| Texting while driving tops list of teen driver fatality causes |
May 30th, 2013 |
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A study released in May 2013 revealed that texting and driving has become the leading cause of teen driver fatalities.
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| NTSB recommends changes to state DUI laws |
May 30th, 2013 |
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On May 14, 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a Safety Report called Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Alcohol-impaired Driving. In the report the NTSB outlines the elements its research indicates are necessary to achieve a meaningful reduction in deaths and injuries caused by alcohol-related driving.
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| Supreme Court: warrants generally required to draw a DWI suspect's blood |
May 30th, 2013 |
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A warrant is required in most cases to require DUI suspects to submit to a blood test, the Supreme Court recently ruled.
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| Statistics show over half of a million drivers on the phone at any time |
May 30th, 2013 |
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A recent survey found that hundreds of thousands of drivers are distracted by cellphones at any given moment during daylight hours in the United States.
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| State v. Wilson: North Carolina DWI law is complex and evolving |
May 30th, 2013 |
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In summer 2010, a Winston-Salem police officer made an arrest for possible drunk driving under unique circumstances that ended at a local hospital with a forced blood draw.
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| New technologies can help prevent car accidents |
May 30th, 2013 |
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Each year, automobile manufacturers introduce new technologies designed to help prevent serious car accidents and save lives. While many of these new technologies show promise, not all of them are as successful as manufacturers would like. According to a new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute, several new technologies do appear to offer significant safety benefits.
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| Should states lower the legal limit for driving while intoxicated? |
May 30th, 2013 |
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A federal safety agency recently announced its recommendation that states lower the legal limit for DUI and DWI.
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| Truck accidents one potential fracking hazard |
May 30th, 2013 |
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Much of the debate about fracking is centered on the potentially dire environmental effects of the practice and the possibility of contaminated drinking water, which could cause significant injury to those living in areas where gas is being extracted. One often overlooked danger is the increased risk of truck accidents posed by large tanker trucks traveling to and from fracking sites.
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| 10 Most Useless Car Technologies |
May 30th, 2013 |
Whoever wrote this sounds like some one who just hates technology. Pretty sure the map lights helped me a lot of times, it does get dark in the car and if I drop something I need to see it. ...
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| 10 outrageous options on luxury cars |
May 30th, 2013 |
Just another example of how much a car can be when engineers have the budget to do it and how people feel that all these options make them more luxurious. Let's be real though. This is nothing to drool about because these cars will only be bought and driven by the wealthy, not rich. That means that 99% of us have a front row seat to view it from the storefront window. Be careful not to ...
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