Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Asia Pacific Log In Log In Today’s Paper Asia Pacific | Train Derails in Hong Kong, Injuring 3 and Snarling Commute Advertisement Supported by ByMike Ives and Elaine Yu Sept. 17, 2019, 12:57 a.m. ET HONG KONG — A subway train derailed in Hong Kong on Tuesday, injuring at least three passengers and snarling the morning rush-hour commute in a city whose transit system has been routinely disrupted by three months of pro-democracy protests. One man and two women were hospitalized on Tuesday morning after the train derailed near a major station on the city’s Kowloon Peninsula, a spokesman for the Hong Kong Hospital Authority said. Their medical condition was not immediately clear. Such accidents are exceedingly rare in Hong Kong, and there was no indication that the crash was related to the protests that have prompted the former British … [Read more...] about Train Derails in Hong Kong, Injuring 3 and Snarling Commute
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E-Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager’s Mouth, Damaging His Jaw
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Health Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Health | E-Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager’s Mouth, Damaging His Jaw Advertisement Supported by BySheila Kaplan June 19, 2019 Kailani Burton bought a vaping kit for her teenage son Austin, hoping he would use it to quit smoking. In March of last year, she and her husband were sitting in the living room when they heard a loud “POP.” Austin raced in, holding his bloodied jaw. An e-cigarette had exploded in his mouth. “He was bleeding really bad,” Ms. Burton said in an interview. “It looked like a hole in his chin.” Ms. Burton and her family rushed Austin, then 17 and still in high school, to the hospital in Ely, Nev., a remote mountain town. But realizing quickly that he needed treatment at a trauma center, they then drove the 200-mile, mountainous trek from eastern … [Read more...] about E-Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager’s Mouth, Damaging His Jaw
The Safest Place in a Car Crash Isn’t the Back Seat Anymore
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Business Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Business | The Safest Place in a Car Crash Isn’t the Back Seat Anymore Advertisement Supported by Wheels ByChristopher Jensen June 12, 2019 For decades it was a given that the back seat of a car is the safest place in a crash. But that’s no longer certain, as advances in seatbelt technology up front have been slow to jump to the back seat. Safety researchers now have new recommendations about what to buy and where to sit, highlighting vehicles whose rear seats have the kind of sophisticated seatbelts that have protected front-seat riders for roughly a decade. Those belts tighten up when sensors detect a crash is imminent. They also can loosen a bit if the occupant is pressing against the belt so hard that the belt itself might cause an injury. If belts with this better technology aren’t … [Read more...] about The Safest Place in a Car Crash Isn’t the Back Seat Anymore
Buses and Trains Lack Safety Features That Are Standard Elsewhere
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Business Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Business | Buses and Trains Lack Safety Features That Are Standard Elsewhere Advertisement Supported by ByJoshua Brockman April 8, 2019 Serious train and bus accidents are rare. But when they happen, passengers and their bags have almost none of the protections considered standard on planes and cars. The National Transportation Safety Board has long recommended a variety of measures to improve passenger safety, including installing lap-shoulder seatbelts, requiring riders to buckle up and improving window safety and overhead baggage restraints. “Current safety standards for locomotive cabs and rail passenger cars are inadequate,” the N.T.S.B. said in February when it unveiled its “most wanted” list of safety improvements for trains. “Protecting passengers and crews from injury … [Read more...] about Buses and Trains Lack Safety Features That Are Standard Elsewhere
If You Won’t Stop Speeding, Your Car Will Do It for You, E.U. Tells Drivers
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Europe Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Europe | If You Won’t Stop Speeding, Your Car Will Do It for You, E.U. Tells Drivers Advertisement Supported by ByPalko Karasz March 27, 2019 LONDON — The European Union plans to require speed-limiting and emergency braking technology in all new car models starting in 2022, along with dozens of other technical features to improve road safety, its Parliament announced Tuesday. The speed-limiting technology, called intelligent speed assistance, uses video cameras, satellite location data or both to detect when drivers go over the speed limit, and curbs their ability to speed up further by restricting engine power. Drivers can override the system, depending on the model, by pressing harder on the gas pedal, for example. The technology could reduce fatalities on the European Union’s roads by 20 … [Read more...] about If You Won’t Stop Speeding, Your Car Will Do It for You, E.U. Tells Drivers