DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE

With government belts tightening, legislators are wondering whether the ESP program’s $12 million budget could be put to better use somewhere else.

Two recent train accident fatalities in Illinois should remind drivers of the hazards of both rural and urban level crossings.

Automobile makers began installing Event Data Recorders or “black boxes” as standard features in 2005, but they weren’t mandatory or regulated. Congress is now considering making them mandatory.