He is the author of are we there yet . the american automobile past, present, and driverless. Its available for signing at the conclusion of the program. Please, without further ado, join me in welcoming him this evening. Thank you so much. Really generous and sweet introduction. Thank you so much. That was really lovely. Thank you, amanda. Really generous and sweet introduction. I think everybody for being i especially amanda told me that the smithsonian associate people have reminded me how engaged these audiences are. So i feel like i have to be up on my toes and really give you my a game to take that seriously. And to be a little intellectual, be a little heavy. Theres a lot of material in the book. Everything from teaching my daughter to drive to a freudian analysis. And a little bit of this theory of how one understands that. The reason i am doing that is to put us in the present moment where, as some of you may have heard, Driverless Cars are on the horizon. But at the end of th
Largest town in north was without a real station, which bring social and economic benefits to the town as weve already heard. As the Prime Minister is in a spending mood albeit a little bit further south, i wonder whether people help the people and give us an early Christmas Present with the promise of a rail station . Im very happy to look with honorable lady says. What were seeing is more Railway Lines open, more stations opening, and more railways electrify. I think the entire period of the last Labour Government electrified just 13 miles of track. And absolutely pathetic record for a government that had a 13 years to do something about it. We now have the biggest road Program Since the 1970s, the biggest rail investment Program Since the victorian, and actually under government stations, lines and electrification, thats all taking place. Will my friend made me to help get more pledge for the hospital quickly sent a minister to meet the magnificent the staff and possibly welsh patie
Southern democrats had the history fraught with tension and how it meant that president clinton didnt turn to him for advice or to do things for him that you might have expected. Thats a story i remember because it was different from what everybody else was doing. I remember both things. Memorable events. Trying to get a story that was different from everybody else. The really interesting thing is you had a story idea and you talked to them about your story. Two president s. When did that stop happening . Seriously. When did that stop happening . When was the last time you recalled doing Something Like ha . I have interviewed the last eight president s. President clinton was more likely to engage than the president s that followed him. They intrude him before the inauguration and before the convention in 2012. With president clinton, he was a guy even during impeachment. Usa today had the idea that fathers day was coming and every section of the paper should have a cover story related
Officialed attributed to fatigue underestimated. There is no roadway test. Fatiguedness. We do not have a fatiguealyzer as we do a breathalyzer. State reporting practices are inconsistent and theres little or no Police Training in identifying drowsiness as a crash factor. Self reporting is unreliable. Do know. We any resulting loss of life is tragic, needless and preventible. A drowsy driver can be a deadly driver. Even one night losing two hours of sleep is sufficient to significantly impair our a little bit attention, reaction time, Decision Making can all be significantly reduced by 20 to 50 , and driving in this condition, that could mean not brake lights in front of us or not seeing the traffic light turning red. Fatigue alone can be deadly. It also multiplies the adverse effects of other forms of pairment that lead to crashes such as drugs, alcohol and distraction. Every other form of impairment may be exacerbated when the basic requirement for sleep is disrupted. Weve identified
For commercial and bus drivers. Most people drive cars. They operate personal vehicles. For most of us, there are no hours of service or rest rules. We have to rely on our own experience for knowledge of fatigue and its affects. Unfortunately, our personal experience especially as it relates to selfdiagnosing fatigue is typically inaccurate. In january 2013, the ntsb investigated a collision involving three passenger vehicles. The collision happened at about 8 30 in the morning. A nurse was driving home after more than 13 hours on duty. She depart her lane, crossed over the median and entered a northbound lane traveling against the flow of traffic. Her car then struck another vehicle, pushing it into one lane over. This vehicle was struck again from behind by another car. One driver was fatally injured and the 234urs was transported to a hospital where she was treated for her injuries. She had fallen asleep. Shed worked night shifts for youshed worked night shifts for nine years and wa