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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Community- August 03, 2015 89
Senator pushes bill to speed up ignition lock research
By Paula Katinas
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Someday, a drunk person won’t be able to drive a car because the car won’t start. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he wants someday to be here soon.
Schumer (D-New York) is pushing legislation called the ROADS SAFE Act that would speed up the development of technology to prevent drunk drivers from operating a car. The technology would disable a car’s ignition if the driver is found to be above the legal blood alcohol limit. It works with the use of sensors inside the auto that are equipped with touch or non-invasive...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Upcoming Events Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Community- 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...
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News- March 16, 2015 55
Published on Monday, 16 March, 2015 - Luxembourg has launched a new road safety campaign aimed at making different road users more tolerant of one another.
“L’automobiliste est bête, il croit que c’est le motard qui est bête, alors qu’en fait c’est le cycliste, dit le piéton”
(The driver is stupid, he believes it is the biker who is stupid, when in fact it is the cyclist who is stupid, says the pedestrian) is the ironic slogan behind the campaign.“It's a natural and well-known phenomena that our point of view changes radically if we go from being a pedestrian, which we all are to start with, to...
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FAQ / Ask The Expert- November 05, 2014 50
- How Many People Are Killed Or Injured On The Road Each Year?
On average, 92 U.S. citizens die on the road each day. That’s 2,760 people injured or killed each month and 33,120 each year.
- What Is “ESC” And Does It Save Lives?
ESC stands for Electronic Stability Control. NHTSA estimates that in 2011 - 1,045 lives were saved because of vehicles with ESC (an upward trend from previous years). It is promising to see that ESC, along with other safety features in vehicles, can have a huge impact on advancements in road safety.
- How Can The Amount Of Accidents Among Young Drivers Be Reduced?
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