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...Gist: The WHO's first-ever report on worldwide road safety calls attention to a growing global health and development problem - and finds that 85% of the world's countries are woefully unprepared to address it. More than 1.2 million people are killed annually in car accidents, making vehicular injuries the ninth leading cause of death in 2004. Without stricter laws and better safety precautions, car crashes are expected to become the fifth deadliest killer by 2030. Aside from the obvious human costs, the report notes that unsafe roads make a significant dent in the world economy. (Read "Text-Messaging...
Cutting a real breakfast is like saving on a clothing budget by buying shiny new sneaks but going shirtless, or cutting vehicular costs by filling up on premium gas while refusing to change the oil, or slimming down a office budget by cutting all paper while beefing up the highlighter order...
When she returned her vehicle to Thrifty Car Rental at Honolulu International Airport, Carter says she was told by a counter clerk that vehicular larceny "happens quite often" on the island. Carter also filed a report with the Honolulu police and says an officer confided that there are four or five models of cars that every thief on Hawaii knows are rentals, and that those are most often targeted...
...With oil refineries targeted as the point of control for vehicular sources of warming gases, Texans are fighting for the same concessions as other energy-intensive industries. A proposal that renewable resources account for 25% of electricity by 2025 has upset Southerners, who lack the solar and geothermal energy of other regions. They are seeking credit for nuclear and hydroelectric power more plentiful in their part of the country...
...causes excessive daytime sleepiness and irregular nighttime breathing. Because of its role in increasing drowsiness, the disorder—which is expected to affect approximately 2.4 to 3.9 million licensed commercial drivers in the United States, according to a Harvard press release—can increase the risk of vehicular accident...