Safety, Walking

“I’m smart enough to know if cars are coming,” said one walker who is glad the old law will come off the books on Jan. 1.

Britt Reid, Son of Kansas City Coach Andy Reid, Sentenced to Three Years

By Joe Drape November 1, 2022ariel young, Coaches and Managers, Content Type: Personal Profile, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Football, Kansas City Chiefs, National Football League, Reid, Andy, Reid, Britt (1985- ), Traffic Accidents and Safety

Britt Reid, a son of Kansas City Coach Andy Reid, was sentenced to prison for severely injuring a 5-year-old girl in a drunken driving crash. Her family has railed against the plea deal reached in a football-mad city.

Britt Reid Pleads Guilty to Felony D.W.I. in 2021 Car Crash

By Joe Drape September 12, 2022Coaches and Managers, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Football, Kansas City Chiefs, National Football League, Reid, Andy, Reid, Britt (1985- ), Traffic Accidents and Safety

Reid told police he’d had “two or three drinks” before crashing into two cars after leaving the Kansas City N.F.L. team’s facility. The collision caused a 5-year-old girl to have brain trauma.

A Holy British Island, Where the Reckless Try to Outrace the Tide

By Stephen Castle and Andrew Testa August 27, 2022Automobiles, Christians and Christianity, England, Holy Island (England), Islands, Maritime Accidents and Safety, Rescues, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Travel

As the cradle of Christianity in northern England, the isle of Lindisfarne attracts 650,000 visitors a year, some of whom ignore the warning signs of when it’s safe to cross a causeway that twice a day is submerged.

Pelosi’s Husband Pleads Guilty to D.U.I. After California Crash

By BGLO August 23, 2022Compensation for Damages (Law), Drunken and Reckless Driving, Fashion, Napa (Calif), Pelosi, Nancy, Pelosi, Paul, Traffic Accidents and Safety, United States Politics and Government

Paul Pelosi was sentenced to serve eight hours of community service and three years of probation in connection with a crash in Napa County, Calif., in May.

Anne Heche, Actress Known for ’90s Film Roles, Dies at 53

By Richard Sandomir August 14, 2022Actors and Actresses, Deaths (Obituaries), DeGeneres, Ellen, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Film, Heche, Anne, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Los Angeles (Calif), Movies, Television, Traffic Accidents and Safety

Ms. Heche, who won a Daytime Emmy early in her career and whose films included “Donnie Brasco” and “Wag the Dog,” had been critically injured in a car crash.

Anne Heche Is ‘Not Expected to Survive,’ Representative Says

By Daniel Victor August 12, 2022Film, Heche, Anne, Life-Sustaining Support Systems, Withdrawal Of, Los Angeles (Calif), Movies, Traffic Accidents and Safety

The actress, 53, has been in a coma since shortly after the car she was in crashed into a Los Angeles home last week, her publicist said in a statement.