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WSYXOhio State Highway Patrol unveils new Distracted Driving DashboardThe new dashboard is part of the Ohio Statistics and Analytics for Traffic Safety (OSTATS), a series of internal and public-facing dashboards …11 hours ago

WSYXOhio State Highway Patrol unveils new Distracted Driving DashboardThe new dashboard is part of the Ohio Statistics and Analytics for Traffic
Safety (OSTATS), a series of internal and public-facing dashboards …11 hours ago… Read More

Crime App Citizen is Driving a Security Car Around L.A. and Won’t Say Why

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Update: After the publication of this piece, Motherboard obtained emails and documents that show Citizen is testing an on-demand private security service. That new piece can be found here.

Citizen, a widely popular app that sends alerts to local residents about crime in their neighborhood and which recently offered a $30,000 bounty against a person it falsely accused of starting a wildfire, is now running its own Citizen-branded vehicle across Los Angeles.

Citizen confirmed the vehicle is part of

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Tesla owner in fiery Texas crash was initially driving car

The owner of a Tesla Inc. Model S that slammed into a tree last month, who died along with a passenger, was behind the wheel when the car left his house shortly before the crash.

A surveillance camera at the driver’s home in a Houston suburb captured the owner entering the driver’s seat before the car slowly drove away and accelerated, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Monday.

Police had initially said it appeared that nobody was behind the wheel. The driver’s body was found in the back seat and another person was in the

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BBC'Self-driving' cars to be allowed on UK roads this yearThe government previously said it hoped to legalise hands-free driving by spring 2021.2 days ago

BBC’Self-driving’ cars to be allowed on UK roads this yearThe government previously said it hoped to legalise hands-free driving by
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KATUSheriff: 3 dead after suspect steers sports car into oncoming traffic on Oregon CoastCOOS BAY, Ore. – A suspect reported speeding and driving eratically on the Oregon Coast crossed the double yellow line and intentionally …10 hours ago

KATUSheriff: 3 dead after suspect steers sports car into oncoming traffic on
Oregon CoastCOOS BAY, Ore. – A suspect reported speeding and driving eratically on the
Oregon Coast crossed the double yellow line and intentionally …10 hours ago… Read More