12/03/2008
City Bus Drivers Say That Fare Beaters Have the Upper Hand in Confrontations (New York Times)
Many New York bus drivers aren't surprised by the killing of a driver on Monday, given the overlapping roles they must play and lack of protection they are given.
MORE INFO
|
12/02/2008
NASCAR chief pleads for drivers to show emotion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
NASCAR drivers are being encouraged to show their emotions and not be too concerned about offending the companies behind their lucrative sponsorship deals, the head of the racing body said on Tuesday.
MORE INFO
|
12/02/2008
Rules target medically unfit truck, bus drivers (AP via Yahoo! News)
Federal regulators are taking steps to get medically unfit truck and bus drivers off the road after being accused for years of dragging their feet on the issue.
MORE INFO
|
12/03/2008
One car, but two drunken drivers (Detroit News)
EAST MEADOW, N.Y . -- Police on Long Island say they've pulled two drunken drivers from one car.
MORE INFO
|
12/03/2008
State's drivers cut their gas use by 8.3 percent (The Sacramento Bee)
California drivers used 8.3 percent less gasoline in August compared with the same month in 2007, the State Board of Equalization said. BOE said consumption in August was 1.26 billion gallons, about 113.8 million gallons less than what motorists used in August 2008. The statewide average price of gas in August was $4.13 per gallon, up 40 percent over $2.95 in the same month last year. Gas ...
MORE INFO
|
12/03/2008
Race drivers are 'too boring' (Aljazeera)
The USA's top stock car drivers have been urged to show their emotions and "get mad" on and off the track – or risk driving bored fans away from the sport.
MORE INFO
|
12/03/2008
Cell phones distract drivers more than passengers (Times of Malta)
Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, US researchers reported.
MORE INFO
|
12/03/2008
Hands Free Mobile Phone Conversations Add Five Meters To Drivers' Braking Distances (Science Daily)
Psychology researchers reveals that mobile telephone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 meters to the braking distance of a car traveling at 60 miles per hour and causes almost twice as many errors as drivers driving without the distraction of a mobile phone conversation.
MORE INFO
|
12/03/2008
Police to use planes to track bad drivers (The New Zealand Herald)
The police will be using planes to track bad drivers over the Christmas break. Inspector Leo Tooman said the Ministry of Transport used planes in the mid-eighties to monitor speed by measuring the distance drivers had travelled in time from the air.
MORE INFO
|
12/03/2008
Cops kept busy as Festive RIDE kicks-off; 'Lots of drinking drivers,' police say (LondonTopic.ca)
The London police kicked off their Festive RIDE program last weekend and officers were kept busy dealing with plenty of local drivers who just don't seem to get it.
MORE INFO
|