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No Text Is Worth The Risk | Facts About Distracted Driving

- December 18, 2015 137

The reality of distracted driving is that it's simply not worth it. No text, tweet, Instagram upload, etc. is ever worth the potential outcome of the danger you're putting yourself and others in when you're distracted. And just in case anyone needs a reminder of exactly why this is true, there are plenty of facts to back up the cause.

For one, someone driving while he or she is distracted is twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident compared to someone who's focused on the road. That may seem like a drastic number, but it makes a lot of sense when you also consider that the average...

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Today, We're in the Future #BacktotheFutureDay

- October 21, 2015 82

Posted by Michael J. Fox, October 21, 2015

Today on the White House website, Michael J. Fox reflects on how far we’ve come toward cures for brain disease in the 30 years since the Back to the Future trilogy debuted — and what’s possible in the next 30.

We’ve come a long way since 1985.

When Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled thirty years into the future, we could only imagine the innovations we take for granted today -- new ideas and technologies that have completely changed the way we live, learn, and work.

Back then, if you’d told me that I’d go from talking on a cell phone to talking...

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Over 35 Million Traveling for Labor Day Says AAA, Highest Travel Volume Since 2008

- September 04, 2015 81

8/27/15 AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AAA Travel projects 35.5 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Labor Day holiday weekend, the highest travel volume for the holiday since 2008 and a one percent increase over 2014. While the majority of travelers (30.4 million, 86 percent of all travelers) will celebrate the holiday with a final road trip before summer comes to a close, air travel is also projected to grow 1.5 percent this holiday. Over 2.6 million travelers are expected to travel by air, making this the largest volume of air travel since 2007 for this holiday...

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A Road Safety Bill That Actually Decreases Road Safety?

- July 23, 2015 318

Last month, the House passed an appropriations bill that would put bigger trucks with overworked drivers behind the wheel on the nation's highways. If that weren't irresponsible enough, the Senate is now considering legislation that would allow trucking companies to hire 18-year-old drivers for interstate routes and undermine safety on roads and railroads in numerous other ways.

Even by the low standards of the current Congress, these bills are egregious examples of faithfully saying yes to everything industry wants, in this case transportation companies. The Senate is expected to take up its disingenuously...