Traffic Accidents

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast -- Twenty Is Plenty in Portsmouth

Graham Hill | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

Slow Food, a great movement to help us appreciate the time it takes to craft and eat healthy, traditional and delicious foods, has also arrived for cars.

Forever Four -- A Tiny Life Taken By An Elderly Driver

Casey Sherman | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living


Casey Sherman

Drivers over the age of 85 are four times more likely to kill someone on the road than an inexperienced teenager fresh out of Driver's Ed. class.

Naked Bikers and the True Cost of Traffic

Graham Hill | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

Traffic accidents are the world's 9th leading cause of death, behind lung cancer and ahead of diabetes, and are the leading cause of death for those between five and 44 years old.

Crash Course

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living


Jerry Zezima

If my wife and I wanted to have an impact on the people around us, we would teach a crash course in driver's education.

Relax Hour -- Rush Hour with a New Twist

Laura Trice | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living


Laura Trice

Let's relax. Traffic is traffic and we can't change it. If we relaxed, traffic might even flow better.

Try Catching a Few ZZZ's to Stop Catching Colds

Anne Dunev | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living


Anne Dunev

Getting less than seven hours of sleep each night can make you three times more likely to catch a cold. And if you sleep restlessly, that makes you five times more susceptible.

Which is Safer: The Drive to the Airport or the Flight?

Keith Thomson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Keith Thomson

The drive-to-the-airport axiom needs a re-write. Here's a suggestion -- you're more likely to be killed on the drive to the airport than on a flight on an airline with a good safety record.

Why?

Robert Jay Stahl | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living


Robert Jay Stahl

Why do 41,000 to 45,000 human beings die on our roads every year, and yet our country is not up in arms?

Gas Prices Up, Traffic Deaths Down

AP | MARK WILLIAMS | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummetin...

Breaking: John Roberts' Neck (No, Seriously!)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media


Remember how John Roberts was in a bicycle accident on Thanksgiving wherein a car cut him off, forcing him to swerve and collide with a jogger, result...