Road Casualties in Great Britain: 2007 estimates for accidents involving illegal alcohol levels

(Taken from http://www.dft.gov.uk)
This release includes provisional statistics on accidents involving drinking and driving in Great Britain in 2007, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Figures show that:

Fatalities resulting from drink drive accidents fell by 18 per cent from 560 in 2006 to 460 in 2007, whilst seriously injured casualties fell by [...]

Can A Laser Scanner Drive A Car By Itself?

Taken from sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily ( Apr. 2, 2008 ) — Can a computer steer a car through a city without a driver’s help? The ‘Spirit of Berlin’, a vehicle developed jointly by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS in Sankt Augustin and their colleagues at the Freie Universität Berlin, proves [...]

Subway Dibangun Maret 2009

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Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta mentargetkan pembangunan konstruksi Subway Rute lebak Bulus – Dukuh Atas dimulai pada Maret 2009. Saat ini proses pembentukan PT. Mass Rapid Transportation (MRT) masih menunggu persetujuan dari Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah. Pembiayaan proyek MRT sepanjang 14,3 km senilai Rp 10,264 triliun [...]

UNJUK GIGI SI KERETA BERGERIGI

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Sekitar 106 tahun silam dia terlahir. Namun, suaranya tetap keras dan lantang terdengar. Tak terselip sedikitpun parau di antaranya. Jeritannya terdengar begitu nyaring.
Tubuhnya tegap. Kaki-kakinya yang tetap kokoh dan kekar, tampak begitu bersemangat untuk berlari menapaki jalan mendaki sepanjang sekitar 9 kilometer itu. Tak ada keluh dan kesah, meski sesekali bentangan [...]

Just Listening To Cell Phones Significantly Impairs Drivers, Study Shows

ScienceDaily ( Mar. 6, 2008 ) — Carnegie Mellon University scientists have shown that just listening to a cell phone while driving is a significant distraction, and it causes drivers to commit some of the same types of driving errors that can occur under the influence of alcohol.
The use of cell phones, including dialing and [...]

Smart Brake Light System Would Provide More Information To Drivers

ScienceDaily ( Apr. 7, 2008 ) — You are driving in heavy traffic. The brake lights on the car in front of you come on. Is the car slowing or is it going to stop? It slows to 25 mph and the lights go off. You drop back. The car in front of you stops [...]

Next-generation Sensors May Help Avert Airline Disasters

ScienceDaily ( Mar. 28, 2008 ) — Everyone on board an Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) plane died when it collided with a light aircraft and exploded in a luggage hanger in Milan in 2001. The smaller plane had taxied wrongly and ended up on the runway where the SAS aircraft was taking off.
The following year, [...]

Malam Tirakatan di Pemprov DIY

Gubernur DIY: Lewat Tirakatan Diharapkan Terbangun Kejernihan Akal dan Kepekaan Rasa Dalam Menangkap Hikmah Pesan Proklamasi

KEPATIHAN – Malam tirakatan peringatan Hari Ulang Tahun (HUT) Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia ke-63 tahun 2008 Provinsi DIY berlangsung sederhana namun khidmad, di Bangsal Kepatihan Danurejan, Yogyakarta, Sabtu ( 16/8 ) malam.

Penyerahan piagam penghargaan dan piala kepada para [...]