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Stiffer Penalties for Drunk Driving?

Traffic safety authorities launched their annual crackdown against drunken drivers with the warning to offenders that violating drunk-driving rules could easily cost at least $10,000 in fines, litigation costs, and lost wages. The officials also called on States to impose stiffer penalties as a way to encourage people to follow traffic laws.
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Is It A Bird, A Plane … Or A Drone?

The U.S. Forest Service said Friday (July 20) that a group of Boy Scouts and other hikers who had been camping in Salt Creek Canyon were successfully airlifted in an emergency evacuation, as wildfire roared through the campground....
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Congress Moves to Make Rail Crossings Safer

Although fatal accidents at railroad crossings have gone down since 1997, there are still enough deaths to cause official concern — enough to induce U.S. congressmen, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) officials, and at least one consumer safety organization to call for new legislation. ...
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When News Choppers Collide

It is not often that newsmen become news themselves. For two news teams, it started as an airborne coverage of a police chase but ended in a double tragedy, when the two choppers carrying them collided in mid-air, killing all four people aboard. Two helicopter pilots and two photographers were killed in the accident....
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Can Technology Make Bridges Safer?

The U.S. Department of Transportation had declared that “no imminent dangers were observed” on I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis. This was only 13 weeks before the bridge collapsed last August 1. ...
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Have You Checked Your Tire Pressure Lately?

Drivers should remember to check their tire pressures and the condition of tire treads. This must be done often, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), but more so during the hot months of summer....
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FAA to Review Runway Safety

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be deploying special teams to review runway safety in 20 airports that reported the most number of runway incursions, or incidents that involve planes taxiing on the wrong runways and getting in the paths of other planes....
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Small Cars: Less Fuel But Less Safe?

With people looking to reduce fuel costs, they are buying more small cars; for 2007, 15.4% of all new-vehicle sales consist of small cars, up almost a full percent from the 14.5% registered in 2006. ...
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