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Safety Manager for Commercial Bus Company Pleads Guilty

In February 2016, Yu Hua Mei and 13 other individuals were indicted for fraudulently operating commercial bus companies throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states. In September 2017, she and ...
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The Difference an Inch Can Make

In the 1980s, highway safety experts were facing a problem. Guardrails were lining America's highways to keep cars from rolling or crash off the road—but when cars struck the ends of ...
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House Panel Approves Wider Testing of Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars have taken another small step forward in the House of Representatives last month. A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has backed a bill that would allow for ...
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Bad Roads, Bad Accidents, & Suffering Communities

Roman history is marked by unprecedented glories and victories of any ancient empire. Without Internet, without phones, and without electricity, the Romans efficiently managed an area of lands ...
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Too Much Safety Technology Can Be Deadly

In 1908, when the latest in car technology included "not attached to a horse," two psychologists made a discovery that shapes the way we think about safety over a century later. Their ...
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Are You Using Car Seats Correctly?

Christine Miller put her three-year-old son, Kyle, into a booster seat when they got in the car. The boy was 40 pounds, and Christine had been led to believe that this meant he needed to use a booster ...
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National Teen Driver Safety Week Set for October

From October 16 to October 22, National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW) will be in full swing. This national safety week was established by Congress in 2007 and has since been held annually in an ...
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