Archive: November 2018

I enjoy playing around with typefaces. This might be the most interesting I’ve seen — a typeface that helps you remember what you’re reading. Check out Sans Forgetica. The science of Sans Forgetica Sans Forgetica is more difficult to read than most typefaces – and that’s by design. The ‘desirable difficulty’ you experience when reading information […]

The Washington Post interviewed emergency-room physicians in seven cities, including Austin, Atlanta and Nashville, with doctors in each place reporting a spike in severe accidents after the devices launched on their streets. No national data on scooter injuries exist yet. Read Article: The Washington Post  

Almost 231,000 babies younger than 15 months were treated for walker-related injuries in emergency rooms from 1990 to 2014, averaging more than 9,000 kids per year during that period, according to a paper published in Pediatrics. About 90 percent suffered from head or neck injuries, and almost three-quarters were hurt after falling down stairs. Read […]

NBC Nightly News reports that a new report is “raising safety concerns about vehicles with automated assist features, including the autopilot function already available on some newer models.” The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (IIHS) report “warned that electronic driver assistance systems may not see stopped vehicles, and may lead you into a crash if you’re […]

USA Today reports that GM will partner with Honda to “speed up the deployment of self-driving cars to major cities in 2019.” Honda will “contribute about $2 billion over 12 years to the partnership and will finance a $750 million equity investment in Cruise, GM’s self-driving car company.” GM CEO Mary Barra said in a statement, […]

What did you eat for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday? Most likely turkey and dressing and mashed or sweet potatoes, but what else? This map shows the most popular other side dishes by region. I wouldn’t count bread or rolls as a side dish, but cornbread definitely rules in Texas.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I hope you are spending it with family and friends.

The AP reported, “Tractor-trailers and other large trucks aren’t required to have crash-avoidance technology, despite thousands of crashes annually and repeated calls for it to be mandated.” The Kansas City Star found that NHTSA “has largely ignored repeated pleas from the National Transportation Safety Board to take action that would prevent trucks from rear-ending other vehicles. […]

If you’ve been involved in an accident, the last thing that you want to be dealing with is a difficult insurance company. They may be trying to save themselves some money at your expense or there may be another underlying factor. Here are some of the steps that you can take in order to receive […]

This video from Money.CNN gives an interesting look back at some of the most famous auto recalls in recent history.