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1. Facts not Fox: How News Corp. holds America hostage
(Opinion/Commentary)

... by Republican appointees. As our political structure crashes, it is simply amazing how the Republican Party is now the catch basin for all the "independents" from the Tea Party — all, indeed, running under ...

2. Veteran New Jersey drivers strongly favor more training for new teenage drivers
(Health/Healthquest)

... crash data analysis by the Division of Highway Traffic Safety, last year in New Jersey drivers ages 16-20 involved in crashes fell 22 percent, while fatalities continued to decline from 72 in 2006 to 44 ...

3. Nuclear Safety and Technological Infallibility
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... the NRC's analysis of containment buildings stated they were vulnerable to crashes from commercial jets, but the notion of a deliberate crash was too far fetched to be taken seriously or considered. Commercial ...

4. N.J. State Police warn of heavy trooper presence on roads during holiday weekend
(N.J./State)

... actions might lead to serious or fatal crashes. "If you operate a vehicle or watercraft in a way that threatens safety, we will hold you accountable," Col. Fuentes, State Police superintendent, said. ...

5. New Jersey police agencies to begin summer season-ending drunk driving crackdown
(N.J./State)

...  Last year in New Jersey, 185 people were killed as a result of alcohol-related crashes. That number represents 31 percent of the 583 traffic fatalities reported in the state in 2009. In addition, 67 ...

6. What is the incentive for safe vehicles without New Jersey car inspections?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Administration estimates that approximately 2.3 percent of all fatal crashes are due solely to defective vehicles. That translates into an annual loss of about 1,000 lives nationally and 14 lives in ...

7. Keynes, Obama and the future
(Opinion/Commentary)

... crashes and recessions since its founding in 1776. From the land speculation bubble of 1796 to the beginning of the Great Depression, the political answers to these troubled times was, for the most part, ...

8. Survey finds use of front seat belts continues to rise in N.J.
(N.J./State)

... year. The overall back seat belt usage rate dropped to 47.77 percent, down from 51.73 percent. Since 2000, 272 adult back seat riders have lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes in New Jersey. "When ...

9. Keep Kids Alive Drive 25
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Thanks to Ed Fernandez for highlighting the role of "Keep Kids Alive Drive 25®" in the effort to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities among all age groups. More information about the campaign can be ...

10. Keeping focus on safety saves young lives
(Opinion/Commentary)

... good news, however, is that the situation has been improving. More education. More laws. More enforcement. Safer cars. As a result, the number of fatal crashes in New Jersey has actually declined in ...

11. Innovation often leads to disasters like Gulf oil spill
(Opinion/Commentary)

... discovery to future generations of airline passengers who would die in crashes? Similarly did Henry Ford understand the physics of inertia and momentum, the latter being a function not only of mass but ...

12. Fatal crashes on New Jersey roads down for third year in a row
(N.J./State)

... your life and your passenger's lives in danger, and last year's statistics bear this out," Fuentes said. "Our enforcement efforts this year will concentrate on the behaviors that lead to fatal crashes,'' ...

13. N.J. state police targeting aggressive cars and trucks
(N.J./State)

... related crashes, injuries, and fatalities by combining outreach, education, and evaluation with targeted enforcement. "We're enforcing aggressive driving laws on both sides of the equation because it ...

14. N.J. police begin aggressive enforcement of seat belt laws
(N.J./State)

... up. Since 2000, when the state's primary seat belt law went into effect, 272 unbelted backseat passengers have lost their lives in traffic crashes." Fischer stressed that individuals must always remember ...

15. Staten Island ferry crashes into St. George terminal
(U.S./Nation)

More than 60 passengers injured BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Emergency personnel, the New York Police and Fire Department have converged on the St. George Ferry Terminal after the Andrew ...

16. Red Light Cameras in N.J.: Improved public safety, and a revenue source for towns
(N.J./State)

...  The Chief is closely monitoring results and possible rear-end collisions at the site. "Some of the naysayers out there say that rear-end crashes are elevated based upon the red light cameras. Here, ...

17. A violation of my child's Civil Rights to be protected
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... not only himself but the 19 year old passenger with him. You think this law would have prevented this from happening. NOT!!!! FACT most motor vehicle crashes have occurred for individuals between the ...

18. ‘Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul’ by Sebastian Copeland with Keith Heger — A Tribeca Film Festival movie review
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the men to maneuver over, dragging their aerodynamic sledges. Others are more like walls of boulders, angled and slippery. And yet others are like chain-reaction Winnebago crashes. For most of us, it would ...

19. Kyleigh’s Law’s deadline approaches for New Jersey teen drivers to display decal
(N.J./State)

... spot a group of drivers who account for a disproportionately large number of motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, owing to a combination of inexperience, overconfidence and various distractions," said ...

20. N.J. law now requires drivers stop for pedestrians in crosswalks
(N.J./State)

... more than 30,000 pedestrians have been injured in motor-vehicle related crashes statewide. To educate people about the new law, the Division of Highway Traffic Safety has developed an oversized palm ...