In the wake of millions of vehicle recalls over the past few years, the U.S. Senate is advancing a proposal that bans the sale of used vehicles with open recalls. Auto dealers and consumer advocate groups are duking it out in Washington, stalling the proposal in typical bureaucratic fashion. Are All Recalls Created Equally? Some [...]
A crash in Maury County on December 7 left a family grieving the loss of a young life. Kirstynn Edmiston, 9, was killed in the accident. Her younger sister, Joanna, and cousin Devyn McCandles survived the crash and are listed in serious condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Our thoughts and prayers are [...]
It’s a courteous gesture to wave on a pedestrian or another driver while on the road. The wave is rooted in good intentions and graceful manners, and can have catastrophic results. The trouble is, as always, in the unexpected. If you wave a pedestrian across the street, and he or she crosses without checking the [...]
In his freshman year at Stanford, Catalin Voss helped build an app for Google Glass that could recognize emotions. The software use facial recognition software to analyze expressions, and compared those expressions to a database to determine the emotion being expressed. The app was so successful that a Japanese company purchased the creation and is [...]
In our mobile society, everyone is a pedestrian. With over 253 million cars and trucks on the road, pedestrian fatalities are the rare traffic statistic that is on the rise. In 2013, the last year for which data is available, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recorded 4,735 deaths in the US. In Tennessee, there [...]
The tech boom has flooded our world with creations that we didn’t know we couldn’t live without. The daily news from around the world is part horror and part hope, reflecting the best and worst of humanity every day. Our own blogs have ranged from horrifying to uplifting, recognizing devastating losses and acknowledging a brighter [...]
Sarah Ray and her husband, Paul, had just finished exchanging vows at the altar. The ceremony was over, and everyone was looking forward to greeting the couple at the reception. Sarah and Paul were taking a moment to savor their union before leaving the church when both phones went off. The newlyweds, both paramedics, received [...]
Anyone who commutes to work on a major highway is familiar with scraps of tire debris scattered across the roadway. Occasionally, larger chunks of shredded tire belting stay in the middle of the lane, creating a minor traffic obstacle that can have major consequences. However, those little pieces of rubber are an indicator of a [...]
Car accidents happen all the time. Often, news agencies report that a single vehicle accident is “under investigation” or that the cause of the accident is unknown, though drugs and alcohol were not involved. Generally, if any cause at all is released, it is simply reported as “operator error.” A new report from the National Safety [...]
A pickup truck ran off the road in an early morning accident on I-24 in Christian County. The driver had to be flown to a hospital. A truck and horse trailer jack-knifed on I-71 in Gallatin County, leaving the driver dead, a passenger injured, and three horses to be put down. Five teenagers were injured, [...]
