traffic

Why does it seem like so many people don't have a clue on how to merge into traffic? Not just in Rockford either. There are Merging Morons in every city.

If you were out and about around the Rockford area last night, you got a nice mix of gloomy and foggy--and some nervous drivers, too.

Commuting isn't always our first choice when it comes to our jobs but sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do. When it comes to commuting and traveling our interstates, Illinois' has a big complaint.

The first six months of 2017 have seen an uptick in the number of Illinois traffic fatalities over the same period in 2016, all while the rate of traffic deaths has slightly decreased nationally. Experts say there are several reasons.

On Tuesday of this week, you may have noticed an increased Rockford Police presence in the areas of Charles Street from 9th Street to Parkside Drive and Broadway from 9th Street to Alpine Road. You may have even met the police up-close-and-personal.

There's not much to say after seeing this license plate other than "congratulations."

As a state, we haven't reached the 1000-plus traffic death figure since 2008 (when 1043 people were killed on Illinois roads, 998 last year), but safety and insurance industry experts say we're on our way to topping that number this year.

] The extremely high winds are causing a very dangerous situation on area roadways this afternoon.

There is a method to the madness of driving during the holiday season.

I sometimes laugh a bit when someone complains about being caught in Rockford's rush hour. Not that it can't be a pain, but c'mon...you know that there are places so much worse, like Chicago and Milwaukee, both close enough that you could go see for yourself without having to go to New York, Houston, or the American grand-daddy of traffic jams, Los Angeles...