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Safety advocate group includes helmet laws in 15-item list

  • Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
  • January 12, 2012
Arguing that "Families are paying with their lives and their wallets when elected officials fail to act," the group Advocates for Highway...
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NTSB calls for ban on cell phone calls, texting due to distracted driving

On December 13, 2011, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted unanimously to ban the use of cell phones, and portable electronic...
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Cell phone kills Moose in Wasilla

Yesterday in Wasilla Alaska at approximately 6pm, Alaska State Troopers responded to a single vehicle collision near mile 10 of Knik-Goose Bay road...
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The ten quickest ways to ruin the paint finish on your car

My car was recently hit by an oblivious motorist chatting away on her cell phone. When I really examined my vehicle at the auto body shop, I...
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"My vehicle was struck by a distracted driver!"

  • My vehicle was struck by a distracted driver
  • April 5, 2011
It finally happened to me! My vehicle wasstruck lastSunday eveningby a distracted driver who was on her cell phone. After the young woman's...
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From fetishes to Floriduh: part II of the strangest stories of 2010

  • strangest stories of 2010
  • December 31, 2010
In part one we looked at a Massachusetts man who raped his roommate’s rabbit; observed a South African crime lord lose his penis during a...
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DoT proposes cell phone ban for commercial truck, bus drivers

Follow me on TwitterOn Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) has proposed a regulation banning cell phone use while behind the wheel...
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DOT Secretary LaHood attacks cell phone users

  • Roy LaHood
  • December 10, 2010
While everyone’s focus is on the lame duck session of Congress and their continuing game playing, grand standing and finger pointing, the...
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'No Texting' ban - Double Dip for Truckers

Texting and driving ticket (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Drew Perine)This texting decree that the USDOT and FMCSA has put together for truck drivers...
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First Texting now more Bans on the way for Truckers

USDOT has already affirmed texting while driving by commercial drivers to be officially forbid, and rule making has been proposed for that. Rose...
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