| Drowsy driving identified as a safety issue |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
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Most drivers in the U.S. are familiar with the dangers of drunk driving and distracted driving. Drowsy driving is, however, nearly as dangerous.
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| Much Ado About Bulletproof Cars By Prince Charles Dickson |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
By Prince Charles Dickson If the rat and the lizard are soaked by rain, the water dries from the lizard's body but it does not dry from the rat's body. Nigerians are very dramatic people and this I have said countless times, all noise and very little in terms and focus and direction, all hot air, plenty smoke but no real fire--or at best sooner or later depending on the divide, the ...
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| Derailed train cars continue to burn in Alberta |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
Investigators survey the site of a train derailment near the hamlet of Gainford, west of Edmonton October 20, 2013. The Canadian National Railway train carrying petroleum crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas derailed west of Edmonton, Alberta, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on October 19. REUTERS/Dan ...
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| No Doors Between Subway Cars M.T.A. May Consider New Model |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
For decades, the New York City subway car has been a predictable space. Some have seats; some have benches. Graspable pole options vary only slightly. Mariachi bands play, and self-appointed preachers ...
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| Gainford Alta. residents remain evacuated as derailed tanker cars continue to burn |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
A train derailment in Gainford, Alta.,is seen in this aerial photo courtesy of the RCMP and Parkland County, October 19, 2013. A train carrying crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas derailed west of Edmonton, Alberta, on Saturday, causing an explosion and fire but no injuries, Canadian National Railway said. ...
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| Trucks driver Lofton recovering from broken thumb |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
Miguel Paludo (32) tumbles down the front stretch on the final lap of the NASCAR Trucks auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. Also wrecking are Kyle Busch (51), Darrell Wallace Jr. (54), Jeb Burton (4) and Justin Lofton (6). (AP Photo/Dan ...
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| Update Two rail cars still burning at Gainford derailment site |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
Parkland County Fire Chief Jim Phelan, CN Rail’s chief operating officer Jim Vena and Alberta Environment Minister Diana McQueen meet the media at Seba Beach, Alta., on Oct. 19, 2013, to discuss the CN train derailment near Gainford. Video by Larry Wong, Edmonton ...
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| Toyota trio on top as World Endurance Championship race is abandoned |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
Allan McNish's hopes of becoming the first British sportscar world champion for 21 years received a boost in Fuji. Photograph: Steven Bloor/The ...
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| Press Release Aviation N255m car scandal Why Pres. Jonathan Should Sell Armored Cars---SERAP |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
By Adetokunbo Mumuni A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a public appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan to "urgently order the sale of the two armored BMW cars reportedly bought with funds from the Aviation Ministry, and to use the accrued funds to provide compensation to families of victims of recent air accidents and use part of the ...
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| Driver of van detained after crash in Philippines kills at least 20 |
Oct 20th, 2013 |
Police said at least 20 people died and 50 others were injured in a pileup crash in the Philippines village of Santa Catalina. The crash took place at 1 a.m. Saturday on a mountainous, zig-zag stretch of highway.The accident began when a delivery van traveling downhill during a downpour slammed into a Superlines bus.The bus and van both spun out of control and hit other vehicles in the opposite ...
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