Home » Topics » national transportation safety board
Transportation officials push for lower blood alcohol standards for DUIs
Federal officials recommended that all 50 states lower the legal standard for driving drunk from .08 blood-alcohol content (BAC) to .05, saying it would prevent between 500 and 800 deaths annually, CNN reported on Tuesday. “In the last 30 years, more than 440,000 people have perished in this country due…
Transportation agency dumps BlackBerrys and gives federal employees iPhones
A US government agency has decided to buy iPhones for its employees, dumping its BlackBerry smartphones, citing their unreliability. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a public notice last week it would be contracting with Verizon Wireless for the iPhone 5, saying it is the “only device” that meets…
Texas pilot killed in crash during Iowa air show
A video of a Labor Day weekend air show documents the death of a pilot who crashed as thousands of spectators watched. The Amarillo Globe-News reported the pilot was 59-year-old Glenn Smith, who retired from a Dallas-area technology firm to restore and fly Soviet-area fighter jets for air shows around…
Crash chopper with Indian newlyweds ‘was off course’
LOS ANGELES — A helicopter carrying four tourists including a young Indian newlywed couple crashed in a ravine near Las Vegas after veering off course, an initial investigation said Tuesday. The pilot and all passengers died last Wednesday when the chopper they were taking to see the Hoover Dam, a…
Airport geese to be cooked for poor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City plans to capture pesky geese that threaten planes departing area airports and send them to Pennsylvania to be cooked for meals for the poor, city officials said. The plan is aimed at avoiding incidents like the forced landing of a U.S. Airways plane…
Brand new on Raw Story
- John Oliver: Just f*cking ignore Sarah Palin’s turd supermarket of self-contradictory nonsense
- Republican cites masturbating fetuses to support new abortion restrictions
- U.S. patent case climaxes with win for Canadian vibrator maker
- Obama on prosecuting Edward Snowden: I will leave it up to the Department of Justice
- Rand Paul: Marijuana users lose IQ points and lack motivation
- New Hampshire court strikes down law to divert public funds to religious schools
- Bill Clinton to Israelis: There is ‘no alternative’ to a Palestinian state
- China now home to the world’s fastest supercomputer
- Watch: Funny or Die mocks Michele Bachmann’s retirement
- Pesticide contamination kills up to 42 percent of water life: study
Commentary
The Center For Inquiry Likes Atheism’s Cranky White Guy Image, So Screw You Ladies
By Amanda Marcotte
From hope to fear: the broken promise of Barack Obama
By Paul Harris, The Observer
Work/life issues really depend on what kind of job you have
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
