Ronald G. Shafer

Ronald G. Shafer of Williamsburg is a former Washington political features editor at the Wall Street Journal and the author of “A Half Naked George Washington. And Other True Tales From History,” a book of his Washington Post articles.

Virginia's traffic fatalities would plummet if more people — drivers and passengers — always wore their seat belts in their vehicles, author and former journalist Ronald G. Shafer writes in a guest column.

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Column: A simple click can lower traffic fatalities in Virginia

September 7, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Virginia's traffic fatalities would plummet if more people — drivers and passengers — always wore their seat belts in their vehicles, author and former journalist Ronald G. Shafer writes in...

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