Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany and Michigan-based Advanced Vision Systems LLC (which develops camera technologies for transportation and security markets) have partnered to develop a camera that provides high-quality ...
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Everyone knows the dangers of drunk driving, but has poor self-control. Someone after alcohol wants to have an experience of fast driving. All kinds of the lesson of flesh and blood, we should control ourselves! Now, the technology so ...
Most Americans (51%) say they would never consider enrolling in a pay-as-you-drive insurance program, a significant increase from 37% last year, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. Millennials are the most likely to sign up for ...
Although some advocates want to lower the legal drinking age from 21, research continues to show that the law saves lives. That's the finding of a new review published in a special supplemental issue to the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and ...
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Even "minimally buzzed" drivers are more often to blame for fatal car crashes than the sober drivers they collide with, reports a University of California, San Diego study of accidents in the United States. Led by UC San Diego sociologist ...
Every year at New Year's millions of people make resolutions to change habits such as drinking alcohol, smoking, overeating, exercise, etc. However, research by Richard Wiseman from the University of Bristol shows that only 12% of New ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued guidelines to help states develop programs to require first-time drunken driving offenders use ignition interlocks that prevent them from operating vehicles after drinking. The release of ...
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The holiday season is one of the most dangerous times of the year on U.S. roads. Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, as many as 900 people nationwide could die in crashes caused by drunk driving, safety officials report. "We've made ...
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Hundreds of thousands of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) made by Philips Healthcare might not deliver a needed shock to the heart in an emergency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in an updated warning. Latest ...
The US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has formulated a highway safety initiative, 'Significant and Seamless' as a part of its efforts to cut down number of road accidents on the ...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) "praised" new measures proposed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to reduce impaired driving. The ATA is also calling for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to allow mandatory ...
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American Textile Recycling Service is excited to bring its textile recycling mission to the Nashville Earth Day Festival, Saturday, April 20th at Centennial Park in Downtown Nashville. A free, family-oriented event, the Nashville Earth ...
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We are in the season of festivities, with many celebrations for the holidays and New Year's. But the sobering reality is that it's also a time of year when many people die on our roads due to drunk driving. In 2011, 9,878 people were ...
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