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  Attitudes to Speed Among Learner Drivers Predict Unsafe Driving Once Qualified

  January 23, 2013 — Attitudes to speed and risk-taking on the road develop at the learner driver stage and predict those who will go on to be potentially dangerous drivers once fully licensed, indicates new ... > full story
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  Motion Control Keeps Electric Car's Four Wheels -- And Four Motors -- On the Road

  January 23, 2013 — It weighs half as much as a sports car, and turns on a dime —- so its no surprise that a new electric car needs an exceptional traction and motion control system to keep it on the ... > full story
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  Slippery Surface? Ice Detector Warns Drivers in Advance

  January 23, 2013 — New technology makes driving on black ice safer. Engineers have developed an automatic slipperiness detection system for cars. Thanks to the system, vehicles are warned in advance of a road's actual ... > full story
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  Lower Drinking Ages Can Have an Impact on Later Drinking Patterns

  January 22, 2013 — Lower minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws have been associated with short-term effects such as more traffic fatalities and teen suicides. A new study has investigated the long-term and persistent ... > full story
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  Obese Much More Likely to Die in Car Crashes Than Normal Weight Drivers, U.S. Study Finds

  January 21, 2013 — Obese drivers are significantly more likely to die in a road traffic collision than people of normal weight, according to a new U.S. ... > full story
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  U. S. Federal Safe Routes to School Program Reduces Child Injuries by More Than 40 Percent in New York City

  January 14, 2013 — The national Safe Routes to School program was funded by Congress in 2005 to create safe environments for American children to walk or bike to school. A new study evaluated the program in New York ... > full story
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  Clamorous City Blackbirds: Birds Can Sing Louder at Higher Frequencies to Make Themselves Heard Over Traffic Noise

  January 11, 2013 — Birds can sing louder at higher frequencies and thereby make themselves heard over traffic ... > full story
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  Cutting in and Weaving Irritate Drivers the Most, New Study on Road Rage Shows

  January 10, 2013 — Cutting in and weaving, speeding, and hostile displays are among the top online complaints posted by drivers, according to a new ... > full story
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  Traffic Congestion Can Be Alleviated Throughout a Metropolitan Area by Altering Trips in Specific Neighborhoods, Model Shows

  December 20, 2012 — A new study shows that traffic congestion can be alleviated throughout a metropolitan area by altering the trips of drivers in specific ... > full story
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  'Easy Does It' Gets You Further in Electric Vehicles

  December 20, 2012 — Drivers of gas and diesel cars are usually aware that driving at high speed, harsh acceleration and hard braking all contribute to lowering their fuel economy. Scientists can readily explain in terms ... > full story

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