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7-20-07

Summer heat brings high risks and extreme fire danger

Highway Safety

Closed cars become deadly greenhouses

The responses are strikingly simple – the results shockingly tragic: “I was only going to be inside for a few minutes… I didn’t think it would get that hot…I forgot.” Whatever the reasons, leaving a child unattended in a vehicle while outside temperatures soar is a deadly combination. It has been a deadly combination 15 times across the nation already this year, including one in Idaho.
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AAA offers tips for keeping cars running safely
Near record hundred-degree summer heat puts vehicle occupants at risk, especially in overheated vehicles where there is no opportunity to seek relief.And about half of AAA's 120,000 calls for roadside assistance in Idaho and Oregon this summer will result in a tow. Overheating vehicles are common during hot summer days, often resulting from driving in slow-moving traffic during hot weather with the air conditioning running, and driving up long, steep hills.
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Phoenix writer shares hot tips for hot cars
1. Park in the shade; 2. Window tinting/sunshades; 3. Service your vehicle; 4. Items you should have in your car; 5. Items you should not have in your car
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Motorcycle fatalities increase in '06; overall deaths decline
Motorcyclists killed in collisions continued to rise last year, according to the 2006 Idaho Traffic Collisions report released by ITD's Office of Highway Operations and Safety. Despite the rise in motorcycle fatalities, however, the overall number of motor vehicle fatalities declined last year — from 275 in 2005 to 267.
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Wildfires

Fires force intermittent highway closures
An outbreak of wildfires throughout Idaho is stretching the limits of firefighters and has led to several highway closures this week. U.S. 20 was closed intermittently near the Idaho National Laboratory Wednesday and Thursday as crews battled a large grass fire at East Butte. High winds complicated firefighting efforts in the predominately grass- and sagebrush-covered area. INL workers were asked to stay home Thursday because of the fire.
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Crews battle 18 blazes in Idaho
Fire activity report from the National Interagency Fire Center, as of Friday, July 20...
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Highways

New rumble strips warn motorists who cross the line
There’s nothing wrong with your vehicle’s alignment. And your iPod is working just fine.
That slight shuddering you feel, and hear, as you’re driving is a warning you are crossing into the opposite lane, or getting close to veering off the side of the road.


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District 3

Unusual visitor draws attention at district office
Safety is a collaborative effort in District 3, as a recent incident clearly shows. It involved staff from engineering, design, traffic, maintenance, incident response and even information technology. Althea Fackrell provides detail
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Public Transportation
New partnership creates free system in Valley County
A true partnership involves groups and organizations joining together to accomplish collectively what they could not do separately. Perhaps there is no better example than the creation of a new transportation system serving four Valley County communities and one of the nation’s newest four-seasons destination resort – Valley County Connections.
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Highways

GPS box helps track maintenance activities

Tracking the location and activities of ITD highway maintenance vehicles might get easier thanks to a pilot project featuring a little gold box. The Preco PreCise System combines global positioning satellite (GPS) technology with Wi-Fi and cellular communication capability in a small gold box that could be mounted in all ITD highway maintenance vehicles, according to Steve Spoor, ITD highway equipment superintendent with the Office of Highway Operations and Safety.
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