Figures

7,512

The number of speeding citations issued in one weekend by North Carolina state and local police during Operation Slow Down/No Need 2 Speed highway safety campaign. The campaign cited 5,254 motorists for speeding and issued 10,901 citations for other violations.

18-12

The count by which the Tennessee Senate voted to rescind the state’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law for adults. Any licensed motorcyclist at least 21 years old could opt not to wear a helmet under the bill if the House goes along. The rate of head injuries increased by 80 percent in Florida and 77 percent in Kentucky after those state rescinded their mandatory helmet laws, according to an analysis by the General Assembly’s Fiscal Review Committee.

$32 million

The appropriations amount signed into law by Alabama Gov. Bob Riley to rebuild two Enterprise, Ala. schools damaged by a deadly tornado on March 1. Riley also presented Mayor Ken Boswell with a $160,000 check in private donations raised through the Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund to help with disaster recovery.

38

The number of Hurricane Katrina insurance cases of Mississippi residents settled last month during court-order mediation, according to U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. Mediations ordered in U.S. District Court now total 153 with 74 settled, or 48 percent.

10

The number of years that Guillermo Villasano, also known as Miguel Villasario, of Umatilla, Fla., allegedly filed fraudulent workers’ compensation claims after being injured on a job in October 1996, a job that he got by using his deceased uncle’s social security card, according to state fraud investigators.

83%

The percentage of Katrina disputes in Mississippi’s mediation program that have been settled. According to Mississippi Department of Insurance records, of the 3,381 cases sent to its program, 2,797 have been settled.