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Medical episode led to fatal chain reaction crashes on Gowanus Expressway

A medical episode caused a fatal series of crashes on the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park.

Legal roadblocks: Liability issues in motorcycle and car crash cases

Legal complexities in motorcycle and car crash cases can present formidable roadblocks to justice, requiring a thorough investigation to determine liability.

Why Are American Drivers so Deadly?

Deborah Kuhls, a surgical fellow at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, faced the challenge of handling a high proportion of car- and motorcycle-crash victims.
Blunt-force injuries, which are often harder to diagnose, can cause hidden damage that is invisible to the untrained eye.
from www.nytimes.com
11 months ago

Car Crash Victims Seek Justice in a New Way: Talking to the Drivers

Program aims to facilitate communication between victims and drivers after car crashes
Volunteers with personal experience in car crashes support dialogues between victims and drivers
Legal proceedings often obstruct communication between victims and drivers
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WATCH - Video of cafe's coffee-doughnut fusion 'conut' goes viral on social media

YourCoffeeHub's 'conuts' went viral on social media last month (Image: Instagram/@yourcoffeehub) An Islington coffee shop has seen hour long queues after a video of its coffee doughnuts conuts' went viral on social media.YourCoffeeHub posted a video of its Nutella conut' to its Instagram page on February 25 and it has since amassed 11.9 million views and more than 200,000 likes.

It's Not Just You Today: Daylight Saving Is Bad For Our Health

For many of us, getting up and going to work on a Monday can feel impossibly hard under even the most ideal conditions.But if today - Monday, March 13 - has been extra challenging for you to stop hitting the snooze button repeatedly, you're not alone, and there's a good reason why this feels like the Monday-ist Monday of all time.

Let Teenagers Sleep

Teenagers are some of the most sleep-deprived people in the U.S. On average, teens do not get enough sleep, and more important, they do not get enough quality sleep, researchers say.We could blame cell phones and other light-emitting technologies for keeping kids up at night, but late nights are just part of the equation.

Pete Buttigieg: "Every Form Of Transportation Could Be Made Easier For Families"

Pete Buttigieg knows how much of a pain it is to fly with your family.That's not because he travels a ton with his 1.5-year-old twins - nightmarish though it is to travel with one toddler (let alone two).Instead, it's because the man is U.S. transportation secretary and just made a small (but also huge!) change to the airline industry.

Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In at L.A. City Hall to Protest Record Traffic Deaths

Die-in for Vision Zero.Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
In 2022 the city of Los Angeles saw record deaths from traffic violence.That year 312 people lost their lives to car crashes - including 159 pedestrians and 20 bicyclists.The record total broke 300 for the first time in over 20 years.The nonprofit Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE) recently published a report on escalating traffic deaths.

Counter-Intuitive Department: Sometimes, Traffic Controls Make Streets More Dangerous

Cyclists are struck by cars on U.S. roads every day.Ian Lockwood, though, may be one of the only ones who's ever been struck by a boat.More specifically, he was struck by a boat that was being pulled on a trailer behind a pick-up truck, during an early morning bike ride on a residential street in his quiet Florida neighborhood.

WATCH - Video of cafe's coffee-doughnut fusion 'conut' goes viral on social media

YourCoffeeHub's 'conuts' went viral on social media last month (Image: Instagram/@yourcoffeehub) An Islington coffee shop has seen hour long queues after a video of its coffee doughnuts conuts' went viral on social media.YourCoffeeHub posted a video of its Nutella conut' to its Instagram page on February 25 and it has since amassed 11.9 million views and more than 200,000 likes.

It's Not Just You Today: Daylight Saving Is Bad For Our Health

For many of us, getting up and going to work on a Monday can feel impossibly hard under even the most ideal conditions.But if today - Monday, March 13 - has been extra challenging for you to stop hitting the snooze button repeatedly, you're not alone, and there's a good reason why this feels like the Monday-ist Monday of all time.

Let Teenagers Sleep

Teenagers are some of the most sleep-deprived people in the U.S. On average, teens do not get enough sleep, and more important, they do not get enough quality sleep, researchers say.We could blame cell phones and other light-emitting technologies for keeping kids up at night, but late nights are just part of the equation.

Pete Buttigieg: "Every Form Of Transportation Could Be Made Easier For Families"

Pete Buttigieg knows how much of a pain it is to fly with your family.That's not because he travels a ton with his 1.5-year-old twins - nightmarish though it is to travel with one toddler (let alone two).Instead, it's because the man is U.S. transportation secretary and just made a small (but also huge!) change to the airline industry.

Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In at L.A. City Hall to Protest Record Traffic Deaths

Die-in for Vision Zero.Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog
In 2022 the city of Los Angeles saw record deaths from traffic violence.That year 312 people lost their lives to car crashes - including 159 pedestrians and 20 bicyclists.The record total broke 300 for the first time in over 20 years.The nonprofit Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE) recently published a report on escalating traffic deaths.

Counter-Intuitive Department: Sometimes, Traffic Controls Make Streets More Dangerous

Cyclists are struck by cars on U.S. roads every day.Ian Lockwood, though, may be one of the only ones who's ever been struck by a boat.More specifically, he was struck by a boat that was being pulled on a trailer behind a pick-up truck, during an early morning bike ride on a residential street in his quiet Florida neighborhood.
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"Lap Babies" Could Now Be Banned From Planes

Flight attendants are lobbying for big changes in how infants and toddlers fly the friendly skies.The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which has nearly 50,000 members across 19 airlines, is pushing for change to a decades-old rule that allows infants and toddlers under the age of two to fly for free if they sit in a parent or caregiver's lap during flights.
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We need better crash test dummies, says Government Accountability Office

Women and older people are being failed by our crash test dummies, according to the US Government Accountability Office.The GAO has just published a new report on the topic and is concerned that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has not done enough to fill knowledge or research gaps that would make our vehicles safer for those more-vulnerable classes of occupants.

College students take part in TxDOT campaign to end drunk driving

AUSTIN, Texas College students across Texas are joining an effort to end drunk driving incidents.Students are partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) "Drive Sober.No Regrets" spring break drunk driving prevention campaign.The message of the campaign is to remind everyone, including college students celebrating spring break, to find a sober ride home.

We need better crash test dummies, says Government Accountability Office

Women and older people are being failed by our crash test dummies, according to the US Government Accountability Office.The GAO has just published a new report on the topic and is concerned that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has not done enough to fill knowledge or research gaps that would make our vehicles safer for those more-vulnerable classes of occupants.

College students take part in TxDOT campaign to end drunk driving

AUSTIN, Texas College students across Texas are joining an effort to end drunk driving incidents.Students are partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) "Drive Sober.No Regrets" spring break drunk driving prevention campaign.The message of the campaign is to remind everyone, including college students celebrating spring break, to find a sober ride home.
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Today's Headlines

Advocates Want Police Funds Shifted to Road Safety (Oaklandside)
Salesforce to Cut Office Space in Another Blow to Downtown (SFChron)
Store Liable for Car Crashes for Not Wearing Bright Colors?(SFExaminer)
Understanding New Jaywalking Law (SFExaminer)
State Committee to Look at Highway Removals (KALW)
More on 101 Widening (NBCBayArea)
Berkeley Wants "Resident Buy in" on Fire Safety Because Parking (Berkeleyside)
Majority Afraid of Robocars (Planetizen)
Oakland's Lucky Duck Bicycle Cafe to Close (SFStandard)
Commentary: Newsom Needs to Stop Talking and Take Action on CEQA (SFChron)
Commentary: Columnist Boosts Gas-Industry Hydrogen Hoax (EastBayTimes)
Commentary: High Speed Rail Remains a Bargain (EastBayTimes)


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Man arrested as car crashes into Richmond house after police chase

Man arrested as car crashes into Richmond house after police chase (Image: Google maps street view) A man has been arrested after a car was chased by police as it drove in the wrong direction on a road in Putney in the early hours of this morning (March 3).Officers tried to stop a car on Beaumont Road, Wimbledon, at around 3am.

Here's how much snow fell in Mass. on Sunday

Snow The wintry weather caused car crashes all over Massachusetts.Boston finally saw its first snow of the winter Sunday evening, and the wintry mix caused crashes all over the state.Western Massachusetts saw the most snow by far, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), with Chester recording eight inches by 9 p.m.

Urgent Action Item Oakland: Stop Fire Department From Vetoing Safe Streets

Oakland fire truck, Wikimedia commons
URGENT: Advocates want the Oakland City Council to pull Rule D105.2 (commonly referred to as the "26-foot rule") from the fire Code [Council item S15] at Tuesday December 6's Council meeting and send it to the Public Safety Committee for discussion and revision.
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