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Drivers pay more attention to ringing phones than risks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 8 (ANI): Drivers find it difficult to ignore a ringing phone but they do ignore the dangers, with a new study revealing almost 50 per cent believe locating and answering a ringing phone is not as risky as talking and texting.
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Learn more about 'distracted' driving
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 16 (ANI): A team of researchers has produced an extensive dataset examining how drivers react to different types of distractions, part of an effort to devise strategies for making driving safer.
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A 'cool' way to cut in-car pollution
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): Turns out, cranking up the AC is all it takes for the rush hour drivers to avoid in-car pollution.
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Hamilton pips Vettel to top rain-hit British GP final practice
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 15 (ANI): Three-time world champion and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton produced a rich vein of form as he edged past Formula One drivers' championship leader Sebastian Vettel to emerge as the fastest driver in the third and final practice of this weeken
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PM Modi interacts with Chief Secretaries of States, Union Territories
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territories, which was a part of the National Conference of Chief Secretaries on the theme of "States as Drivers for Transforming India."
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Delhi: Life imprisonment to two for rape, murder
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A Delhi Court has awarded life imprisonment to two taxi drivers for gang-raping and killing a woman in the national capital.
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Assam: Alleged Cow vigilantes attack drivers transporting cattle
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sonapur (Assam) [India], July 3 (ANI): In another case of apathy by alleged cow vigilantes, a truck driver in Assam's Sonapur was assaulted on suspicion of transporting cows.
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Here's why following a friend in a car is risky
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 24 (ANI): Drivers who follow another car to a destination are more likely to drive dangerously, according to a recent study.
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Mixing booze, pot ups risk of fatal rear-end collision by five times
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 13 (ANI): Word of caution! Use of marijuana, in combination with alcohol by drivers, is especially dangerous, according to a latest study.
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New teen drivers 3 times as likely to be involved in deadly crash
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 1 (ANI): Parents, do you let your teen turn a key in an ignition? According to a recent study, new teen drivers aged 16-17 years old are three times as likely as adults to be involved in a deadly crash.
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Could self-driving cars mean an end to traffic jams?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 12 (ANI): According to a recent study, the presence of just a few autonomous vehicles can eliminate the stop-and-go driving of the human drivers in traffic.
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Weather extremes, trade policies were main drivers of wheat price peaks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Apr 28 (ANI): Price peaks of wheat on the world market are mainly caused by production shocks such as induced for example by droughts, researchers found. These shocks get exacerbated by low storage levels as well as protective trade policies, the analysis of globa
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