For as long as I can remember school buses have never had seatbelts…until now. Earnie Grafton at the San Diego Union-Tribune reports, “seatmates buckle up in San Diego, where newer school buses are equipped with shoulder-harness belts at an additional cost of $12,000 (U.S.) per vehicle.” But where did the rational for the practice behind [...]
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January 31st, 2011Are Roads Safer In Urban Areas?
January 31st, 2011What makes a road safe? The answer to this question depends upon whom you ask. For example, a new study this week put out by USA Today asserts,” Roads are safer in urban areas.” But how could this be? First of all, you might look to a body of independent studies published over the past [...]
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January 31st, 2011Motorcycle enthusiast, Robert Vaughan, from motervike.com suggests, “perhaps the most renowned study of motorcycle accident causes and countermeasures was done for the University of Southern California by researcher Harry Hurt.” As it turns out, Vaughan also discovered that Hurt investigated “900 motorcycle accidents and analyzed another 3600 motorcycle traffic accident reports.” And as a result, [...]
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January 31st, 2011San Francisco pedestrians involved in avoidable bus accidents due to either inexperienced or inept bus drivers have recently found a voice. This week, the San Francisco Examiner issued a report that found scores of preventable accidents have been caused by bus drivers, many of whom, have previously been involved in similar unnecessary accidents. Just last [...]
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January 27th, 2011Pedestrian safety is a serious issue in California. One statistic from the California Department of Motor Vehicles provides that “Pedestrian deaths occur in seventeen percent of all traffic fatalities.” But what is a pedestrian? According to the current California Driver Handbook Laws and Rules of the Road, “A pedestrian is a person on foot or [...]
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