Summary: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Jefferson Exchange: January 28, 2014 Hour 1B:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Oregon Traffic Fatalities Running Low</b></p><p>Before the turn of the century, Oregon's annual number of traffic fatalities was generally worse than the national average. What a turnaround. The preliminary numbers for last year show a number--317--that has been this low only once since World War II. But with more bicycles on the road and more people communicating by text message, can the trend last? The <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TS/pages/index.aspx" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Oregon Department of Transportation's</span></strong></a> safety division administrator explains the numbers and likely reasons for them.</p>
