About Us
If you are trying to make sense of traffic laws, roadside rules, and the safety issues that shape everyday life on the road, we built Traffic Soldiers for you. We write for drivers, passengers, cyclists, and anyone who wants clear, grounded information about how traffic enforcement, public safety, and legal processes affect real people in the United States. Our goal is to make complicated topics easier to follow without talking down to our readers or dressing things up in jargon.
We come to this work as former journalists who spent years covering local courts and government, where the details mattered and the consequences were never abstract. That background still guides how we report and edit. We pay close attention to how laws are written, how policies are enforced, and how safety decisions play out in communities and on the street.
Our coverage focuses on the overlap between legal and safety topics: traffic violations, enforcement practices, court developments, driver responsibilities, roadway risks, and the public systems behind them. We care about accuracy, context, and straightforward explanations. Above all, we believe readers deserve reporting that is careful, honest, and useful when the subject is something as immediate as a stop on the roadside or a rule that affects the way people travel every day.
Our Writers
Colleen O'Brien
Washington-based staff writer covering workplace safety and injury claims
Doug Reznikov
Freelance contributor focused on pedestrian and cyclist safety across Washington
Meera Subramaniam
Covers motor vehicle safety and crash prevention for readers across Washington
Earl Braxton
Longtime reporter on car accident aftermath and legal options and related issues
Tameka Williams
Freelance reporter with a focus on construction site safety
Danny Trent
West Virginia-based correspondent covering motor vehicle safety and crash prevention
Rhonda Hatfield
Longtime freelance journalist on construction site safety and related issues
Roderick Lyons
Covers vehicle accidents and insurance claims for readers across West Virginia