Category: Highway Safety
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Federal highway agency takes a hit over safety report on electronic billboards
By Myron Levin
FairWarning
Why did the billboard cross the road? It sounds like the opening line of a corny joke, but it’s actually a question raised by a baffling glitch in a Federal Highway Administration study on the safety of electronic billboards. -
Popular, but flawed novelty helmets account for hundreds of motorcyle deaths; regulators don’t act
By Rick Schmitt
FairWarning
The results were tragic, but not surprising, last May when Suzanne Randa and her fiance, Thomas Donohoe, crashed while riding Donohoe’s Harley Davidson on Highway 79 near the Southern California city of Loma Linda. Donohoe, who was wearing a helmet meeting federal safety standards, escaped injury and walked away from the accident. Randa, 49, who wore a so-called novelty helmet that was cheap and stylish but offered but no real protection, died at the scene -
Billboard industry touts discredited research to support safety claims for electronic signs
By Myron Levin
Fair Warning
A Swedish study has found that drivers take long gazes at electronic billboards, possibly raising the risk of highway crashes. The new research has put the U.S. billboard industry into a defensive mode. -
Despite death toll, motorcycle groups strive to muzzle U.S. regulators
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org -
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4983 SEEN/
Feds leaving cities, states in dark on billboard safety
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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