ELYRIA, OHIO: The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting an increase in the number of crashes caused by motorists who fail to yield to other vehicles.
In a recent news release, the patrol says total failure-to-yield crashes rose 9 percent last year compared with 2014 data. Such crashes that were fatal jumped 28 percent. Troopers wrote more than 23,000 citations that included a failure-to-yield violation last year.
The patrol says that roughly 49,000 crashes on Ohio roadways happened when the at-fault driver failed to yield, resulting in more than 200 deaths and almost 29,000 injuries.
Lt. Carlos Smith, the commander of the patrol’s Elyria post, says traffic can be frustrating, but motorists need to remain calm and yield for other vehicles that have the right-of-way.