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Innovative Sobriety Project Reduces DUI and Domestic Violence Arrests, Study Finds
November 15, 2012 — An innovative alcohol monitoring program that requires daily testing of alcohol-involved offenders helps reduce both repeat DUI arrests and domestic violence arrests, according to a new ... > full story -
Technology Harvests Energy from Railroad Train Vibrations
November 15, 2012 — Engineers have won a national award for an innovative energy harvester that has the potential to save millions of dollars in energy costs for railroads while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The ... > full story -
Cellphone Bans Associated With Fewer Urban Accidents
November 15, 2012 — Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer? It depends on where you're driving, a new study says. The study found that, ... > full story -
Glaucoma-Related Vision Loss May Increase Risk for Auto Accidents
November 11, 2012 — The first study to compare accident rates for drivers who have advanced glaucoma − an eye disease that affects peripheral vision -- with normal-vision drivers, found that the glaucoma group had ... > full story -
Are High Capacity Vehicles the Future?
November 9, 2012 — Research by a transport and logistics expert has shown that there would be economic and environmental benefits to individual companies and the country if the UK changed the rules to allow high ... > full story -
Vehicles, Roadways 'Talk' in Efforts to Improve Traffic Safety
November 5, 2012 — One day, your auto and the roadway will be in constant communication and able to suggest route changes to avoid accidents, construction, and congestion; coordinate your vehicle with signal lights, ... > full story -
Salting Roads May Damage Steel-Reinforced Concrete Structures
November 5, 2012 — Swedish scientists have studied models to help road and bridge maintenance engineers work out how much damage salting the roads in winter might cause to steel-reinforced concrete ... > full story -
Air Safety and Wake Vortices
November 1, 2012 — Researchers are working on monitoring vortices created by aircraft during take-off and landing. The objective is both to maintain the level of safety and to improve the capacity of ... > full story -
High Capacity Vehicles 'Would Benefit UK'
November 1, 2012 — Research by a transport and logistics expert has shown that there would be economic and environmental benefits to individual companies and the country if the UK changed the rules to allow high ... > full story -
How to Improve High-Speed Rail Ties Against Freezing, Thawing Conditions
October 29, 2012 — Engineers are helping high-speed rail systems handle the stress of freezing and thawing winter weather ... > full story
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