Nascar officials promised this year to make racing more aggressive, “a full-contact sport,” to keep wavering fans interested. And they seem to be intent on fulfilling that mission, big time. Tuesday the sport’s officials only gave probation, essentially just a…
Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a World War II era plane into the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, killing a neurosurgeon pilot and his passenger. http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/wwii-era-plane-crashes-off-florida-coast-killing-2/19386616?icid=main|main|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fwwii-era-plane-crashes-off-florida-coast-killing-2%2F19386616 Dr. Evan Zeiger Jr., 60, was flying a single engine T-6 Texan…
With state and federal laws being considered to ban motorists from using cellphones or texting, there’s a new driving distraction that’s drawing scrutiny and possible prohibition: digital billboards. The New York Times business section Tuesday did a story headlined “Roadside…
Tuesday was a fatal day in northern Indiana, with vehicular accidents killing eight people. http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100224/News01/100229672/1130&Template;=printpicart In one of the crashes in South Bend, a Cadillac traveling east in on Indiana 2, turning left on Quince Road, was hit by a…
A Pennsylvania teenager was texting when she hit a tractor trailer on Route 158 in Wilmington Township, according to police. http://www.sharonherald.com/local/local_story_055225711.html The woman, 18-yar-old Clarice Edinger, was driving northbound, and while she was texting on her cellphone her car drifted…
Three teens were killed in a Florida train on Saturday. http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/train-kills-3-teen-girls-crossing-florida-bridge/19366904?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Ftrain-kills-3-teen-girls-crossing-florida-bridge%2F19366904 The teen girls and a male teen were in downtown Melbourne, Fla., when they left and crossed a train trestle bridge at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The male crossed…
When news broke Thursday that a small plane had crashed into an Austin, Texas, office building, some immediately feared that it was a terrorist attack, as in the 9/11 tragedies at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As it…
Three employees of Tesla, the electric car maker, were killed Wednesday when their plane crashed into a residential area in Silicon Valley, Calif., causing a 10-hour power outage in Palo Alto. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-18/tesla-says-three-employees-killed-in-silicon-valley-plane-crash.html The twin-engine Cessna 310R came down at 8…
One often wonders why pile up of semi’s discussed below doesn’t happen more often. Tractor-trailers love to run in convoy, as if safe stopping distance doesn’t count when they are in formation. These are not fighter jets, nor bicycle racers.…