Author: Jared Verner

As summer shifts to fall, the Colorado Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to plan ahead for increased mountain corridor traffic as changing foliage draws visitors to the high country.

While the three-day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, a dry winter and spring mean high-country roads and trails are more accessible than usual—potentially driving traffic well past normal holiday baselines.

A seatbelt crackdown will occur across the state from May 18 to 31 as the busy summer travel season approaches.

It’s hard to know what drivers complain about the most: poor and crowded roads or the construction zones necessary to improve them. Suffice it to say, though, that they don’t like to slow down and drive more cautiously in work zones. In 2024, Colorado State Patrol troopers cited nearly 1,220 people for speeding in construction…

If you ask 50 people about Colorado’s rules for lane filtering, you might get 50 different answers.

The most treacherous season for teen drivers is approaching. More than 30% of fatal crashes involving teen drivers occur between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, according to Automobile Association of American (AAA) research on crashes from 2019 through 2023. That means that on average, eight people die every day during those “100 deadly days” in…

Decades of education, advocacy for legislative changes, improved vehicle safety systems and increased enforcement significantly cut the percentage of fatal car crashes that involve alcohol since about 1970. In the mid-1970s more than 60% of fatal car crashes involved alcohol, while in 2022 it was about 30%, according to the National Institutes for Health. Yet…

On average, people lose their ability to drive safely seven to 10 years before they die. That means everyone should create a driving retirement plan and add it to all those other documents people are encouraged to prepare as they age, such as powers of attorney, living wills, etc. Terri Cassidy, who has become one…

Do not engage. No matter how badly you want to flip off the guy who cut you off as he slashed across four lanes of highway, don’t do it. Expend your own reactive energy – if it is safe for you to do so – to call *277 and report aggressive driving. Give a description…

Courtesy Colorado Department of Transportation As of this fall, Colorado’s updated Traction Law requires tires with a tread depth of at least 3/16-inch that are winter tires (mountain-snowflake icon), all-weather rated tires or mud and snow (M+S) tires. The law applies to all 4WD and AWD vehicles. If a vehicle does not meet these standards, then tire…