Soon, cars will talk to each other to avert accidents

October 15th, 2009 A total of 1447 cars of different brands were sold in Bihar on Dhanteras indicating there was very little or no impact of global economic recession in the eastern Indian State, company officials said today. Officials said Maruti Alto, Santro Zinc and Tata Indica remained very high in demand and attracted hordes the car lovers.

October 13th, 2009 Bihar has gone car-shopping this Deepawali as well, cocking a snook at global economic recession hitting many countries, officials said. Officials said so far the booking of altogether 1,592 cars has been made through 13 showrooms of different companies having their offices in Patna while the companies' target is to sell 1,840 cars.

September 8th, 2009 NTSB restricts employee cell-phone useWASHINGTON — The federal safety agency that investigates transportation accidents is banning texting and talking on cell phones by its employees while driving on government business. National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman said Tuesday she's adopting the policy because she wants her agency to follow the same safety practices it recommends for others.

September 8th, 2009 Samoa passes right-to-left driving testAPIA, Samoa — Samoans passed a major driving test Monday when the tiny South Pacific country became the first in decades to switch its traffic from one side of the road to the other — with no accidents reported. Officials urged the public to stay vigilant, warning that the danger of crashes could increase in coming days if drivers become complacent before the new road rules become second nature.

July 14th, 2009 SYDNEY - A set of algorithms developed by Indian origin researchers will enable robotic cars to communicate with one another and avoid collisions. Bhibhya Sharma of the University of South Pacific, headquartered in Fiji, who led the research, said that the series of equations would instruct robotic cars when and how to merge lanes, which could lead to fewer accidents and ease traffic congestion.

May 9th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least four people were killed and 25 injured in an accident involving a bus, a tractor trailer and a motorcycle in Sri Lanka's Dambulla district, police said Saturday. The island nation witnesses nearly 60,000 road accidents every year.

April 15th, 2009 SHIMLA - The accident in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district that killed 19 bus passengers Tuesday has once again exposed the apathy of the government on the issue of road safety, a legislator said here Wednesday. A similar accident in November last year left 46 people dead.

February 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Faced with a growing number of accidents at unmanned level crossings involving school buses, the railway authorities have begun sensitising the bus drivers on the need for safety, an official said Wednesday. 'We have taken up the task of sensitising the people by visiting various educational institutions in the Ambala division.

February 16th, 2009 BEIJING - About 1,500 cars join the already clogged roads in this Chinese capital city daily, increasing traffic pressure and safety risks, officials said Tuesday. A total of 65,970 new vehicles have been registered in Beijing in the first 45 days of this year, with a daily increase of 1,466 vehicles, the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau said.

February 15th, 2009 MOSCOW - Heavy snowfall in Moscow and in the surrounding areas caused more than 6,000 traffic accidents over the weekend that resulted in 24 deaths, the police said Monday. According to Moscow's traffic police department, a total of 4,200 car accidents were registered Saturday and Sunday in the capital, in which four people were killed and 78 injured.

February 10th, 2009 KOLKATA - Eight people, including five returning from a crematorium, were killed in two road accidents in West Bengal Wednesday, police said. Five people were killed on the spot when the mini-van they were travelling in overturned at Dubrajpur of Birbhum district.

January 18th, 2009 NAIROBI - At least 29 people were killed and 24 others seriously injured Monday when a truck collided head on with a bus in Kenya, the police said. The accident occurred shortly after midnight on the main road between the capital Nairobi and the coastal town of Mombasa.

January 6th, 2009 NOIDA - At least three people were killed and four others injured in two separate accidents near here Wednesday, the police said. In the first accident, two people travelling in an autorickshaw which was coming from Vijay Nagar to Noida, were killed and four others injured after the autorickshaw was hit by a State Roadways bus around 12 a.m.

January 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - About 73,500 people lost their lives in road accidents in China last year, a drop by 10 percent from a year ago, the ministry of public security said Sunday. China, which has one of the world's worst safety records, saw 265,204 accidents in 2008, killing 73,484 people and injuring 304,919 others.

December 27th, 2008 LA PAZ - Two speeding buses crashed into each other, killing 14 passengers and leaving at least 43 wounded, local media reported. The accident took place a few kilometres from Oruro city, about 220 km south of La Paz, police said Saturday.