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0Report: Americans driving fewest miles since 2003 1319751060
USA Today reports that Americans are driving less today than they were one year ago. According to a new study by the Department of Transportation, travel on U.S. roads has declined by around 1.3 percent through the first eight months of the year compared to the same period in 2010. That equates ...
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Report: Driving can contribute to deadliest cancer, particularly on your left side 1308412980
When the weather's right, it feels great to turn off the A/C, roll down the window and just go for a ride. But while the wind feels great, the sun may be killing you. USA Today reports that U.S. drivers are more prone to the potentially deadly melanoma and merkel cell carcinoma skin cancers on ...
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Mercedes-Benz to launch teen driving school 1301056080
"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz". Janice Joplin's words may seem entertaining to some, but strikingly familiar to anyone who's gone through the ordeal of ushering their teenager into the world of driving. While most parents wouldn't consider buying their teen a Mercedes as a first car ...
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Study: Gamers take more chances behind the wheel, suffer from road rage 1296750600
Fact: Playing video games can help speed up reaction times and make a person more sensitive to the environment around them. A study by researchers at the University of Rochester found that people who play video games are generally better at multi-tasking, reading small print and even driving. On ...
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PSA: 4th of July named most dangerous driving holiday, so be safe out there 1278169620
On Sunday, the United States of America will celebrate its 234th birthday, and rightfully so, 4th of July festivities will be taking place all around the country – cookouts, camping trips and pool-side relaxation are not out of the question. But for those of us who will be out on the road, ...
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First Drive: 2011 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra Heavy Duty trucks set new HD standard 1276531080
2011 GM HD Trucks - Click above for high-res image galleryUsually whenever we head out to a new vehicle press launch, we have to sit through exhaustive technical and marketing presentations before we get a chance to climb behind the wheel. However, General Motors put us straight into a dual-rear ... -
Report: NSC decrees all cell phone driving as dangerous, cites 30 studies 1269979020
Surprise, surprise. The National Safety Council just released a report saying that all cell phone use while driving – even hands-free – is potentially dangerous and "risky behavior." The study includes some pretty scary figures, including this one: At any time, 11 percent of drivers ...
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New smartphone app automatically cuts usage when driving 1267379160
If you're truly worried about your teenager and what he or she might get into – or plow into – using a cellphone while driving, then perhaps you might find Cell Cease of interest. If your teen's phone runs on Windows Mobile and has GPS, Cell Cease will block the ability to make and ...
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Dung beetles in cow pies helping Toyota create night vision systems? [w/video] 1263932940
Dung Beetles and your driving will soon have something in common – Click above to watch videoIt's called "local adaptive spatiotemporal smoothing," and birds moths do it, bees do it, even educated fleas dung beetles do it. What it means is that when a dung beetle looks at something, it can ... -
Platoon: GPS-based road trains set to test on European roads? 1258147860
GPS-based road train – Click above for galleryIt goes by the name "Sartre," but it has nothing to do with existentialism and just a little bit to do with exits. The Safe Road Trains for the Environment program is a three-year European study centering on the creation of 'platoons' of ...

