It’s amazing what they can do with technology. Screenshot: Voluma.AI Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March after it was hit by a cargo shop that lost power. The strike from the ship brought the towers of the bridge crashing down and left the Dali cargo ship stuck under thousands of tons of metal. [...]read moreExplore The Baltimore Bridge Collapse From Every Angle
Photo: Denis Torkhov (Getty Images) People tend to assume their state, and especially their city, has the worst drivers in the country. We tend to chalk that up to the fact that you’re going to notice a lot more bad behavior in the place you live compared to somewhere you’re visiting, but ultimately, somewhere has [...]read moreThese States Have The Most Aggressive Drivers: Study
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed in March after it was struck by an enormous container ship that lost power while exiting the city’s port. The collision left the stricken Dali container ship stuck under the remnants of the bridge and made entry and exit of the Port of Baltimore nearly impossible. Now, experts have [...]read moreNew Baltimore Bridge Span To Cost $1.9 Billion And Won’t Be Ready Until 2028
Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin / Contributor (Getty Images) When you get on a plane, there are plenty of things that you can reasonably expect may go wrong. The person in front of you might recline their seat and drape their long hair over the screen. A baby might cry. Your seatmate might be one of those sick [...]read more70 Vomiting Passengers Turn Frankfurt Flight Into Living Hell
Whether you believe in climate change or not, you can’t deny that life on Earth has faced increasingly frequent and intense weather anomalies in recent years. More people across the United States and the world have been subjected to unprecedented levels of rain, and more frequent and powerful storms causing flooding, mud slides, and dangerous [...]read moreNissan Versa Driver Demonstrates Why You Should Never Drive Into Floodwaters
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested 10 of the most popular small crossovers on the market and found that just one of them earned a “good” rating when it comes to vehicle-to-vehicle crash prevention. That is, uh, less than ideal — especially for folks who ride motorcycles and those of us who generally do [...]read moreSmall SUV ‘Crash Avoidance’ Tech Does Not Avoid Crashes
Severe thunderstorms swept across West Texas on Tuesday, toppling over a whole train’s worth of cargo containers. While hail is always ready to cause damage, the high winds were an even more potent threat. The storms derailed a Union Pacific freight train in Trent, Texas, a small town about 24 miles west of Abilene. The [...]read moreTexas-Sized Thunderstorm Derails Train With 80-MPH Winds
Protection around America’s bridges has been thrown into question in recent weeks after a massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month. Now, it’s emerged that the safety standards many U.S. bridges are built to are actually based on antiquated models developed in West Germany decades ago. Weekend [...]read moreU.S. Bridge Safety Standards Based On ‘Outdated’ Regulations Developed In West Germany
A massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month, killing six people and shutting one of America’s busiest ports in the process. The company that operates the ship is now trying everything to get out of paying up for the mammoth task of extracting the stricken vessel and [...]read moreShip Owners Are Trying Everything To Avoid Paying Up For Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Photo: Brendan Hoffman (Getty Images) Two airliners almost collided on a runway at Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 was cleared to taxi across a runway, while a JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 was about to take off on the same runway. [...]read more‘Southwest, Stop!’ Air Planes Avoid Runway Collision By Less Than 400 Feet in Washington D.C.