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Texting and driving gets the bad rap these days, but according to the National Safety Council, simply talking on the phone is no better. They emphasize that there's no such thing as safe use of a cell phone while driving, period.
There are few driving scenarios scarier than attempting to pass a truck on a two-lane highway. When you’re in a car behind a semi, it feels impossible to know for sure when it’s safe to attempt to overtake a giant vehicle hauling tons of cargo, no matter how straight the road or time of day. It always feels like a gamble, which is why the news this week from Samsung is so exciting.
Since you are on the internet right now, it's probably not news to you that in a landmark descision today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-to-4 in favor of marriage equality.
Sing it with me! “It’s the MOST trau-mat-ic tiiiiime of the yeeeeeeaaaar.” If you’re an animal.
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Last week in Florida, an SUV driver did what we've all imagined at some point or another after watching too many action movies: he jumped a drawbridge as it was opening. You might be assuming that the driver was at the wheel of a getaway car carrying bank-robbing surfers, or perhaps heroically chasing down kidnappers, but 29-year-old James Montano was actually just messing with his GPS. Yes, the coolest thing this guy has ever done turns out to have been the result of distracted driving.
Last weekend in Moscow, a 21-year-old Russian woman died while attempting to take a selfie with her phone, when she apparently lost her balance and fell 40 feet off of a bridge to her death. RT reports,
Our neighbors to the north aren't messing around: 3-year-old Declan Tramley thought he could get away with it all, but he was wrong. He was so, so wrong. The toddler parked his red plastic motorcycle with reckless abandon next to some real motorcycles in a no-parking zone near the ferry terminal in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and he felt the hammer of the law come down on him.
Lake Worth drivers concerned about 6th Avenue south Tri-Rail crossing
Residents of Lake Worth are raising concerns over the Tri-Rail crossing at 6th Avenue. WPTV Palm Beach reports that an additional signal delay is causing motorists to take additional risks, despite it being a safety procedure from the rail company itself. The enhanced safety signaling is blamed for causing backups at rush hour, but Tri-Rail has no plans of making a change. Learn more about train accidents here.