Reckless on our Roads

Stop signs are self-explanatory – they spell out what you’re supposed to do when you encounter one. In practice, drivers are not always following the letter of the law.

Stop signs are self-explanatory – they spell out what you’re supposed to do when you encounter one. In practice, drivers are not always following the letter of the law. NBC Connecticut Investigates looked into the frequency of crashes at stop sign intersections and found out, it hasn’t really been studied. So we put some intersections to the test. We...

Bridgeport police have looked at tens of thousands of video clips since September. The videos were captured by cameras on the school district’s 248 buses, which are also outfitted with license plate readers.

Bridgeport police have looked at tens of thousands of video clips since September. The videos were captured by cameras on the school district’s 248 buses, which are also outfitted with license plate readers. The city took action after a pilot program showed drivers failing to stop for school buses at a rate of about 75 violations per weekday. Sen. Herron…

Reckless on our Roads is a series that looks into why Connecticut’s roads have gotten more dangerous, and what’s being done to stop it. We started working on our first story back in 2023 – and much of the behavior we saw then is still happening today. How many times have you come home from work frustrated about getting cut…

Our state seems to have gone in the wrong direction when it comes to traffic fatalities, with 328 last year – our second highest total ever.

Our state seems to have gone in the wrong direction when it comes to traffic fatalities, with 328 last year – our second highest total ever. NBC Connecticut Investigates has found at least one place which appears to have got it right. Chief Investigator Len Besthoff traveled to New Jersey to learn what one city’s secret sauce is, in the…