Nyob rau yav tav su lub Kaum Hlis 5, Douglas Meyers 's pickup ntaus ib tug choj abutment nyob deb nroog Cemetery Road hauv Marinette County.
Meyers, 47, leej txiv ntawm peb tus tub, tuag ntawm qhov chaw.
"Kuv ntseeg tias nws yuav muaj txoj sia nyob yog tias tsuas muaj lub tsheb ciav hlau nyob ntawd," Meyers tus poj niam, Traci, tau hais txog qhov kev sib tsoo, uas tau tshwm sim hauv huab cua qhuav ntawm txoj kev ncaj nraim hauv lub nroog Middle Inlet nyob rau sab qaum teb Wisconsin. "Qhov xwm txheej ntawd yuav tsum tsis txhob tshwm sim, thiab kuv ntseeg tias qhov no tuaj yeem tshwm sim rau lwm tus yog tias nws tsis kho."
Xyoo 2009, Lub Nroog Marinette tau mus txog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws los ntawm kev khi cov ntaub ntawv txhua lub sijhawm ntawm 18 tus neeg caij tsheb tuag - tus xov tooj uas suav nrog kev sib tsoo thaum ntxov nyob ze Peshtigo uas tsib tsev neeg raug tua los ntawm tus neeg tsav tsheb qaug cawv.
Tab sis tag nrho, cov neeg tuag hauv Wisconsin tau poob qis hauv xyoo 2009 mus rau qib qis tshaj hauv 65 xyoo. Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Thauj Mus Los tau tshaj tawm ua ntej tag nrho ntawm 547 tus neeg tuag ntawm Wisconsin txoj kev xyoo tas los, 7 feem pua qis dua xyoo 2008 tag nrho ntawm 587.
Kev tuag tsheb tsis tau poob txhua qhov chaw xyoo tas los, txawm li cas los xij. Tus lej xov tooj hauv Marinette thiab 11 lwm lub nroog nyob deb nroog - Buffalo, Calumet, Grant, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette, Monroe, Pierce, Sheboygan, Walworth thiab Washington - tshaj lawv qhov nruab nrab txhua xyoo ntawm tsib xyoos dhau los.
Tshawb nrhiav cov ntaub ntawv ntawm lub nroog, lub xeev cov ntaub ntawv kev tuag tuag
Kev tshuaj xyuas los ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism ntawm 10 xyoo ntawm kev tuag tsheb khiav, los ntawm 1999 txog 2008, qhia tau hais tias cov neeg tsav tsheb hauv Wisconsin cov nroog nyob deb nroog txuas ntxiv tuag ntawm tus nqi siab txawm tias tag nrho cov neeg tuag hauv lub xeev tau poob rau ib qho. ntawm cov ntsiab lus qis tshaj puas tau. Ntawm qhov Center qhov kev tshawb pom:
- Kev sib tsoo tau tua tag nrho 7,571 tus neeg nyob rau lub sijhawm. Lub xyoo uas muaj neeg tuag coob tshaj plaws yog xyoo 2003, thaum 836 tus neeg poob lawv txoj sia nyob hauv Wisconsin txoj kev.
- Kev mus ncig hauv nroog nyob deb nroog muaj kev phom sij ntau dua li kev mus ncig hauv nroog ntau dua.
- Rau txhua mais ntawm kev mus ncig, cov neeg tsav tsheb hauv Lub Nroog Menominee, lub xeev lub nroog txaus ntshai tshaj plaws rau kev mus ncig, muaj ze li yim npaug ntawm qhov yuav tuag zoo li hauv La Crosse County, lub xeev muaj kev nyab xeeb tshaj plaws. Lub Nroog Menominee yog nyob deb nroog nkaus xwb thaum La Crosse yog Wisconsin lub nroog loj thib 12.
- Cawv yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm tsawg kawg yog 79 feem pua ntawm cov neeg tuag nyob hauv Florence County, qhov feem pua siab tshaj hauv lub xeev. Hauv Xeev, tus lej yog 40 feem pua. Florence County, zoo li Menominee, yog nyob deb nroog nkaus xwb thiab tsis muaj cov zej zog koom nrog.
- Kev mus ncig tau nyab xeeb dua, vim tias cov neeg tuag thoob plaws lub xeev tau poob rau ib tus neeg tuag ntawm 100 lab mais taug kev hauv xyoo 2008 los ntawm kaum xyoo siab ntawm 1.4 xyoo 2003.
Kev txhim kho kev nyab xeeb ntawm lub tsheb thiab tus cwj pwm tsav tsheb, suav nrog tsawg dua mais kev tsav tsheb thiab qeeb qeeb, tau ua rau muaj kev poob qis hauv Wisconsin cov neeg caij tsheb tuag, hais tias Dennis Hughes, tus thawj saib xyuas kev nyab xeeb rau lub xeev DOT. Cov tub ceev xwm hauv xeev tau ntsuas qhov nruab nrab ntawm qhov txo qis ntawm 1 mais toj ib teev ntawm kev sib faib nyob deb nroog txij li nruab nrab xyoo 2007. Tseemfwv cov ntaub ntawv tseem qhia tau hais tias lub tsheb mus los hauv Wisconsin tau poob qis li ntawm 5 feem pua hauv xyoo 2008, xyoo tas los no muaj, los ntawm txhua lub sijhawm siab tshaj plaws hauv xyoo 2004.
"Nws tsis zoo li mus ntawm 72 mus rau 71, tab sis qhov ntawd ib mais ntawm ib teev tuaj yeem yog qhov sib txawv ntawm txoj sia thiab kev tuag nyob rau qee kis," Hughes tau hais. “Nws kuj tseem cuam tshuam txog kev saib xyuas dav dav xwb. Yog tias koj tau txais ntau tus neeg taug kev me ntsis ntxiv me ntsis uas them qee cov nyiaj faib. "
Txoj kev nyob deb nroog txaus ntshai tshaj plaws
Thaum cov neeg tsav tsheb tawm mus rau txoj kev nyob deb nroog lossis ob txoj kev loj, lawv txoj hauv kev muaj feem cuam tshuam rau kev sib tsoo tuag ntau dua piv rau kev tsav tsheb hauv nroog. Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Loj Hlob Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm Hauv Pej Xeem Doug Hecox hais tias qhov sib txawv ntawm kev nyab xeeb ntawm txoj kev sib txawv yog "ib yam dab tsi uas tib neeg feem ntau yeej tsis paub txog."
Kev sib tsoo nyob deb nroog yuav hnyav dua, feem ntau yog vim muaj kev nrawm dua thiab muaj qhov tshwm sim siab ntawm kev sib tsoo, Hughes tau hais. Lwm yam tseem ceeb suav nrog qhov tseeb tias kev sib tsoo ntawm txoj kev nyob deb nroog tsis tshua pom los ntawm lwm tus uas tuaj yeem hu rau kev pab. Thiab lub sij hawm teb thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev thiab theem ntawm kev kho mob muaj nyob yuav txawv nyob rau hauv cov cheeb tsam nyob deb nroog piv rau cov nroog. Tib qhov kev sib tsoo uas yuav ua rau muaj kev raug mob me me hauv Milwaukee County tuaj yeem ua pov thawj tias muaj neeg tuag hauv Nroog Sawyer, Hughes tau hais.
Nws tau hais tias "Cov kab hauv qab, qee tus neeg tuag raws li qhov xwm txheej ntawm thaj chaw txoj hmoo," nws hais. “Qhov kev raug mob uas lawv raug mob yog nyob rau hauv qhov tsis ncaj ncees lawm lub sij hawm. Rau qee qhov, nws yog thaj chaw ntawm sab qaum teb Wisconsin uas ua haujlwm rau nws qhov tsis zoo rau kev muaj sia nyob. "
Kev mus ncig ua rau neeg tuag coob tshaj plaws hauv Menominee County, Wisconsin lub nroog me tshaj plaws uas muaj tsawg dua 4,700 tus neeg nyob. Lub nroog yog tswj hwm los ntawm Menominee Reservation thiab nyob li ntawm 40 mais qaum teb sab hnub poob ntawm Green Bay. Tus neeg tuag nyob hauv Lub Nroog Menominee rau xyoo 1999 txog 2008 yog 4.6 tus neeg tuag rau 100 lab lub tsheb kauj vab ntawm kev mus ncig - 3.5 npaug ntawm lub xeev 10 xyoo nruab nrab ntawm 1.3 tus neeg tuag.
Lub Nroog La Crosse tau sau tseg lub xeev cov neeg tuag tsawg tshaj plaws nyob rau tib lub sijhawm ntawm 0.6 tus neeg tuag rau 100 lab mais taug kev. Xya lub nroog feem ntau muaj 10-xyoo tus neeg tuag tsawg dua 1.0: Brown, Dane, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha thiab Winnebago.
Cov kws tshaj lij hais tias ib qho laj thawj rau Menominee qhov nruab nrab tus neeg tuag ntau dua tuaj yeem yog nws tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam los yog faib txoj kev loj, uas cais cov tsheb yuav los nrog cov nyom nyom lossis cov cement thaiv.
"Koj feem ntau muaj ob txoj kev tsheb khiav tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv ntawm ib qho ntawm lawv, thaum nyob hauv koj lub nroog loj, koj muaj ntau txoj kab thiab cov tsheb khiav hauv ib qho kev taw qhia, tsawg kawg ntawm koj lub xeev," Hughes tau hais.
Cov kev loj hauv nroog tau muaj neeg tuag coob tshaj plaws ntawm txhua hom kev hauv Wisconsin hauv xyoo 2008, 10.5 npaug ntawm qhov siab tshaj nyob rau hauv nroog interstates, DOT cov duab qhia. Txoj kev loj hauv xeev nyob deb nroog tau muaj neeg tuag coob li 6.5 npaug ntawm cov nroog loj thiab 2.6 npaug ntawm txoj kev hauv nroog.
Qhov tsis sib xws ntawm kev nyab xeeb ntawm kev mus ncig hauv nroog thiab hauv nroog tsis yog tshwj xeeb rau Wisconsin. Raws li National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, ze li ntawm 57 feem pua ntawm Asmeskas cov neeg tuag tuag tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv cov cheeb tsam nyob deb nroog xyoo 2007, xyoo tas los no uas muaj cov ntaub ntawv, txawm hais tias txoj kev nyob deb nroog tsuas yog 40 feem pua ntawm cov tsheb khiav mus. Hauv Wisconsin xyoo 2007, 66 feem pua ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb tuag tau tshwm sim hauv cov chaw nyob deb nroog, thaum txoj kev nyob deb nroog suav txog 47 feem pua ntawm cov tsheb khiav mus.
Kev sib tsoo tus nqi siab, cov neeg tuag tsawg hauv Wisconsin cov nroog
Qhov ntawd tsis yog hais tias muaj kev sib tsoo tsawg dua hauv nroog. Lub Nroog Milwaukee muaj qhov nruab nrab qhov sib tsoo siab tshaj plaws rau 10 xyoo dhau los, tab sis raug khi rau qhov thib ob-tsawg tshaj tus neeg tuag. Thaum Lub Nroog Menominee tshaj tawm lub xeev cov neeg tuag coob tshaj plaws, nws muaj qhov thib ob-tsawg tshaj plaws kev sib tsoo, txhais tau hais tias thaum muaj kev sib tsoo tsawg hauv lub nroog, cov kev sib tsoo no yuav ua rau tuag taus ntau dua.
Lub xeev DOT yam tseem ceeb hauv kev sib tsoo thaum txiav txim siab seb txoj haujlwm twg tau txais nyiaj txiag. Cov tub ceev xwm hais tias Lub Nroog Menominee muaj qhov tsis zoo vim tias nws cov ntaub ntawv sib tsoo raug suav ua li cas. Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Tub Ceev Xwm Menominee ua haujlwm feem ntau ntawm kev sib tsoo tab sis, vim tias pawg neeg yog ib lub koom haum tswj hwm, lub tuam tsev tsis tas yuav tsum tshaj tawm txog kev sib tsoo rau lub xeev. Nws yeem tshaj tawm qee qhov kev sib tsoo, tab sis Master Sgt. Warren Warrington tau hais tias nws tshaj tawm "zoo hauv qab 1 feem pua" ntawm kev tsheb sib tsoo. Ob leeg DOT thiab pawg neeg ua haujlwm ntseeg siab tias tus lej tuag yog qhov tseeb.
"Yog tias koj saib cov ntaub ntawv sib tsoo rau Lub Nroog Menominee, nws qhia tau tias peb muaj cov neeg tsav tsheb zoo thiab muaj tsawg heev uas tau tshaj tawm los ntawm lub xeev txoj cai," said Menominee County Highway Commissioner Ben Warrington, Warren Warrington tus kwv. "Txhua yam yog cov ntaub ntawv-tsav, thiab cov ntaub ntawv rau Menominee County tsuas yog tsis nyob ntawd."
Cawv ua lub luag haujlwm loj dua rau cov neeg tuag hauv Menominee County dua li nyob rau feem ntau ntawm lub xeev. Hauv Wisconsin, 40 feem pua ntawm 7,571 tus neeg tuag uas tau tshwm sim thaum xyoo 1999 thiab 2008 yog haus cawv thaum tus nqi yog 55 feem pua rau Menominee.
AAA Chicago tus kws tshaj lij Beth Mosher tau hais tias "Muaj teeb meem loj dua nrog kev haus cawv thiab tsav tsheb ntawm txoj kev nyob deb nroog," "Nws tsis yog qhov tseem ceeb uas tib neeg haus cawv thiab tsav tsheb ntau dua ntawm txoj kev no, tab sis thaum koj nyob hauv txoj kev hauv nroog, yuav muaj kev tsheb ntau dua nyob ib puag ncig koj. Txoj kev nyob deb nroog tau qhib ntau dua yog li cov neeg yuav mus nrawm dua thiab yuav poob tswj lawv lub tsheb. Nws yog qhov kev tiv thaiv kev nyab xeeb kom muaj kev nyab xeeb kom muaj tsheb ntau dua. "
Menominee County Sheriff Butch Summers hu ua kev tsav tsheb qaug cawv hauv Menominee County yog "kev txhawj xeeb loj."
Summers tau hais tias "Muaj qee lub sijhawm koj tsuas yog tiv thaiv tsis tau (tus neeg tuag),". “Cov neeg sawv cev tawm ntawd ua lawv txoj haujlwm. Lawv tsoo cov speeders thiab OWIs (tsav tsheb khiav thaum qaug). Tsuas yog qhov peb ua tau yog ua raws li peb ua. Peb yog ib lub zog me me. Peb tsis tuaj yeem nres txhua yam. "
Lub hnab nyiaj txhawb nqa
Cov kws tshaj lij hais tias cov nqi roj ntau dua tau ua rau txo qis 5 feem pua ntawm tag nrho cov mais taug kev hauv Wisconsin hauv 2008 los ntawm txhua lub sijhawm-siab ntawm 60.4 billion hauv 2004.
Lub xeev kuj tau tshaj tawm txoj cai tswj hwm lub rooj zaum tseem ceeb hauv lub Rau Hli, txhais tau hais tias cov neeg tsav tsheb tuaj yeem rub tawm thiab tau daim pib nkaus xwb vim tsis hnav lub rooj zaum. Yav dhau los, tub ceev xwm tuaj yeem muab cov neeg tsav tsheb thiab lwm tus neeg nyob hauv daim pib rau kev tsis hnav lub rooj zaum, tab sis tsuas yog lawv muaj ib qho laj thawj rau rub lub tsheb hla.
Lub National Highway Traffic Safety Administration kwv yees tias 200 tus neeg tau txais kev cawmdim hauv Wisconsin xyoo 2008 los ntawm kev txwv menyuam yaus thiab siv lub rooj zaum. Lub chaw haujlwm kwv yees tias 105 lub neej ntxiv tuaj yeem cawm tau yog tias txhua tus neeg tsav tsheb hauv Wisconsin siv kev txwv. Wisconsin txoj siv txoj siv sia zaum thib yim yog qhov qis tshaj plaws hauv tebchaws hauv xyoo 2008, ntawm 74.2 feem pua - tus lej uas tau poob qis txij li xyoo 2006. Qhov nruab nrab hauv tebchaws hauv xyoo 2008 yog 83 feem pua.
Nyiaj txiag rau txoj kev pheej hmoo siab
Txij li thaum xyoo 2006, Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Loj Hlob tau teem tseg $90 lab ib xyoos rau Txoj Haujlwm High Risk Rural Roads Program. Cov xeev siv cov nyiaj no rau kev tsim kho thiab txhim kho kev ua haujlwm ntawm txoj kev nyob deb nroog. Wisconsin tau txais $ 1.7 lab xyoo tas los.
Hecox tau lees paub tias ob peb lab daus las tsis ntau ntau piv rau Wisconsin cov peev nyiaj thauj mus los xyoo 2009 tsuas yog qis dua $ 3 nphom. Tab sis nws tau hais tias txawm tias kev txhim kho me me - xws li cov guardrails, cov cim zoo dua, rumble strips thiab dav lub xub pwg nyom - tuaj yeem yog txoj sia.
Lub DOT tsis ntev los no tau teeb tsa 12 mais ntawm kev tiv thaiv cables ntawm cov neeg nruab nrab ntawm txoj kev loj 41 hauv Nroog Outagamie. Scott Nelson, DOT tus kws tshaj lij kev nyab xeeb hauv cheeb tsam sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj, hais tias cov teeb meem no txwv tsis pub lub tsheb laij teb trailer los ntawm kev hla mus rau qhov tsis sib xws ntawm kev taug kev hauv cov cua daj cua dub dhau lub Kaum Ob Hlis, zam kev raug mob hnyav lossis tuag taus.
"Nws suab yuav luag tag nrho yooj yim heev, tab sis nws feem ntau yog cov kev daws teeb meem me me - thiab lawv tus nqi qis - uas tuaj yeem ua qhov sib txawv zoo nkauj thaum koj tiv thaiv tib neeg lub neej," Hecox hais.
Meyers tus poj niam hais tias nws tus txiv yog ib tug neeg siab zoo, siab mos siab muag nrog lub siab loj uas xav tau tej yam zoo los ntawm nws txoj kev tuag. “Nws pab tib neeg thaum twg los tau. Yog tias nws zaj dab neeg tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam rau txoj kev tsis zoo no thiab cawm ib tus neeg txoj sia," Traci Meyers tau hais tias, "nws yog qhov nws xav tau."
Meyers lub ntees tuag thaum Lub Kaum Hli tau muaj nyob hauv lub zos Wausaukee, cov pej xeem 556.
Yim pua tus neeg tuaj koom.
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Xam cov neeg tuag
US Department of Transportation's Highway Performance Monitoring System suav cov neeg tuag rau lub tsheb sib tsoo ntawm 100 lab lub tsheb ntawm kev mus los (VMT). Kev suav cov tsheb thauj mus los tau nyob hauv kwv yees li ib feem peb ntawm Wisconsin cov nroog txhua xyoo. Kev kwv yees rau cov nroog tsis suav nyob rau hauv ib lub xyoo tshwj xeeb yog xam los ntawm kev siv cov kev loj hlob thoob plaws lub xeev qhov nruab nrab rau xyoo dhau los suav. Qhov kwv yees VMT rau xyoo 2008 hauv Wisconsin yog 57.5 billion. Kev kwv yees rau xyoo 2009 tseem tsis tau muaj.
Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.
Kuv tus tij laug tuag lub 1 Hlis tim 2010, 4 vim muaj tsheb sib tsoo ntawm txoj kev me me uas muaj ntoo nyob ntawm txoj kev. Wisconsin txoj kev me me tso tseg tsis muaj chaw yuam kev!! Kuv nco kuv tus me nus heev thiab tseem yog XNUMX tug me nyuam ntxhais. Thov kom cov ntoo txiav rov qab los ntawm txoj kev thiab ntxiv ib co guardrails, muaj pes tsawg tus tuag los qhia peb?