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  • September 2008

    • Speed Limits Aren't Saving Lives, So Make Cars Slower

      New York Times  |  Sep 8, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Speed Limits Aren't Saving Lives, So Make Cars Slower

      (Newser) - Speeding contributes to 13,000 US road deaths each year, and, at 30% of traffic fatalities, places only slightly behind alcohol, at 39%, Kent A. Sepkowitz writes in the New York Times . While preventing drunk driving is a complex problem requiring cooperation of motorists, police, and educators, speeding can be prevented easily: by making cars that cannot physically exceed the speed limit. More »

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      drunk driving  • car accident  • fatalities  • road safety  • speeding  • speed limit

  • August 2008

    • Motorcycle Deaths Rise 6.6%

      New York Times  |  Aug 15, 08 8:54 AM CDT

      Motorcycle Deaths Rise 6.6%

      (Newser) - The number of motorcyclist deaths rose in 2007 for the 10th year in a row, the New York Times reports, jumping 6.6% even as the overall number of vehicle deaths continued to drop. Motorcycle deaths now account for one in eight traffic fatalities, totaling 5,154 last year—a toll safety experts blame on weakened helmet laws, as well as increased ridership as people seek to save on gas. More »

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      accident  • driving  • traffic accident  • drivers  • highway safety  • road safety  • motorcycle crash

  • July 2008

    • Road Deaths Drop as Gas Price Soars

      Associated Press  |  Jul 12, 08 7:30 AM CDT

      Road Deaths Drop as Gas Price Soars

      (Newser) - The record-breaking gas prices putting the squeeze on American drivers may be a lifesaver for some, reports the AP. Experts crunched 20 years of data and discovered that auto deaths fell 2.3% for every 10% hike in gas prices. When gas went up, people drove slower and bought safer vehicles. Risk-taking young drivers were priced off the roads. They estimate $4 gas will prevent 1,000 deaths a month. More »

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      gas prices  • oil prices  • driving  • motorists  • speeding  • road safety  • teenage drivers

  • May 2008

    • Trucking Goes High Tech

      ComputerWorld  |  May 22, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      Trucking Goes High Tech

      (Newser) - Trucking companies are adopting technologies that track vehicles, monitor trucks’ condition and drivers’ actions, and even act automatically to stop accidents, reports ComputerWorld . The systems help companies meet regulations and contract obligations. Take the company that delivered the final Harry Potter book nationwide within a three-hour window and achieved its goal that “Harry Potter must not escape” with advanced tracking. More »

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      technology  • GPS  • truckers  • road safety  • transport

  • March 2008

    • Icy Roads? Beet Juice Just the Right Tonic

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 14, 08 6:46 PM CDT

      Icy Roads? Beet Juice Just the Right Tonic

      (Newser) - Road workers in the Chicago area are shaking up their winter ice-busting cocktail with an odd new mixer: beet juice. Sanitation officials are pleased with the combination, which reduces the necessary rock salt (harmful to plants and water supplies) by up to 30% and is effective at temperatures far lower than salt alone, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Chicago  • Illinois  • ice  • salt  • road safety  • winter travel  • winter storms  • roadways

  • January 2008

    • Cell Talkers Clogging Up Highways

      LiveScience  |  Jan 2, 08 6:35 PM CST

      Cell Talkers Clogging Up Highways

      (Newser) - In addition to being distracted and erratic, drivers using cell phones also slow traffic, a study confirms. Using a simulator with virtual traffic scenes, researchers discovered that drivers using mobile phones—even ones with hands-free devices—go more slowly on highways and pass sluggish drivers less frequently. "That SOB on the cell phone is slowing you down and making you late," one tells LiveScience . More »

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      cell phones  • car  • driving  • road safety

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