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Hundreds of teens from across Wisconsin attended a State Summit on Teen Distracted Driving on Tuesday. Organizers hope to reinforce the message that text messages should wait until after driving.
HEADLINE: Wisconsin teens focus on distracted driving
CAPTION: Hundreds of teens from across Wisconsin attended a State Summit on Teen Distracted Driving on Tuesday.
Organizers...
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Scantily-dressed cyclists campaign for improved road safety
1. Various of nude cyclists riding to promote road safety
2. Close pan of nude cyclists before the start riding again
3. Close of cyclists blowing whistles
4. Wide of cyclists
5. Various of cyclists riding
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Octavio...
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Thousands of cyclists take part in road safety flash-mob
1. Various of protesting cyclists with bicycles lying in the road
2. Close of bicycles blocking road
3. Mid of cyclist taking a photo
4. Close of bikes blocking road
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Flore Murard-Yovanovitch, protest organiser:...
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency has crushed an Austin Mini at a New Jersey junkyard. The action was taken to deter illegal imports of vehicles that did not meet U.S. highway safety standards. (Dec. 11)
An imported car that sells for more than $20,000 has been turned into scrap at a New Jersey junkyard because it did not meet U.S. highway safety standards.
The Austin Mini was scrapped Thursday at Price's Auto Recyclers in Plumsted...
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With traffic-related fatalities the leading cause of death of officers on duty, departments nationwide are buckling down to get officers to buckle up, including the Los Angeles Police Department. (Dec. 12)
While 86 percent of Americans now wear seat belts, an upcoming study that will be published by California's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training estimates that roughly half of law enforcement officers don't wear them.
With...
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Monaco - Race Drivers Want More Safety Rules
Austrian driver Karl Wendlinger remained in a critical conditon on
Friday (13/5) after sustaining severe head injuries from a high
speed crash during practice for the Monaco Grand Prix on
Thursday. The crash, which follows two other...
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Drivers convert their vehicles to run on Liquified Petroleum Gas
1. Various of cars
2. Wide of petrol station
3. Various motorists filling up cars with petrol
4. Tilt down over LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas pump)
5. Close of fuel prices
6. Petrol price and LPG (auto gas) prices
7. Exterior of LPG...
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Actress Michelle Yeoh visits Manila to promote road safety
AP Television
Manila, Philippines, 26 May 2010
1. Wide of Michelle Yeoh speaking at the Asian Development Bank ADB forum on "Changing Course"
2. Mid of Michelle Yeoh speaking on podium
3. Wide of audience
4. Mid of photographers...
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Driverless car takes to the road in Berlin
AP Television
Berlin, Germany - September 17, 2011
1. Mid of steering wheel of VW Passat, safety driver''s hands off the wheel
2. Wide interior shot of the cockpit as the car manoeuvres through a roundabout, safety driver points to a...
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How safe are driverless cars following Tesla driver's death
LEAD IN: The crash of a self-driving Tesla car and the death of its driver is causing shockwaves throughout the autonomous car industry.Most motor manufacturers are investing in the research and development of driverless cars and...
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How safe are driverless cars following Tesla driver's death
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4043363 LEAD IN: The crash of a self-driving Tesla car and the death of its driver is causing shockwaves throughout the autonomous car industry.Most motor manufacturers are investing in the...
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Pedestrian Deaths Spiked in 2016
Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 deaths last year, the highest total in more than two decades, according to an analysis of preliminary state data released Thursday.Greater driving due...
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Advanced electronic safety features for self-driving cars
LEADIN
Autonomous vehicles might get all the headlines, but now car makers are gradually adding advanced electronic safety features to human driven cars.
STORYLINE:
As this Mercedes S-Class sedan...
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BRAZIL: RIO: TOUGH NEW TRAFFIC LAWS CATCH MANY BY SURPRISE
Portuguese/Nat
Tough new traffic laws have taken effect in Brazil catching many by surprise, including top officials and law-makers.
The new measures are aimed at creating a safe driving environment in Brazilian cities.
But many...
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Lured by the prospect of lower car insurance rates, older drivers are taking driver safety courses where they're learning about changes in the roads, cars and technology, and how they can adapt to age-related challenges. (Feb. 27)
SOUNDBITE: Carla Hopke, AARP Driver Safety student:
"I took driver's ed when I was 16 and haven't taken anything since then. And things have changed, the roads have changed, rules have changed..."
SOUNDBITE: Julie Lee, vice-president...
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300 cyclists take clothing off in road safety protest
1. Wide of cyclists, some of nude or partially clothed, riding on street
2. Partially clothed cyclists riding
3. Wide of cyclist wearing plumage, cyclists on street
4. Various of cyclists riding on street
5. Wide of half naked people...
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Mandela's daughter joins road safety campaign after death of family member
When Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a June 2010 car crash, it cast a shadow over the start of the FIFA World Cup, and kept the former president and Nobel Prize Winner away from the opening events.
More than two years...
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Advanced electronic safety features for self-driving cars
LEADIN
Autonomous vehicles might get all the headlines, but now car makers are gradually adding advanced electronic safety features to human driven cars.
STORYLINE:
As this Mercedes S-Class sedan...
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Congress is charging that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was years late in detecting a deadly problem with General Motors cars and lacks the expertise to oversee increasingly complex vehicles. (Sept. 16)
SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Clair McCaskill, D. Missouri:
"While the auto industry has adapted rather quickly as technology and consumer demand have evolved, I am concerned that both Congress and NHTSA have failed to keep up."
NHTSA...
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David Friedman, the acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testified before a Senate panel that the outcome of its investigation would have been different had General Motors supplied the agency with more information.(April 2)
David Friedman, the acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testified before a Senate subcommittee that the outcome of its investigation would have been different had General Motors supplied the agency with more...
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The Obama administration will convene a summit of experts to figure out what to do about the problem of texting while driving, a practice studies and a growing number of accidents show can be deadly.
HEADLINE: LaHood calls summit on distracted driving
CAPTION: The Obama administration will convene a summit of experts to figure out what to do about the problem of texting while driving, a practice studies and a growing number of...
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USA: MASSACHUSETTS: MOTORIST SPEED TRAPS
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Catching speeding motorists has become big business in Massachusetts.
Some towns and cities are so eager to nab drivers who go too fast - they've broken the law themselves with local speed limits lower than those set by the...
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Honda shows off its driverless car
Honda is the latest company to show of its self-driving car.
The car maker is working on technology that allows vehicles to signal and change lanes by themselves.
The hands-free highway commute is becoming closer to reality.
Honda says...
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TomTom forced to change sales of traffic data
AP Television
Utrecht, Netherlands - May 2, 2011
1. Tracking shot of motorway from inside moving car
2. Close of TomTom GPS in-car navigation system
3. Close of interior of moving car and TomTom GPS
AP Television
Amsterdam, Netherlands -...