Month: April 2013

Abraham Watkins

Study Finds Voice-to-Text Apps Do Not Increase Driver Safety

A new study released by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute found that using voice-to-text apps to send and receive text messages while driving do not increase driver safety. The study is the first to compare voice-to-text and manual texting on a handheld device on the road. Researchers had drivers operate a vehicle in a closed…

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Abraham Watkins

Two Lawsuits Filed after Plant Explosion Destroys Single Mother’s Home and Leaves a Man Permanently Blind with Severe Burns Across Body

A single mom, who with her young son “lost all their worldly possessions” in the fertilizer plant explosion that devastated West, Texas, is among the first people to sue the plant’s owner. Andrea Jones Gutierrez filed a lawsuit against Adair Grain on Monday. She is seeking up to $1 million. A fire at the West…

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Chrysler Recalls Pickups and SUVs

Chrysler, for the second time, has recalled hundreds of thousands of pickup trucks and SUVs because their rear axles can lock up unexpectedly. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a nut in the rear axle can come loose because of a missing adhesive patch, resulting in the axle locking and the driver…

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