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The relative affluence of the postwar period in
Australia
saw a rise in the sales of cars,
their use for leisure, and road traffic
accidents.
During the 1950s,
the Australian Road Safety Council
launched a
campaign to promote road courtesy,
and urged fathers to bring their children ‘back
alive’.
Photograph: QS Archive/Alamy
Posters that changed the world – in pictures
A selection of the world’s most influential
posters.
Poster designs have long influenced our lives
– from anti-slavery messages and sexual health
awareness campaigns
to political elections and film promotions.
A new book, published by Pavilion,
100 Posters
That Changed The World,
looks at the stories behind 300 years of classic
designs
G
Wed 7 Oct 2020 09.00 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2020/oct/07/
posters-that-changed-the-world-in-pictures

Andy Singer
Smart phone family trip
Andy Singer draws No Exit,
a self-syndicated cartoon
that appears in dozens of newspapers,
books and magazines
in the U.S. and abroad.
18 April 2013
Cagle
http://www.cagle.com/author/andy-singer/
road death
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-01-29-
road-deaths_x.htm
wear a safety belt

Andy Singer
New car smell
Andy Singer draws No Exit,
a self-syndicated cartoon
that appears in dozens
of newspapers, books and magazines
in the U.S. and abroad.
3 June 2013
Cagle
http://www.cagle.com/author/andy-singer/
drive
drivin
driving
distracted driving USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/
technology/21distracted.html
commute
USA
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/
570248568/are-40-toll-roads-the-future
snow
treacherous driving
driving age
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jul/19/
drugsandalcohol.transportintheuk
driver USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/
opinion/why-drivers-get-away-with-murder.html
coach driver UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/04/
transport.world1
truck driver / trucker
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/
opinion/the-trucking-industry-wants-to-weaken-safety-rules.html
driving license
dangerous drivers UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/10/
transport.world
disqualified driver UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/24/
bristol-cyclist-deaths-couple-simons
drunk driving USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/
opinion/31cook.html
prevent drunk driving
USA
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/21/
772004296/a-push-to-have-cars-say-no-to-drunk-drivers
breathalyzer USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/
opinion/31cook.html
driving while intoxicated - D.W.I. USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/us/
baltimore-bishop-charged-in-hit-and-run-case.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/
nyregion/18albany.html
people driving while intoxicated
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/
nyregion/18albany.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/
opinion/31cook.html
distracted driving USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/11/17/
564779900/young-men-frequent-drivers-most-likely-get-distracted-while-driving
reckless driving UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/nov/01/
transport.immigrationpolicy
offender USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/
technology/29distracted.html

Randy Bish
Randy Bish has been drawing cartoons
at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review since 1985,
where he produces six political cartoons each week
and a sports cartoon on Sundays.
Cagle
26 January 2010
texting USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/us/
baltimore-bishop-charged-in-hit-and-run-case.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/
technology/28texting.html
texting while driving
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/
business/trying-to-hit-the-brake-on-texting-while-driving.html
texting drivers > Utah law
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/
opinion/l05texting.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/
technology/29distracted.html
texting behind the wheel
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/
technology/29distracted.html
speed
speed limit
speeding
speeding
driver USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/
nyregion/yonkers-car-crash.html
be pulled over for
speeding USA
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-07-28-
gibson-arrest_x.htm
at 172mph
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/24/uk
crime.jamessturcke
speed cameras
/ roadside cameras > speeding tickets
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/09/
transport.world
speed bump
speeder
driving ban
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/25/
transport.ukcrime
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/24/
ukcrime.jamessturcke
run a red light
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/
politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html
drink-drive limit
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/07/
woman-jailed-driving-wrong-way-motorway
drink driving
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/11/
pete-doherty-arrested
drink-drivers
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,12269,1660590,00.html
drink-driving death rate / drink-drive
accidents UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/01/
drink-drive-accidents-deaths-rise
driving while intoxicated DWI USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/nyregion/18albany.html
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2006-01-21-
gloria-james_x.htm
driving under the influence
[of alcohol]
/ DUI USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/24/
521356512/utah-cuts-dui-alcohol-limit-to-lowest-level-in-u-s-law-also-affects-gun-owners
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/
politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-07-28-
gibson-arrest_x.htm
take sobriety
tests USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/
politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html
blood alcohol content of 0.11 percent
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/
politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html
be arrested
and
charged with driving under the influence
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/
politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html
be arrested on a
drunken driving charge USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/
politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html
alcohol > teen motor vehicle deaths
USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/30/
476156974/tighter-alcohol-curbs-for-all-help-reduce-teen-motor-vehicle-deaths
drowsy driving / asleep at the wheel
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/25/
should-drowsy-driving-be-illegal

Killing with Gun versus Carversion
Andy Singer
Andy Singer draws No Exit
a self-syndicated cartoon
that appears in dozens of newspapers,
books and magazines
in the U.S. and abroad.
23 February 2013
Cagle
http://www.cagle.com/author/andy-singer/
killer driver UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/24/
transport.ukcrime
hit-and-run incident UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/27/
two-cyclists-killed-hit-and-run-bristol
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/22/
cardiff-hit-run-remanded-custody
hit and run / hit-and-run USA
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/21/
650485580/suge-knight-to-get-28-year-prison-term-in-plea-deal-over-fatal-hit-and-run
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/
us/suge-knight-arrested-in-hit-and-run.html
hit-run USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/nyregion/
julio-acevedo-gets-25-years-to-life-for-hit-run-that-killed-
nathan-and-raizy-glauber-in-brooklyn.html
hit-and-run driver UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/29/
hit-and-run-guilty-killing-boy
hit-and-run collision
hit-and-run accident
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-11-11-
stroller-deaths_x.htm
hit-and-run crash UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/09/
derry-policewoman-dies-crash
run over
crash into N
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/23/
499063189/fatal-crash-of-tour-bus-tractor-trailer-leaves-dozens-injured-in-california
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/
5-bicyclists-killed-in-michigan-after-pickup-truck-crashes-into-them.html
crash head-on
USA
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/
643531297/greyhound-bus-semi-truck-crash-head-on-in-new-mexico-at-least-4-killed
head-on crash USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/
us/fresno-county-crash-victims.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/
643531297/greyhound-bus-semi-truck-crash-head-on-in-new-mexico-at-least-4-killed
collide with N
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/
nyregion/yonkers-car-crash.html
car crash UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/07/
four-killed-five-arrested-car-crash-wales-powys
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/14/
m40-section-closed-30-vehicles-pile-up
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/04/
baby-born-alive-crash-mother
car crash / crash USA
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/26/
717424685/colorado-highway-crash-fiery-28-vehicle-pileup-closes-i-70-near-denver
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/
682199762/7-killed-in-fiery-florida-wreck-including-5-children-headed-to-disney-world
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/07/
655398164/20-dead-in-new-york-limo-crash-called-the-most-deadly-accident-in-years
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/23/
529685650/study-finds-20-percent-of-children-killed-in-car-crashes-were-improperly-restrai
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/09/
523011446/how-playing-tetris-tames-the-trauma-of-a-car-crash
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/03/
488521545/most-nighttime-crashes-with-teen-drivers-happen-before-midnight
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/
nyregion/limousine-driver-is-indicted-in-crash-that-killed-4-women-on-long-island.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/nyregion/deadly-long-island-
crash.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/us/
several-dead-and-dozens-injured-in-california-bus-crash.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/nyregion/
vigil-set-for-4-high-school-football-players-killed-in-new-jersey.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/nyregion/
vigil-set-for-4-high-school-football-players-killed-in-new-jersey.html
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/
four-killed-in-crash-on-new-york-thruway/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-18-
senator_N.htm
crash UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/26/
multiple-deaths-in-m1-motorway-crash-newport-pagnell
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/25/
m6-motorway-closed-after-crash
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/may/07/
jamessturcke
movies > 1996 > David Cronenberg's ''Crash''
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/21/
movies/an-orgy-of-bent-fenders-and-bent-love.html
multiple-vehicle crash
USA
bus crash USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/
bus-rollover-in-texas-kills-8-and-injures-dozens.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/us/
scale-of-oregon-bus-crash-that-killed-9-hindered-response.html
be involved in a fatal crash
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/
business/self-driving-tesla-fatal-crash-investigation.html
flip
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/25/
m6-motorway-closed-after-crash
skid off N
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/us/
texas-prison-bus-crashes-and-10-are-killed.html
pileup USA
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/20/
807824565/whiteout-conditions-lead-to-140-vehicle-pileup-near-montreal
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/22/
790621008/more-than-50-injured-in-virginia-interstate-pileup-involving-nearly-70-vehicles
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/26/
717424685/colorado-highway-crash-fiery-28-vehicle-pileup-closes-i-70-near-denver
multiple car pile-up UK
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/28/
several-injured-in-multiple-car-pile-up-on-a40-in-oxfordshire
wreck USA
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/
682199762/7-killed-in-fiery-florida-wreck-including-5-children-headed-to-disney-world
bus wreck USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-02-atlanta-
bus-wreck_x.htm
serious accident
the wreckage of the school bus
Searching for the Crashless Car
NYT 15 September 2014
Searching for the Crashless Car | Retro Report | The New York
Times Video 15 September 2014
How did cars become “computers on wheels,”
so automated that some are about
to start driving themselves?
The story begins 45 years ago
with a quest to make cars safer
and the battle over the air
bag.
Produced by: RetroReport
Read the story here:
http://nyti.ms/1qZ80jC
Watch more videos at:
http://nytimes.com/video
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxuqBdiQtRw
Road deaths rise in Great Britain:
get the data
UK 2012
The number of fatalities
on Britain's roads
increased to over 1,900 in 2011,
with deaths of pedestrians and car occupants
increasing by 12% and 6%
respectively
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/sep/28/
road-deaths-great-britain-data
traffic fatalities USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/18/
467230965/2015-traffic-fatalities-rose-by-largest-percent-in-50-years-safety-group-says
coach crash UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/04/
transport.world1
multiple vehicle collision
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/24/
schoolsworldwide.schools
crash on the M5
999 call
jackknife
overturn
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/
nyregion/new-jersey-bus-crash-route-80.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/24/
schoolsworldwide.schools
pile-up
traffic deaths USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/
business/highway-traffic-safety.html
highway death rate
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-20-
vehicleaccidents_x.htm
swerve off...
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/nyregion/
deadly-long-island-crash.html
crashless car USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=qxuqBdiQtRw&list=PL4CGYNsoW2iAOqPtxm4RHo205w_R1IWuH
wreckage USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/us/
orland-california-bus-crash.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/
opinion/sunday/kristof-her-first-and-last-book.html
fatalities UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/14/
m40-section-closed-30-vehicles-pile-up
Road deaths rise in Great Britain:
get the data
UK
28 September 2012
The number of fatalities
on Britain's roads
increased to over 1,900 in 2011,
with deaths of pedestrians and car occupants
increasing by 12% and 6%
respectively
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/sep/28/
road-deaths-great-britain-data
coach crash
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/04/
transport.world1
multiple vehicle collision
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/24/
schoolsworldwide.schools
slam
into
N USA
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/11/
301621877/9-killed-when-fedex-truck-slams-into-students-charter-bus
crash on the M5
999 call
jackknife
roll over
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/
bus-rollover-in-texas-kills-8-and-injures-dozens.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/
opinion/sunday/kristof-her-first-and-last-book.html
rollover
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/
bus-rollover-in-texas-kills-8-and-injures-dozens.html
40-car pile-up
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/14/
m40-section-closed-30-vehicles-pile-up
pile-up
USA
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/13/
289700103/3-dead-after-pileups-on-snowy-ohio-turnpike
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/24/
265645481/3-dead-in-indiana-after-dozens-of-vehicles-involved-in-pileup
highway death rate
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-20-
vehicleaccidents_x.htm
be killed by
a van USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/nyregion/
after-a-sons-death-parents-turn-their-grief-to-activism.html
road rage
USA
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/15/
593917420/road-rage-driver-who-killed-ex-nfl-player-sentenced-to-30-years-prison
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/23/
534111225/should-the-killing-of-nabra-hassanen-have-been-called-road-rage
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/20/
533664159/police-say-road-rage-led-to-murder-of-muslim-girl-in-virginia
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/us/
albuquerque-road-rage-death.html
road-rage killer
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/21/
open-prison-for-road-rage-killer-noye-parole-board-recommends
vehicular homicide
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/
opinion/sunday/kristof-her-first-and-last-book.html
road rage
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/us/
capeflyer-begins-train-service-from-boston-to-hyannis.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-06-05-
rage-disorder_x.htm
road-rage gunfire /
car-related shooting USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/18/
506068371/toddler-dies-after-road-rage-gunfire-hits-car-little-rock-police-say
road-rage killer
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/31/
killer-executed-texas/2606763/
movies > 1979, 1981, 1985, 2015 >
Mad Max > road warrior
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/10/
movies/film-gibson-in-a-mad-max-sequel.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/28/
movies/post-nuclear-road-warrior.html
Mom, 2 Kids Hurt
in LA Road Rage Crash
October 11, 2007
The New York Times
Filed at 12:36 a.m. ET
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A road-rage crash critically injured a mother and her two
small children, who were crushed between parked cars, police said Wednesday.
Two men were booked for investigation of attempted murder in connection with the
crash Tuesday in the San Fernando Valley.
The drivers of a black Nissan Maxima and a red Chevrolet Camaro got into a
dispute shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Van Nuys area and began racing and
weaving along city streets at 50 mph to 90 mph, police said.
The cars were ''cutting each other off, they were jockeying for position,''
Detective Bill Butos said. ''They were tapping on the brakes, one of the
vehicles was tapping on the brakes, trying to cause the other vehicle to ram
into the vehicle.''
In Reseda, the Camaro slammed on its brakes and the Nissan tried to avoid it and
hit a parked car, Officer Jason Lee said.
A 31-year-old woman and her two children were smashed between parked cars.
Police did not release their names. However, relatives identified the woman as
Syeda Arif.
The woman was in critical condition Wednesday at a hospital.
''She has lost one leg and the other leg is, unfortunately, crushed. They're
trying to save that,'' Lee said.
Her 4-year-old son was hospitalized on life support and his 8 1/2-month old
sister was hospitalized in critical condition, Lee said.
Witnesses said the younger child was ''launched into the air and slammed against
a tree, '' police Capt. Ron Marbrey said.
Arif's husband, Amir Arif, told KCAL-TV that his son had massive brain damage.
''It's a matter of time that doctor will take out his life support ... my son
dies,'' he said.
The Nissan driver, Armando Gamboa Ayon, 19, of Pacoima, was arrested at the
scene and the Camaro's driver, Brian Barnes, 44, of Northridge, later
surrendered at a police station. Both were booked for investigation of attempted
murder and held on bail of $1.5 million each, police said.
''That could change if the 4-year-old ends up dying. It would be a murder
charge,'' Lee said.
There was no answer at a phone number listed for a Brian Barnes in Northridge
Wednesday evening. There was no listing for Gamboa Ayon in Pacoima or the
surrounding area.
The crash was ''entirely senseless, entirely the basis of two individuals that
got into a contest of wills, if you will, over nothing more than a common
traffic dispute ... over nothing more than whose car is on the roadway in front
of the other person,'' Deputy Chief Michael Moore said.
Mom, 2 Kids Hurt in LA
Road Rage Crash,
NYT,
11.10.2007,
http://www.nytimes.com/
aponline/us/AP-Road-Rage-Crash.html - broken link
Tenn. Car Crash Death Toll Rises
June 17, 2007
Filed at 1:16 p.m. ET
The New York Times
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) -- Three more people have died after a drag-racing car
went out of control and careened into a crowd of spectators, raising the death
toll to seven, state officials said Sunday.
The crash occurred Saturday night during an ''exhibition burnout'' -- when a
driver spins his tires to make them heat up and smoke -- at the Cars for Kids
charity event in Selmer, located about 80 miles east of Memphis.
Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Mike Browning said the seven who died
included a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old. At least eight people were taken to
hospitals and several others had minor injuries, he said.
Amateur video of the crash, broadcast on WMC-TV in Memphis, showed the car's
engine revving loudly before the vehicle sped down a highway lined with
spectators on both sides. After a few hundred feet, the smoking car skidded off
the road.
There was a guard rail along at least part of the highway but not along the
stretch where the crash occurred.
The identities of the victims and the driver were not immediately released.
Mourners placed small votive candles at the crash site early Sunday.
Witness Garett Moore said he was about to walk across the highway, thinking the
show was over, when he saw the dragster racing toward him. He was about 15 feet
from the wreck but was uninjured.
''It ain't really safe to do anything with drag cars on a city street,'' Moore
said.
Selmer Police Chief Neal Burks said ''bodies were flying into the air when it
happened.''
''I saw body parts flying everywhere,'' said witness Sean Hood.
Browning said the vehicle was a drag-racing car, but he did not have details.
Matthew Brammer, administrator of AMS Pro Modified Series, which sanctions drag
races, said late Saturday that the car involved has been driven by drag racer
Troy Critchley, of Wylie, Texas, but he did not know if Critchley was driving
when the car struck the crowd.
The AMS Pro Modified Series later issued a news release saying the driver was a
veteran of more than 20 years in drag racing and had to be taken to an emergency
room.
The release said the driver was performing a burnout when road conditions caused
the car to go out of control.
''The race team is in shock and deeply saddened by this unexpected event. Their
hearts and prayers are with the injured people and their families,'' the release
said.
Authorities closed the festival after the crash. About 40,000 to 60,000 people
were expected to attend the weekend event.
Cars for Kids holds several events throughout the nation and raises close to
$200,000 annually for charities that help children in need, according to its Web
site.
A statement posted on the Web site Sunday offered an apology to the victims and
their families: ''The loss is deep within our hearts and we will carry the scars
of each loss forever.''
The charity was formed in 1990, two years after founder Larry Price's son, Chad,
suffered a severe head injury in a bicycle accident.
Price promised that if his son was saved from lifelong injuries, he would spend
the rest of his life raising funds for disabled children, according to the Web
site.
Price did not immediately return calls seeking comment Sunday.
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On the Net:
Cars for Kids:
http://www.carsforkidsusa.org/
Tenn. Car Crash Death
Toll Rises,
NYT,
17.6.2007,
http://www.nytimes.com/
aponline/us/AP-Car-Show-Deaths.html - broken link
Judge:
Man must display
victim's picture
25.3.2007
USA Today
AP
BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ordered a man who pleaded guilty to vehicular
homicide to display a large picture of the victim in his home after serving two
years in prison.
Circuit Judge Robert Doyel said Friday that the picture must be at least 2 feet
wide and displayed prominently. It also must include lettering that says: 'I'm
sorry I killed you.'
Arthur Pierce, 31, was racing with his cousin on a busy street when they caused
an accident that killed 17-year-old Chelsi Gregory, authorities said. Witnesses
told police Pierce was swerving in traffic at about 120 mph when his Cadillac
collided with a pickup in which Gregory was a passenger.
A prosecutor also said alcohol was a factor in the crash. Pierce's cousin,
Christopher Pierce, is set to be sentenced April 5.
An advocate for Mothers Against Drunk Driving requested the photograph be part
of Pierce's sentence, according to The Ledger of Lakeland newspaper.
The judge said that Pierce's probation officer will be allowed to search his
home at any time, and if the photograph is not displayed, it will be considered
a probation violation.
Judge: Man must display
victim's picture,
UT,
25.3.2007,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-25-picture-sentence_N.htm
May 25, 1822
Yet another dreadful coach disaster
From the Guardian archive
Saturday May 25, 1822
Guardian
To the editor
Oldham, May 15, 1822
Sir - It is a lamentable fact that one can scarcely take up a newspaper without
the pain of meeting with an accident that has arisen from a stage coach. So
frequently do these happen, that with catastrophes of this dreadful kind we are
almost familiarized.
It is only by contiguous occurrences, that our sympathetic feelings are really
awakened to the magnitude of the evil in question. The overturning of the
Commercial Union Coach, at Hollinwood, was caused by a circumstance so trifling
in itself, that it is surprising the public attention has not been directed to
the subject of safety.
Is it rational to trust the lives of 14 or 15 human beings to the mercy of a
leather strap, not more than an inch broad? Is it necessary?
A practical, and, I believe, safe method is already known; and ought to be
immediately adopted, viz. wheels constructed on the plan of the mail coaches. I
fear the cause of humanity would not be in the best of hands, if confided to the
care of the public's obedient servants, the coach proprietors.
In 1820, the Society of Arts offered a gold medal or 30 guineas for the best
method of preventing accidents arising from stage coaches. In addition to which
I should propose that a premium of 500 guineas should be given for the best
practical methods of preventing all possible accidents.
Should any one object to the proposed sum, be it remembered that the admirable
society which offered 30 guineas, offers annually upwards of 1,000 guineas for
the encouragement of genius in various ways, but here the interest of the
community at large is so intimately concerned that an ample premium should be
given.
Yours, Z.
PS, May 22 - If anything were wanted to convince of the necessity for some
efficacious means being adopted, in order to render travelling by coach more
safe than at present, it will be found in the following successive accident,
which happened on Friday ,the 17th, to the True Briton Coach, before it had left
the office in Manchester three quarters of an hour.
One of the lynch-pins having come out from the near fore-wheel upon Newton
Heath, another came out nearly opposite the Wheat Sheaf public-house, in
Failsworth, when the coach fell, and the consequence was that one female had her
thigh and another her arm broken! Several other passengers were considerably
injured.- Any further comment would be needless.
From
the Guardian archive,
May 25, 1822,
Yet another dreadful coach disaster,
G,
Republished 25.5.2006,
https://www.theguardian.com/news/1822/may/25/
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