Women have a tough time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads, according to researchers.
According to scientists, women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident.
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Heart disease is the number one killer of men.
Jeff Hale had just closed a $1.5 million deal on a a sunny September day in the Pacific Northwest. He was taking th day off to celebrate when he began feeling compression high in his chest, some pain in his left shoulder, and an unsettling sense of dread.
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40% of children wriggle out of carseat restraints while the car is moving.
Children as young as 12 months and still too young to walk are finding ways to wriggle out of protective car restraints and are increasing their risk of serious injuries, a study shows. 40% of the children unbuckle themselves while the car is moving.
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Health officer talks to factory workers.
The biggest danger to Chinese workers is not workplace accidents, but occupational disease. There are potentially 200 million workers in China that are under the threat of contracting an occupational disease according to a senior trade union official.
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Two hours of motorway driving in the dark can affect performance so severely it is the same as having a couple of drinks.
Just three hours behind the wheel at night can make motorists drive as badly as if they were drunk, according to scientists. Driver tiredness after a few hours has the same effect as being over the drink-driving limit, a study has revealed.
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‘Superstreet’ traffic designs result in faster travel times and significantly fewer accidents.
No left turn. That is the simple concept behind the Superstreet traffic design which promises significantly faster travel times, plus a drastic reduction in auto-collisions and injuries. These superstreets are ground level streets – not raised freeways or highways – that allow for greater volume of thru-traffic by re-routing traffic from side streets that would normally be trying to get across the main road. While the idea has been around in urban transport modeling textbooks for over 20 years, researchers from the North Carolina State University have been the first to test the concept in the real world and the results are promising.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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