The Crusaders Who Campaigned for Car Safety
Car seat belts are a safety measure that most people take for granted. While compliance is at an all-time high—90 percent of front seat passengers use their seatbelts—car crashes are …
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2012 Safest Year for Air Travel Since 1945
Great news for air travelers… 2012 is showing that airline accidents are on the decline. The stats are better than any year since 1945 when there would have been far …
Drunk Driving Laws Date to 1910
New York led the way in passing the first laws against drunk driving. The year was 1910. At first, the methods used by a police officer to check for drunkenness …
Mae West Life Preserver: Countless Owe Lives to It
Most of the time, it’s the little things that count. Anyone in the military knows that the mode of transport and the types of firepower available to each soldier are …
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NYC Fire Museum: A Hidden Gem
Walk west on Spring Street, through SoHo, past the enticing restaurants and the tempting clothing shops, and after you pass Varick Street, you will come to a fire house that still looks like a fire house, but this one welcomes you in to hear stories and see old fire trucks and other memorabilia from some 225 years of fire fighting in Manhattan. The museum itself is a gem that is worthy of visits from old and young.
