Drivers who were distracted by electronic devices killed around 5,800 people in the United States during 2008, says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The numbers were presented at a two-day Transportation...
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"Audacity of Cowardice, Hopelessness: Why Does Much of America Avoid the Tough Tasks? Just a few short months ago, many Americans including current Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said the “surge” in Iraq would not work. He was against...
With the increased use of mobile phones people are indulged in chatting or texting even during driving. Now a new law in Britain will make it difficult for the motorists who read or write text...
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I'm supposed to have arm surgery soon. And the more I hear of stories like this, the more I swear I'm going to write on the correct arm!"A Methodist Hospital surgeon who mistakenly removed the wrong kidney from a...
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Maggie Jackson describes our current world as an ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) Society in her book Distracted subtitled The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. She worries as The Brian Lehrer Show put it that "today’s tendency to multi-tasking has us headed for...
"Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like "Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums," "Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes" and "Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be...
The study here concludes that gabbing motorists add 20 hours a year to a typical hour-long commuter route. Not sure how significant that really is, but distracted drivers are a problem for sure."WASHINGTON -...
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"Motorists who smoke at the wheel could be prosecuted under a new rule in the latest edition of the Highway Code.
Smoking drivers would be charged if it is thought they were driving without due care and attention.
Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said drivers should not...
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1. Someone apparently climbing over a fence in San Francisco
2. Borat peeking out of a window in San Jose, California
3. The already infamous 'Hot Babes' poster van driving alongside the Google truck in Las...
"Today marks two weeks since the jury delivered a "Guilty" verdict in the case of US v Lewis Libby, handing down the first conviction of a high ranking Bush Administration official. Though the news cycle has moved...
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"Are successful entrepreneurs more likely to have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)? That's what some people think. I wouldn't know -- I couldn't stay focused long enough to research the study.
In yesterday's column, I described what I call BADD Boss Syndrome -- or Boss...