Delaware 2013 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card”
Between May of 1997 and March of 2008 (over 10 years), Delaware’s unemployment rate was between 3 and 4%. But for the last four years, unemployment has stubbornly...
We know what we want. And it all comes back to the “Bike and Pedestrian Improvements” program authorization for the Delaware Department of Transportation. We...
by Melissa Nann Burke The News Journal February 15, 2013 Relatively few Delaware workers commute by bike, but they might reconsider when cyclists are whizzing...
Bike Delaware asks – Why is that?
NY Times, by Richard Chang — The (Car & Driver) magazine found that reaction time was much worse for both drivers when they were texting while driving than when they were under the influence of alcohol. [Full article ....]
New video highlights the dangers of texting while driving:
Featured in PoliceOne.com, by Doug Wyllie — If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words in value is a video? It may be completely incalculable in the case of the video below, created and distributed by AT&T.
Before I go any further, I want to quickly offer kudos to AT&T for producing this video.
While the cynic in me recognizes that it’s a PR move which is very probably meant to inoculate the company against potential future litigation associated with the tragedies that may befall drivers who are stupid enough to use AT&T’s devices to send text messages while also operating a moving vehicle, they did actually make a really compelling video.
In fact, this video is so well done that it should be required viewing in every “Driver’s Ed” class in every high school in America. [Full article ...]
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