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Jeff Mcmurray

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Car-crash injury risks are higher for women but the government has only used male crash test dummies for years. That’s finally changing

Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash, and they are 17% more likely to be killed in a car crash, than men.

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Jeff Mcmurray

AI-powered cameras mounted on cars and street sweepers are spotting road hazards and deciding what to fix first

Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities.

15.11.2025 1

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Jeff Mcmurray

30-year-old juggles 2 jobs and double shifts but keeps losing work due to school drop-off: ‘As a mom, you just find a way around it’

More mothers than fathers say that school drop-off interferes with their ability to work, lose jobs or were kept from opportunities.

05.09.2025 2

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Jeff Mcmurray

Today’s speed limits grew out of studies on rural roads from the 1930s and 1940s. Now states are looking to change guidelines

The 85% rule suggests a road’s posted speed should be tied to the 15th-fastest vehicle out of every 100 traveling it in free-flowing traffic.

18.08.2025 9

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Jeff Mcmurray

Transportation secretary’s memo to tie funding to marriage and birth rates is called ‘bizarre and a little creepy’

With hundreds of billions in transportation money unspent from the 2021 infrastructure law, such changes could be a boon for Republican-majority...

08.02.2025 8

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Jeff Mcmurray

Parents are turning to rideshare apps as schools cut back on bus service amid driver shortage

Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their...

16.12.2024 4

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Jeff Mcmurray