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US Agency Blocked Cellphone / Driving Safety Study
By now you've probably seen the NY Times's long piece on distracted driving — about how most drivers and most legislators willfully ignore the evidence of the dangers of talking on a cellphone, texting, and other electronic distractions while behind the wheel. According to this article, cellphone use while driving causes over 1,000 fatalities a year in the US. Another shoe has now dropped: it seems that the US National Highway Safety Administration blocked a proposed definitive study of the risks. The NHSA now cites concerns about angering Congress. Two consumer safety groups had filed a FOIA request for documents about the aborted study, and the Times has now made the documents public — including the research behind the request for a study of 10,000 drivers.
*SCREEEECH* *KABOOM*
How can we expect to remain the most powerful country in the world if we turn into a bunch of big pussies, trying to stop anyone from taking any type of risk? I am much more productive if I can talk on my cellphone and respond to e-mails during my commute. Sometimes there is an accident; such is life. Eggs must be broken to make omelets. What happened to the can-do, damn-the-torpedoes attitude that got us to the moon?
in the year 2009 the majority of earths then human population began the struggle to implement true multithreading.
Quack, quack.
I was shocked and dismayed as I read this article on my iPhone while headed into work on the turnpike this morning.
Computer Science is all about trying to find the right wrench to bang in the right screw. -T.Cumbo?
Driving while arguing with a woman is also dangerous. I ran 2 stop-signs because of such. Are they going to ban that too?
Table-ized A.I.
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In my lifeguardin' days, the policy for when and how to clear the pool in anticipation of lightning wasn't based on concern for anyone being shocked, it was based on preventing a panicked stampede.
Electrocuting the cattle was a very minor consideration, but herding them was a huge one.
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