"Faces of Katrina," an arts exhibition featuring the stories and photographs of more than 100 Katrina evacuees and the volunteers who helped them, opens August 26, 2006 at artspace in Shreveport, Louisiana. Read More »
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How To Keep Your Pets Safe During The Lazy, Hazy and Potentially Dangerous Days of Summer for Your Pets
Our pets depend on us for their daily care and we must be responsible to insure their safety during these potentially dangerously hot days of summer. A visit to your veterinarian for summer check-up is a must; add to that a test for heartworm. Read More »
New DOT Rule Requires Automakers to Tell Consumers if New Vehicles Are Equipped with Event Data Recorders
For the first time, automakers will be required to tell new car buyers if an Event Data Recorder (EDR) has been installed under a new rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Transportation?s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Read More »
EPA to Co-sponsor Green-Diesel Technology Conference in Chicago
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative will co-sponsor "Tools and Incentives for Green-Diesel Technology: Lower Emissions, Higher Profits," a two-day conference on financial programs that fund diesel emission reduction and fuel-efficient technologies for heavy-duty trucks and locomotives. Read More »
She’s Got an Answer
Institute research findings are published in scientific journals and presented at national and international forums. For easier access, some of the most important findings plus relevant information from other sources are distilled into Q&As covering highway safety topics from A to Z — airbags to zero-tolerance laws. Read More »
Q&A: Roundabouts Enhance Safety While Improving Traffic Flow.
Developed in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and built by the tens of thousands worldwide, roundabouts are just now catching on in the United States. About 1,000 have been built in recent years. Read More »
A Wealth of Wrecks and Family Fun in the Pensacola Bay Area
While the USS Oriskany, scuttled in May to become the world?s largest artificial reef, has already become the dive world's latest "must dive," scuba enthusiasts coming to the Pensacola Bay Area are discovering a hidden treasure - a wealth of other first-rate wreck dives in the waters of Northwest Florida. Read More »
Car Sharing
With gasoline prices spiraling upwards, the cost of car ownership can put a major dent in the budget. Perhaps, your vehicle sits in the garage unused for days, sometimes weeks, without moving. Here it is deteriorating and depreciating while making monthly insurance payments and paying annual registration fees. Read More »
9-1-1 In The Wireless World
There is a serious automobile accident. One of the first on the scene calls 9-1-1 on his cell phone. The dispatcher already knows about the crash from one vehicle's Automated Collision Notification System where deployment of the airbag triggered a call to 9-1-1. The call also provided the exact location of the accident. Read More »
“Honey, do you even SEE those brake lights up there?”
The dictionary defines a backseat driver as 1) A passenger who constantly advises, corrects or nags the driver of a motor vehicle and/or 2) A meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice. Read More »
