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The world’s first propane-powered post driver
The Tippmann Propane Hammer can be set up and used by a single worker, who can drive from a comfortable height with both feet on the ground. Tippmann Industrial Products Inc. manufactures the Propane...
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Questionable equipment sends the wrong message to drunk drivers
In 2001, a drunk driver took all four of Ohio resident Peter Mayer’s children from him. They were ages 10, 9, 8 and 7. He says, “There’s just no excuse for getting behind the wheel when you are drunk....
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DEFENSIVE DRIVING
PROGRAM UTILIZES SIMULATOR TO DECREASE ACCIDENTS David Baxter provides instruction to an officer participating in the Arkansas Municipal League’s defensive driving program. The program uses a simulator...
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NAFA Fleet Management Association Institute and Expo
A large community of public sector and private fleet professionals will converge on the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., April 23-26 for the NAFA Fleet Management Association...
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Safe apparatus handling
This is the first in a series of articles on the prevention of emergency vehicle crashes. The author, Chris Daly, is a 23-year veteran of the fire service and a full-time police officer who specializes...
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Skidcar System Proactive Driver Training ProgramPolice
Alabama Municipal Insurance Corporation and Municipal Workers Compensation Fund offer municipalities driver training programs that feature the Skidcar System, which simulates loss of front, rear or...
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Top five reasons to install an LED-enhanced inroad warning light crosswalk
By DALE STEWART | ITEM Ltd. SAFETY: This reason might seem a bit obvious, but don’t discount the profound and dramatic effect a pedestrian-activated, LEDenhanced in-road warning light crosswalk has on...
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Driving in Flood Conditions
With so many storms occurring in recent days, particularly in the Midwest and South, now is a good time to review precautions your drivers can take if they ever find themselves driving in an area...
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Agency Slashes Forecasts of Future Driving Growth Between 24 and 44 Percent The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has very quietly acknowledged that the Driving Boom is over, cutting its forecasted...
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What millennials’ waning interest in driving means for transportation planning
PHINEAS BAXANDALL | Guest columnist Senior analyst and program director, U.S. Public Interest Research Group A new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and the Frontier...
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Distracted driving often ends in forever moments
The trooper was changing a tire on a disabled vehicle on the Ohio Turnpike, when a U-Haul truck went off the roadway striking a cruiser. The U-Haul did not stop at the crash scene but was located a...
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