Kentucky Highway Fatalities

Twelve Highway Deaths On Kentucky Roads Last Week (Jan 26 - Feb 1, 2009)

Date of News Release: 02/02/09

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) - Preliminary statistics* indicate that twelve people died in eight separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, January 26 through Sunday, February 1, 2009.

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All of the crashes involved motor vehicles and five of the victims were not wearing seat belts. The seat belt status of three victims is unknown at this time. Single-vehicle crashes occurred in Anderson, Carter (2), Jefferson,  Ohio and Wayne counties.

Two triple-fatality crashes occurred in Lincoln and Warren county. The suspected use of alcohol was a factor in the Lincoln county crash.

Through February 1, preliminary statistics* indicate that 55 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roadways during 2009. This is 8 fewer than reported for this time period in 2008. Of the 52 motor vehicle fatalities, 25 victims were not wearing seat belts. Three pedestrian have been killed. A total of 13 fatalities have resulted from crashes involving the suspected use of alcohol.

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Citizens can contribute to highway safety by reporting erratic drivers to the Kentucky State Police toll-free at 1-800-222-5555. Callers will remain anonymous and should give a description of the vehicle, location, direction of travel and license number if possible.

*These statistics are still preliminary as KSP waits for all local law enforcement agencies throughout the state to report any crashes and fatalities that may have occurred in their areas.

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Insurance and Financial Institutions in Turmoil...What does it all mean?

As the marketing director for  Charllie Pinson Insurance KY  the question of "Where does the industry go from here?" has been on my mind this week. Insurance giant, AIG, has sure taken a beating and of course had a government bailout.

As a Kentucky independent insurance agent, I am surely grateful that our agency has many companies to offer our clients; not just one company. We represent Progressive, Hartford, Safeco, Travellers, Farmers and several other  Kentucky Auto Insurance  providers. We also represent AIG; but the point is we offer our clients the power to choose.

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In this day when big companies continue to swallow up smaller companies it's hard to keep up. Safeco was bought by Liberty Mutual. Wachovia, Merrill Lynch, Lyman Bros, and others are all in the news with dramatic changes.

It just goes to show you that bigger is not always better. Sure, we want to grow our business, just like any other successful business. But at the same time, with too rapid growth of overhead pursueing "the next level" of success comes at the costs of reducing profitablility. You spend more money; but make less profit. They called that the "Law of Dimishing Returns" when I was an econmics student.

With all the turmoil, you have to be watchful. As for Charlie Pinson Insurance KY  we are going to stick with what we know....offering our clients downhome personal service with the choice of doing business with numerous insurance companies. Sometimes, it's fun to be the hare...but the slow and steady turtle always wins the race.

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Joyce Pinson is the marketing director for Charlie Pinson Insurance KY, and it's sister Kentucky health insurance agencies. Joyce attended the University of Kentucky majoring in Agricultural Economics.