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March 24, 2013: NY Times: Big Data is Opening Doors, but Maybe Too Many Since the dawn of the digital age, 1960's mainframe computers, people have feared that new complicated data banks would be put into service of big government and big business to pry and spy on all of us. The internet and the lea...

March 24, 2013: Interesting take by Brian McFadden on the D+ ASCE Report Card on America's Infrastructure in the Sunday Review section of the March 24, 2013 New York Times.

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From the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Mobile Device Use While Driving — United States and Seven European Countries, 2011 which begins: Road traffic crashes are a global public health problem, contributing to an estimated 1.3 million deaths annually. Known risk factors for road traffic crashes an...

March 19., 2013: NY Times: For the first time since they have been conducting their study, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has the grade on America's roads, bridges, water systems and energy networks improving to a D+!! The ASCE report cites improvements in six areas: bridges, rail, w...

March 18, 2013: In another forum, INCR , a topic was raised about the press and problems with proper and accurate coverage of safety issues. It reminded me of the Toyota sudden acceleration witch hunt. As a part of our coverage of that fiasco on this forum we also included links to other infamous pr...

March 11, 2013: NY Times: Digital Era Redefining Etiquette voice mails are out! - they waste too much time! text messages are IN! but don't ask me for anything you can find yourself with google! DON'T ask for weather forecast, directions, store's hours, NO unnecessary communications! Don't waste my ...

March 10, 2013: NY Times: In the Sunday review today an interesting article Living with Less, A Lot Less Reminds me of articles like those dealing with the Lottery winner syndrome wherein folks who win or earn a lump sum quickly waste it on all sorts of stuff, get all stressed out and then go broke!...

Feb 26, 2013: NY Times The Promise and Peril of our 'Data-Driven Society' So almost everyone has a smartphone, and what does that do for you and society? It builds a digital archive of data on YOU. And what is the most important data that is available about YOU? Information about your behavior. What...

February 27, 2013: Govenors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) New Study: Teen Driver Deaths Increase in 2012 Preliminary Data Indicate Deaths of 16- and 17-Year-Old Drivers Up 19 Percent From the news release by GHSA: WASHINGTON, D.C.—A new report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Assoc...

Feb 24, 2013: NyTimes Federal Safety Investigations Sometimes Drag on for Years NHTSA has been investigating safety issues and issuing recalls on vehicles for safety related problems since the 1960's. In 2012, there were 132 vehicle recalls, the second highest number since the government began count...