Driverless vehicles, which haven’t even hit the market yet, have managed to rack up a crash rate that is double than that of human drivers. This has led many people to question the safety of […]
Tag: Accidents
Statistics Show Taking A Selfie Is More Dangerous Than Many Of Our Greatest Fears
The social media trend of selfies is not only popular, it is also deadly. A selfie refers to a picture that is taken of oneself, most commonly using one of today’s smartphones. And the practice […]
NASA Unveils Museum Memorial To Challenger And Columbia Astronauts
After being hidden for decades, the remnants of Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia are now on display in a new exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The exhibit marks the first time that […]
Six Years And Millions Of Miles Later, Google’s Self Driving Cars Finally Involved In Injury Causing Accident
After six years of testing and millions of miles travelled, one of Google Inc.’s self-driving prototype cars was finally involved in its first accidents with injury on Thursday in Mountain View, California. Google, better known […]
Russian Space Program Hit By Yet Another Failure As Docked Capsule Pushes Space Station Out Of Orbit
Russia’s space program continues to flounder as a malfunction on a docked Russian space module caused the International Space Station to shift from its normal orbital, the beleaguered Russian space agency Roscosmos announced late Tuesday. […]
U.S. Secretary Of State Badly Injured In Biking Accident
It as a sad weekend for the White House as in addition to Joe Biden’s son, Beau, dying we learned that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right femur in a nasty cycling […]
Deadly Amtrak Derailment Kills At Least 6, Injures over 150
An Amtrak from Washington to New York derailed in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. The crash tore cars apart, sent seven cars off the track and completely destoryed the train’s […]
Google’s Self Driving Cars Twice As Likely To Get Into Accidents As Humans
Google’s self driving cars are getting into accidents. Lots of them, actually, according to reports. The company only released the number of accidents after The Associated Press reported that Google had notified California of three […]