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Maryland man killed in Pa. plane crash
A 56-year-old Maryland man was killed Sunday when a small plane crashed into a cornfield near York, Pa., York County authorities reported. The man, who has not been identified pending notification of his family, was the lone occupant of a Piper PA-28 180...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Transportation Accidents, York County (Pennsylvania), Transportation Industry
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Stop reading this and pay attention to the road!
It's a good thing Gertrude Stein never said, "A phone is a phone is a phone." Clearly, these days, her tautology would be a disconnect, received like a dropped call. The mobile devices we're so dependent on, attached like an extension of our brains, are...Tags: Cell Phones, Tesla, Garmin Ltd., Google Inc., Commuting
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The NTSB's call for action
Perhaps it was merely the wind, or the thump of tire against pot hole, but it sure sounded like an audible cheer rose up from the Jones Falls Expressway on Tuesday, when news came out that the National Transportation Safety Board is calling on states to...Tags: Annapolis, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Jones Falls, Highway Transportation, Judges
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The Interview: Steve DiBiagio, PHH Arval's senior vice president of strategic alliances
From texting to browsing the Web to eating in the car, driver distraction has become a growing problem on the roadways.
In 2010, more than 3,000 people died in accidents believed to have been caused by distracted driving, according to the National...Tags: Joint Ventures, Email, Technology, New Products, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Getting drunken drivers off road
From the St. Louis Post-DispatchWhen bundled with a host of other suggestions aimed at curbing drunken driving, the National Transportation Safety Board's proposal that state governments should reduce the allowable blood-alcohol concentration to 0.05 percent is reasonable. If the...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Highway Transportation, Transportation Industry
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A sober approach to drunk driving
In its new report on how to reduce drunken driving deaths, the National Transportation Safety Board states its goal in the title: "Reaching Zero." The agency thinks it is irreproachable to try to ensure that no one ever dies in an alcohol-related...
Tags: Drunk Driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Transportation Industry
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Reducing the number needed for 'one too many'
St. Louis Post-DispatchThe following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday, May 20: When bundled with a host of other suggestions aimed at curbing drunk driving, the National Transportation Safety Board's proposal that state governments should reduce...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Ronald Reagan, Transportation Accidents, Bill Clinton, Highway Transportation
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David Zwick: Lowering alcohol limit makes sense
The National Transportation Safety Board recently recommended all 50 states reduce the legal blood alcohol limit for driving from the existing .08 to .05. Their reasoning is the level is too high and leaves some drivers still impaired even though they are...Tags: Mardi Gras, Criminals, Transportation Industry
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Commute Should Be Back To Normal This Morning As Wreck Site Is Cleared
The Hartford CourantMetro-North and Amtrak said their trains will run normal weekday schedules on Wednesday morning, for the first time since a Metro-North train derailed near the Fairfield border on Friday and crashed into a train on the adjacent track. Regular service...Tags: Amtrak, Grand Central Terminal, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Transportation Industry
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Metro-North To Resume Full Service Wednesday, Partial Service Tuesday
The Hartford Courant— Traffic was heavy again Tuesday morning as commuters endured one more day without rail service from Bridgeport into New York. At least one backup plan — commuters boarding buses to get to a train — was working, albeit slowly. There...Tags: Railway Accidents, Amtrak, Middletown, Railway Transportation, Transportation Accidents
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Metro-North Train Crash Highlights Infrastructure Need
On Friday evening at rush hour, two Metro-North railroad trains, one heading east out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, the other heading west out of New Haven toward the Big Apple, approached each other on parallel tracks near Bridgeport. In...Tags: Amtrak, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Railway Transportation, New York City, Grand Central Terminal
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