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Most of the time, the Department of Transportation is in the news for their attempts to end distracted driving or provide educational material to states looking to improve highway safety in their area.  But we can sometimes forget the important role the organization plays when storms like Hurricane Sandy wreak havoc on our nation’s roadways…. read more

There have been no shortage of safety tips on the heels of Hurricane Sandy displacing people from their homes and cutting the power to millions.  But it’s hard to ignore those tips when they’re coming from such authoritative entities as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Fire Administration, and the Consumer Product Safety… read more

Merced is the latest city in California to attempt to become more friendly to cyclists in the area.  Bicycle infrastructure has been an integral part of planning ever since 2009, when the Bicycle Advisory Commission was formed by the Merced Bicycle Coalition.  The newest initiative finds officials working out a plan to design bike lanes… read more

Police and safety officials in Las Vegas, Nevada are attempting to spread awareness about the importance of safety on Halloween.  Safe Kids Clark County, the Trauma Unit of the University Medical Center, and the Las Vegas Police Department this morning were out talking to parents and their children as they headed to school.  Officials placed… read more

300 milligram tablets of Budeprion XL have lost their approval from the Food and Drug Administration following testing which suggested the key ingredient in this drug was not being adequately distributed in the bloodstream.  This generic counterpart to the Wellbutrin XL antidepressant allegedly distributes the active ingredient quicker than Wellbutrin proper, and many people have… read more

Hurricane Sandy has made its wrath known throughout New England, and millions upon millions of people have found themselves affected in some way by this intense storm.  In California, we’re obviously far removed from this current threat, but seeing our fellow citizens on the other side of the country put through these trials and tribulations… read more

Hurricane Sandy has struck New York, and perhaps one of the most striking images to be released since the disaster began is one that depicts a damaged crane dangling precariously 74 stories above the street. The crane was being used as part of a construction project taking place in Midtown Manhattan.  With winds potentially reaching… read more

Utah recently made changes to their ban on texting behind the wheel that were supposed to make it easier for prosecutors to get convictions in instances where people who were texting on their phone caused an injurious or fatal accident.  But at this moment in time, no such convictions have been had. Previously, the law… read more

Following a widespread meningitis outbreak that has affected hundreds of lives and killed dozens, members of the government are calling for new oversights that could help prevent such an incident in the future. The New England Compounding Center was responsible for distributing the contaminated steroids thought to be responsible for the outbreak, and the Food… read more

We’ve come one step closer to seeing autonomous vehicles on the roads.  The administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently discussed how the organization plans to regulate such vehicles to ensure safety in the future.  The agency has been in discussions with Google in order to arrive at an idea of how regulations… read more

The Community Emergency Response Team has been mobilized in Cohasset, Massachusetts in order to help those persons who have been negatively impacted by Hurricane Sandy.  Volunteers with the group were out on Monday in a bid to get in touch with select persons in the community to make sure they had the essentials that would… read more

A car dealership in Duluth, Georgia is under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration because it has been alleged that said dealership sold a recalled vehicle.  The Nissan Quest is the vehicle in question.  It was discovered that 2011 and 2012 model years of the vehicle suffer from an issue wherein if they… read more