Monday, July 27, 2009

Speed Kills ... But Does Speeding Still Kill?...

Speed Kills ... But Does Speeding Still Kill?
Fourteen years after states were allowed to begin increasing their highway speed limits from 55 MPH, debate continues about what, if anything, should be done to curb the number of speeding-related traffic fatalities. One study actually showed that states that raised speed limits from 55 to 65 MPH showed a decline in fatalities.

Can Tesla (& its Brash Founder) Compete Against the Big Boys
The Paypal founder, Tesla head & serial entrepreneur, Elon Musk, wants to change the way we drive -- and he's got a couple years to prove he can do it.

Cash-for-Clunkers Dealers Kill Engines to Stop Fraud
Dealers in the U.S. “cash-for- clunkers” program are being forced to disable trade-in vehicles with a chemical under new rules to prevent those who take the government subsidies from reselling the cars. Dealers must replace the oil in the “clunker” with two quarts of sodium silicate solution and run the engine for up to seven minutes.

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