Monthly Archives: April 2016
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Safety Through Infographics Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Guides Safety Community- April 28, 2016 98
This infographic, courtesy of Hussey Fraser, features facts about motorcycle injuries, important motorbike safety tips, and useful motorcycle road hand signals.
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News News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- April 25, 2016 64
This weekend families around the United States celebrated Safe Kids Day, an annual event put on by Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit organization working to protect kids from preventable injuries. While the national celebration was held at Smashbox Studio in Culver City, California, over 200 Safe Kids Day events were also held all across the country. Preventable injuries are the leading cause of death to children in the U.S, but Safe Kids Worldwide believes that with education and forethought, most of these injuries are preventable. The event raises safety awareness and supports the life-saving...
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News News Releases- April 22, 2016 111
The demand for electric passenger cars is still rising. Renault just produced its 50,00th Zoe electric car. More and more commercial vehicles are slowly going electric. Motiv Power Systems, a California electric powertrain manufacturer, made the first electric school bus in America, and also produce other electric commercial vehicles including delivery trucks and refuse trucks.
Motiv have recently partnered with Creative Bus Sales to produce a new zero-emission school bus built on a Ford F59 Chassis with a Motiv all-electric powertrain and a Starcraft body. The Starcraft eQuest XL can hold up...
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News News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- April 19, 2016 82
The streets of Beverly Hills are known for fancy cars and A-List celebrities. However something else will soon start turning heads in this glamorous Los Angeles County city, a fleet of driver less autonomous vehicles (A.V.s).
During an April 5th City Council meeting, The city of Beverly Hills passed a resolution creating a program to develop autonomous shuttles as a new method of public transportation. Council members unanimously approved the program, calling for Beverly Hills to become a leader in the testing and implementation of autonomous shuttles.
“Beverly Hills is the perfect community to...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- April 14, 2016 119
Other than the hazards of not clearly seeing objects behind you where a Rear View Camera is clearly the solution, distracted driving is a very serious problem. A breathalyzer for your cell phone could be part of the solution.
New York police could soon by using textalyzer phone scanners that act as a breathalyzer for your cell phone, allowing them to quickly see if a phone was used at the time of an accident while also keeping content private.
Assembly assistant Speaker Felix Ortiz and New York Senator Terrence Murphy have partnered with awareness group Distracted Operators Risk Casualties to propose...
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News News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- April 12, 2016 223
As a road safety leader and advocate, Rear View Safety is very proud to announce the Safety Initiative Award.
The Safety Initiative Award is given to companies in recognition of steps taken to protect both vehicle operators and pedestrians.
Rear View Safety is acknowledging companies who are taking important steps towards safety. The Safety Initiative Award is also something to proudly frame on the wall for all to see. By prominently displaying their award, companies can show employees, other companies, and the general public how committed they are to safety.
Want to earn a Safety Initiative Award...
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News News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- April 07, 2016 88
April is Distracted Driving Awareness month and Rear View Safety would like to take part in awareness.. The United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), California Highway Patrol (CHP), the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), and Impact Teen Drivers (ITD) have partnered together to help end distracted driving.
Dot has launched a national advertising campaign and law enforcement crackdown focusing on consequences of texting while driving, U Drive. U Text. U Pay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKErdr0sd_0...
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News News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- April 05, 2016 45
The idea of the Samsung Smart Windshield is exciting, and the design is very sleek, but is this product necessary or safe? The GPS could be useful, while the other features could prove to be a dangerous distraction. Watch a preview below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAWpq4eW7FE
Driving should take your complete attention, especially when riding a motorcycle, which can be as or more dangerous than cars. The federal government estimates that per mile traveled in 2013, the number of deaths on motorcycles was over 26 times the number in cars: Source
This number is higher because the motorcycle...
