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Thanksgiving Travel Preview: AAA Expects Record Numbers, TSA Braces For Busiest Day Ever, Arctic Weather Blast
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 8:07pm | 789AAA expects record-setting travel numbers for Thanksgiving 2024 with an estimated 79.9 million travelers, up 2% from the previous record set last year. Here's what to know Tuesday before hitting the road later this week for the holiday. What To Know: AAA attributes the staggering number of...
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Your Car Might Be Secretly Recording Your Driving Habits And Sending The Data To Your Insurance Company: Report
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 3:10am | 591The driving data of millions of Americans is being shared with insurance companies by automakers and data brokers, leading to increased insurance premiums for some drivers. What Happened: Internet-connected vehicles, including the Chevrolet Bolt, are capable of tracking driving patterns such as...
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GOP-Led Bill In Ohio Seeks To Relax Cannabis OVI Rules, Motorists Can Argue Their Sobriety Levels
Friday, January 27, 2023 - 11:30am | 590Ohioans who get stopped while driving with marijuana in their system could try to prove they weren't impaired under a bill introduced in the state Senate this week, reported News 5 Cleveland. What Happened? A measure from state Senator Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) is seeking...
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Every Other Car Crash Victim Has Drugs Or Alcohol In Their System: Which One Prevails?
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 10:13am | 524Nearly 43 000 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021, according to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recent estimations. That’s a 10.5% increase compared to 2020. On Tuesday, the U.S. highway safety regulators published new findings revealing that over...
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Medical Marijuana And Driving: No More DUI Arrests For Cannabis Users Under New Pennsylvania Bill
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - 9:22am | 672A measure to protect Pennsylvania medical marijuana patients from being charged with driving under the influence was approved by the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday in a 13-0 vote, reported PennLive. Under the bill medical cannabis is to be equally treated like any other...
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Driving While High: Does Weed Improve Or Impair Your Driving Skills?
Sunday, December 12, 2021 - 1:46pm | 1344This article was originally published on The Bluntness and appears here with permission. Some marijuana consumers claim driving while high doesn’t affect their ability to operate a motor vehicle. No, it makes them better at it. Or at the very least, it inspires caution, making...
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YouCruit Raises $11.5M For Driver Hiring App Lanefinder
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 11:07am | 840In recent months, trucking companies have focused on securing drivers as truckload demand continues to soar, driving rates to all-time levels. Without drivers to fill their trucks, carriers continue to find themselves leaving business on the table. Conversely, with companies offering them...
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Uber's Mobility Business Drives Its Recovery Says BofA
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 4:53pm | 279Speaking at an investor conference, Uber Technologies Inc’s (NYSE: UBER) CFO Nelson Chai provided more data into mobility recovery, according to BofA Securities. The Uber Technologies Analyst: Justin Post maintained a Buy rating for Uber Technologies, with a price target of $71. The Uber...
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Top 5 Companies For Autonomous Vehicle Technology
Friday, July 25, 2014 - 10:36am | 897Two of the business-related buzz phrases for which 2014 will be remembered are “autonomous vehicle” and “self-driving car.” Both traditional auto-makers and new technology giants have leaped into the autonomous vehicle race. While some companies have made promises to...
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Uber's $18 Billion Valuation Seen As Milestone For Tech Companies
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 3:40pm | 469Even as the so-called tech bubble reaches new heights, the recent $18 billion valuation of a taxi-hailing app called Uber Technology Inc. is widely seen -- for good or ill -- as a milestone. Uber is now the second-most highly valued start-up after Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), according to The Wall...
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Gas Prices Expected To Remain Stable Through Start Of Summer Driving Season
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 4:52pm | 592This Memorial Day weekend marks the start of America's summer driving season – and for the moment, gas prices appear to be stable or even a bit lower than expected. This past Monday, according to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline was $3.65. That cost was about...
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Teaching Teens to Drive Safely
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 4:46pm | 479Back in 2007, Congress created National Teen Driver Safety Week to address the fact that, on an annual basis, car accidents are the number one cause of death for America's youth aged 16 to 19. As reported by the suntimes.com, statistics indicate that every seven days in the United States, about 68...