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AboutSafety
August 2, 2001 |
Traffic Hazards To Fire Fighters While Working Along Roads The fact that fire fighters have been struck and killed while providing emergency services along roads show that hazards to the fire service are not limited to structural or wildland fires.   |
AskMen.com
May 9, 2002
Scott Roush |
9 Ways To Become A Better Driver By taking a defensive approach to driving, you may help prevent yourself from getting into an accident or altercation with other people on the road. Here are just a few tips on how you can drive safely... |
Popular Mechanics
March 5, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
10 Road Rules to Drive Through Disaster and Save Your Life Expert skills you should master to improve your driving and your chances of avoiding a deadly crash. |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
How To Avoid Car Accidents Here are some dos and don'ts that can help minimize your chances of becoming a statistic. |
Popular Mechanics
April 16, 2009
Larry Webster |
Does Insurance Institute Crash Study Conflict with Fuel-Economy Standards? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released a study that confirmed when two cars collide, the lighter one usually loses. Does this mean that small cars are necessarily less safe? Not exactly. |
National Defense
August 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Army, Car Makers Push Ahead With Driverless Vehicle Research When it comes to concepts for vehicles that can drive themselves on highways or city streets, the military and automakers have been working on similar paths for several years. |
AboutSafety
December 22, 2000 |
How To Protect Workers From Crash Risk Workers are more likely to die from traffic related motor vehicle crashes than from any other hazard on the job including workplace violence and machine related injuries, according to NIOSH of the US. |
Science News
November 20, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Cruise Control and Traffic Flow A physicist at the University of Michigan has used computer simulations, applying concepts from statistical mechanics, to study how the use of adaptive cruise-control technology might affect traffic flow... Puzzle of the Week... |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Trucking's Monster Jam The Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, will instead cause the trucking industry -- which had been on the road to recovery -- to crash. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2010 |
Ford to Install Rearview Cameras by End of 2011 The automaker works toward compliance with a federal mandate. |
Popular Mechanics
June 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
10 Lessons Learned From Past Rail Accidents It's calamitous enough when one train rear-ends another, as happened yesterday in Washington. But it's often deadlier when two trains meet head-on. |
Job Journal
April 25, 2010 |
Career Snapshot: Truck Driver An improving economy means transport companies will be hiring more truck drivers. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2010
Anil Das |
Does a Driverless Car Mean Road Safety? Google's automated car brings up lots of questions about new legalities. |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
Are You a Dangerous Driver? Here are some signs that suggest that you're a dangerous driver -- with a rating system as a guide. Keep these tips in mind and you'll reduce your risk of a collision. |
National Defense
July 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Robot Truck Revolution to Benefit Military By now it should be obvious to the Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center that it needs to stop investing in driverless truck convoy technology. |
InternetNews
January 2, 2004
Jim Wagner |
CA Drivers: Eyes Off That Laptop If you're a California driving Web-surfer, it'd better be in the back seat after passage of AB 301. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
Coelingh & Solyom |
All Aboard the Robotic Road Train Semi autonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel |
National Defense
February 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Tough War Lessons Force Military Vehicle Programs To Consider Fuel Efficiency Moving fuel to and around battle zones that have no "front lines" has an extraordinarily high price in terms of money and lives. |
National Defense
March 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Robots Get Smarter, But Who Will Buy Them? While the technologies to enable fully autonomous vehicles have advanced, robotics experts say there is still more to be done to make them viable in military and commercial applications in the next decade. |
National Defense
February 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Army Tests `Hands-Free' Driving for Troop Protection The Army is in the process of testing a new system to allow drivers in truck convoys to keep their hands off steering wheels and their eyes open to spot roadside threats. |
Popular Mechanics
January 26, 2010
Chris Sweeney |
The World's 18 Strangest Tunnels: Gallery The tourist and traveler can learn about tunnels all over the world and their unique features and background. |
Science News
September 8, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Waves of Congestion From a physicist's point of view, traffic flow can be regarded as a "many-body system of strongly interacting bodies." Various studies have revealed that such systems can show wavelike behavior and abrupt transitions from one state to another... |
IndustryWeek
May 21, 2010 |
Washington's Latest Regulatory Target: The Gas Gauge Congress is exploring ideas on how to improve the fuel efficiency of over-the-road trucks and other transportation vehicles. |
National Defense
December 2007
Grace Jean |
What's Next for Ground Robots? As the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's automated car challenge gets more successful, the agency must think ahead about what will be the goal for next years competition. |
National Defense
January 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Wants Trucks That `Survive' Combat Repeated attacks on truck convoys in Iraq have prompted the Army to revisit its requirements for future logistics vehicles. |
National Defense
August 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Seeking $34 Billion For New, Upgraded Truck Senior Army officials have okayed a $34 billion plan to refurbish the service's truck fleet. Between now and 2018, the Army would acquire 70,000 new vehicles and upgrade more than 200,000 from the existing inventory. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Highways are Safer, but Truck Drivers are Left in the Lurch The nation's highways appear to be getting a little bit safer, according to a truck safety Roadcheck. |
Job Journal
October 12, 2003
Julia Hollister |
Rewarding Routes for Drivers Safe drivers have loads of opportunity for taking their careers on the road. |
National Defense
February 2013
Dan Parsons |
Smaller Trucks Seen as Lucrative Business in U.S. and Abroad Riding a wave of special operations successes and the expectation that funding will flow toward elite forces in the future, vehicle manufacturers are staking millions of dollars on bids to supply those shadowy warriors with new trucks. |
National Defense
December 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Army, Marine Corps In Pursuit of Robotic Convoy Systems As part of its modernization plan, the Army is funding several ground robotics programs ranging from small, remotely controlled explosive ordnance disposal units to large autonomous tactical wheeled vehicles. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
The World's 18 Strangest Roadways: Gallery The unique attributes of some far flung highways with comments by engineering experts. |
National Defense
April 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Struggles to Maintain Ground Vehicle Fleet Facing a $12 billion tab to repair and replace vehicles and equipment damaged in combat operations, the Army expects to both reassess funding priorities and take a hard look at its logistics and maintenance practices. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2005
Wendy Wolfson |
The Big Leak Boston's Big Dig is the most expensive highway project in U.S. history. After years of ever growing frustration and costs, the the crucial Central Artery/Tunnel is open to traffic but it leaks. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2005
Mike Cianciolo |
Focus, Ford, Focus Ford's strong car sales are dragged down by falling truck sales. While the company works to find a satisfactory level of production, its stock price will likely hover in a fairly narrow range. |
Car and Driver
August 2006
John Pearley Huffman |
Features Review: Sail to the U.S.A. in a Chevrolet How Luis Grass turned some very old Detroit iron into a seagoing escape vehicle. Twice. |
