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NSC: Preventable Traffic Crashes May Take Hundreds of Lives Over Labor Day Weekend
Hundreds of lives in the U.S. may be at risk due to preventable traffic accidents this upcoming holiday weekend, according to an analysis by the National Safety Council. During the Labor Day holiday ...
GM’s Cruise to Offer Robotaxis on Uber’s Platform Next Year
Cruise will offer its autonomous vehicles on ride-hailing platform Uber starting next year, the companies said last Thursday, as the General Motors-backed robotaxi firm attempts a comeback. The ...
Conflicting Dam Federal Policies May Lead to Pricier Flood Insurance, Higher Risk
Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for flood insurance or be left unaware of danger posed by dams built upstream from their homes and ...
2024 U.S. Weather Disasters Stack Up
The U.S. has sustained 395 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2024). According to the National Centers ...
Inaccurate Reports Involving Child Passenger Injuries Could Impact Crash Safety Strategies
A new study has found discrepancies between crash reports and hospital data might paint an incomplete or inaccurate picture of how crashes impact the safety of child passengers, according to ...
OMAC Is Hull Carrier for Sunken Yacht in Sicily
Yacht insurance provider OMAC is the carrier on the hull for the Bayesian, a 56-meter-long (184-ft) sailboat, that was hit by a ferocious storm earlier this month, sinking off the northern coast of ...
Study Finds Climate Reporting Insufficient, Suggests Expansion
Climate reporting standards are insufficient and must be expanded, according experts at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Researchers say current climate ...
Study of Flooded EV Batteries Raises Safety Questions
An examination of electric vehicles damaged by Florida floods raises questions about the "stranded energy" contained within their batteries, according to researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory. ...