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Technology continues to make headway in the automobile market as infotainment systems and other conveniences become inherent in today's dashboards. A recent development found in many 2017 and 2018 vehicles allows motorists to order food or browse hotel deals from a screen built into their infotainment system. The new WiFi-equipped app, called Marketplace, was recently developed by...

The school bus is a staple of the modern American student’s day. Tasked with transporting millions of children to and from school on a daily basis, the school bus is held to a high standard for child safety and accorded consideration by traffic laws. That's why it's so concerning that Navistar and Daimler each issued...

New research suggests that the time of day actually impacts the long-term effects of surgery. A team of researchers led by David Montaigne of University of Lille-France studied the way patients recovered after complex heart surgery and the effect human circadian rhythms had on their health. Their results were published in October in The Lancet....

Modern Technology Can Prevent 63,000 Truck Accidents Per Year The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has examined four forms of technology available to help increase road safety. In line with this research, they also collected data on how other drivers viewed large trucks, and found that 61% of adults driving in America feel less safe...

Ongoing Cancer Misdiagnosis Case Highlights Need for Medical Accountability In the summer of 2016, Dr. Lowell L. Tilzer filed a lawsuit against the University of Kansas Hospital, alleging the pathology department of misdiagnosing a patient the year before and then covering up their mistake. After only four weeks, however, he dropped the case, indicating that...

In a report announced this summer, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) stated that, while car wrecks as a whole are on the decline in the United States, speeding remains one of the major causes of them. In fact, holding on as the cause of nearly a third of all car wrecks, speeding is responsible...

Teen drivers are three times more likely to suffer death in an auto accident than their older counterparts. Drivers under 18 are especially at risk, according to AAA. Novice drivers are not only young and impulsive, they are inexperienced and overly confident of their abilities. Many underestimate the risk of certain dangerous driving habits, such as speeding,...

A key measure of a society's development is how well it protects mothers and children during childbirth. The U.S. has one of the highest levels of maternal death within the developed world—in some cases reflecting the statistics of Third World countries. As non-profit journalism site ProPublica recently reported, every single year in the U.S. 700-900 women...

Young millennials are the worst behind the wheel, according to a recent survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Researchers discovered almost 9 in 10 drivers between the ages of 19 to 24 admitted to engaging in at least one risky behavior while driving in the last month. Some of the most serious offenses...