Free Talk Live - safety

Make the Roads Safer... With Weed!

ZEUSLGN — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:35:48 +0000

8.7%: The drop in traffic fatalities in states with medical marijuana laws. Want to make the road safer? Encourage drivers to hit the bong rather than hit the bars. That is a policy prescription that few people would recommend but it is effectively the course that states which have enacted medical marijuana laws have followed, according to an economic study.

CAFE Standards To Make Cars Less Safe

Takeshi Kovacs — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:20:58 +0000

Because your next new car probably won’t come with even a mini-spare – let alone an actual full-size spare tire. The latter has been MIA from all-but-large-luxury cars (and trucks) for years, partially because the available trunk real estate of the typical new car is much less than it was in the past.

Biking and Walking Might Become Illegal in Small Wisconsin Town

snappytype — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:09:53 +0000

Here I discuss a town in Wisconsin that is talking about outlawing biking and walking without first registering your travel plans with the town for prior approval. Unbelievable.

Amtrak Passengers Will Now Allow Passengers to Bring Guns on Trains

pmfalcon — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:53:16 +0000

Reversing a near decade-long ban, Amtrak will allow passengers to bring guns on most trains starting next month. The change, pushed by gun-rights advocates and ordered by Congress, aligns Amtrak’s firearm policy with air travel rules that allow unloaded guns to be stored in locked baggage holds. Federal Homeland Security officials on Monday said they are OK with guns being on trains as long as security protocols are enforced. "It’s deemed safe and appropriate," federal Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nico Melendez said. "If people follow the rules, it’s pretty simple."

5 Popular Safety Measures That Don't Make You Any Safer

Karrde188 — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:21:55 +0000

It's so hard to think logically about safety. We figure that any time our health or the safety of our children is at stake, it's better safe than sorry. Our safety is too important for logic, damn it!

Unfortunately, this leads to a whole lot of well-publicized and expensive safety measures that are often worthless, or downright dangerous. Like...

Dont rely on government for food safety its unconstitutional

thinkliberty — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:57:00 +0000

Monsanto GM seed ban is overturned by US Supreme Court

The bio-tech company Monsanto can sell genetically modified seeds before safety tests on them are completed, the US Supreme Court has ruled.