San Diego 6 CW
December 22, 2014
[…] The defendant allegedly drove the wrong way on a one-way road about 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 12, plowing into a group of 16-20 cyclists, hitting 10 of the riders head-on, according to Deputy District Attorney Jessica Coto. […] One of the riders who was struck, 43-year-old Juan Carlos Vinolo, has permanent paralysis from the waist down. […]
Bloomberg News
December 20, 2014
U.S. automobile recalls surpassed the 60 million mark for the first time in a single year, largely because of the rush to prevent more deaths from defective General Motors Co. ignition switches and Takata Corp. air bags. […]
LA Times 12/19/14
[…] A new analysis of fatal car crashes finds that teen drivers involved in such collisions were 46% more likely than their middle-aged counterparts to be in cars classified as “mini” or “small.” Teens killed behind the wheel were also 44% more likely to be driving “midsize” cars. […]
Wired
12/18/14
[…] The Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO dropped a 57-page alpha white paper on us, noting he didn’t really have the time to build a revolutionary transit system that would shoot pods full of people around the country in above-ground tubes at 800 mph.
Fortunately for futurists and people who enjoy picking apart complicated plans, an El Segundo, California-based startup has taken Musk up on his challenge to develop and build the Hyperloop. […]
Distracted Driving and the Risks of Ride-Hailing Services Like Uber
NY Times
12/21/2014
[…] a growing number of drivers who make their living behind the wheel can’t wait. These are the drivers for Uber and its competitors, including taxi services, who, to make money, must respond nearly instantly to their smartphones, without regard to road conditions or safety. […]
Wired
December 16, 2014
[…] Meter-resolution maps may be good enough for GPS-based navigation, but autonomous cars will need maps that can tell them where the curb is within a few centimetres. They also need to be live, updated second by second with information about accidents, traffic backups, and lane closures. […]
December 2, 2014
UVEX bicycle helmets recall of several models. The helmets have a model number inside the helmet under the fitting pad on the top right side. The affected helmet model numbers are XB017, XB022, XB025, XB027, XB032, XB036 and XB038.
The anchor for the helmet’s chinstrap can fail, causing the helmets to slide off the head, posing a head injury hazard. The bicycle helmets also do not comply with the impact requirements of the CPSC safety standards for bicycle helmets.
Discovery News
December 16, 2014
[…] “More and more elderly people are using a bicycle, not only for short distances, but also for longer distances,” Dutch Environment and Infrastructure Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen told AFP. “This type of bicycle is truly needed in the Netherlands because it will help us down bring the number of elderly people who are injured every year and allow them to continue enjoy cycling,” she said. […]
December 17, 2014
BBC Sport
[…] More worryingly for golf in England, participation has fallen by about 180,000 in eight years. Cycling, on the other hand, gained about 270,000 pedal-pushers in the last year alone. […]
June 15, 2014
Stuff – New Zealand
[…] “You may reduce the chance of a serious head injury depending on how you land or where you’re hit. The argument really should be whether the flimsy helmets people wear are good enough. […]
