Safety
Let's Get Our Skies Ready for Flying Cars
The future we've fantasized about really is coming, and soon.
Your Child Is More Resilient Than You Think
How "safetyism" on campus makes students less safe.
Local News Spreads Panic About Under-18's Taking Uber and Lyft Unaccompanied
Ridesharing poses no particular dangers for minors.
Regulatory Hysteria About Children, Driverless Cars Combines to Shut Down Autonomous School Bus Project
The shuttle traveled eight miles per hour down a three-block route one day a week.
The Case for New Limo Regulations Is a Stretch
The limo company and driver in the deadly New York crash were already flouting the state's strict rules.
Woohoo! People Are Driving More and Dying Less.
A new federal report finds a drop in traffic fatalities.
Cracked Beam Compels San Francisco Officials to Close Brand New $2.2 Billion Transit Hub
The transit center will remain closed through the end of next week.
Feds Waive Trucking Regs Ahead of Hurricane Florence. They Should Kill Them Permanently.
What are necessary public safety protections in calm weather become life-threatening red tape when disaster strikes.
'Cannabis-Involved' Traffic Fatalities Fall in Colorado
The figure refers to crashes in which a driver exceeded the threshold at which state law presumes impairment.
New Jersey's Attacks on Unlicensed Movers Hurt Entrepreneurs and Consumers
Once again, government would best serve the public by just getting out of the way.
Miami Sees 65 Percent Drop in DUIs, Thanks in Part to Ridesharing
But other cities want to crack down on the services anyway.
Nation's Top Safety Agency Sounds Alarm on #InMyFeelings Challenge
The Drake-inspired viral challenge has seen the nation's youth fling themselves out of moving vehicles.
Weapons Are Just Tools. It's People Who Are Dangerous.
Restricting guns-or vans, knives, or planes-won't make the world safer. The Toronto van attack reminds us peril lies in people with bad intent, not with how they get it done.
Penn State Lets Students Keep Their Scuba Club, But Only After They Swear Never to Host Scuba Trips Again
Club leader tells Reason, "We have an impeccable safety track record."
Regulating Self-Driving Cars Like Pharmaceuticals Is a Really Stupid Idea
Conventional cars didn't need FDA-style regulation, and neither do self-driving cars.
Collapsed FIU Bridge Was Funded by Federal Grant Program Criticized for Shoddy, Politicized Review Process
The TIGER grant program has come under fire for putting politics ahead of technical concerns.
Fearful Frenzy in a World of Unlikely Doom
These days, death lurks behind gas pumps, inside water bottles, and under throw pillows.
Virginia Rail Crash Highlights Media, Government's Lopsided Approach to Rail Safety
Spectacular but rare accidents receive the bulk of the attention.
The Internet Makes Life Better and Safer for Sex Workers. Obviously.
A large new study out of the U.K. proves it.
Electric Dreams Is a Sci Fi Anthology Series That Warns Against Safe Spaces
The show, based on the work of Philip K. Dick, is like Black Mirror but if people were sometimes good.
Will Deregulation Kill Workers?
Don't freak out about a slight fall in the number of federal safety inspectors.
Government, Media Push Costly New Safety System After Amtrak Derailment
Less flashy improvements would save more lives for far less money.
Stop Pretending Sober Drivers Are Stoned
States with legal pot should not define DUI based on a "mythical link" between THC blood levels and impairment.
Will the Government Ban Human Driving?
Do we need a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to drive?
The Dangerous Toys of Christmas Past
Hungry Cabbage Patch Kids, loose bear eyeballs, hot Creepy Crawlers, and more
Waymo Unleashes Real Self-Driving Cars in Arizona
No vehicle is truly self-driving if a "safety driver" is still sitting in the front seat
Are Your Kids Too Fragile? How to Make the Next Generation More Resilient.
Lenore Skenazy, Jonathan Haidt, Peter Gray, and Daniel Shuchman launch, Let Grow, a non-profit devoted to promoting better policies for raising children.
The Fragile Generation
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
Are Stoned Motorists Driving Amok in Post-Legalization Colorado?
"Marijuana-related" crashes are not necessarily related to marijuana.
The Government Is Here to Make Sure Your Fidget Spinner Doesn't Kill Everybody
Please don't eat your toys.
Curbing Traffic Stops Would Save Lives
So why do cops rely so much on the practice? Enforcing traffic laws is a large share of what they do.
Let Driverless Car Innovators—Not Bureaucrats—Work Out Security, Privacy Issues
Companies are more likely to adapt more quickly to issues.
We All Scream for the Ice Cream Man's Head
The idea that ice cream men cruise around looking for victims is simply an urban myth.
Thanks to Insane DUI Law, Driver Gets 6 Months for Fatal Crash She Did Not Cause
Michigan's "zero tolerance" standard for THC-positive motorists inflicts another injustice.
Criminal Justice Reform and Public Safety Rhetoric in the Philly DA Race
Most candidates know how to say the right words, but playing up to fears is still popular.
Kansas Jails Cancer-Stricken Grandmother for Driving After Taking Anti-Nausea Drug
Angela Castner tested positive for THC because she used doctor-prescribed Marinol to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy.
CNN Erroneously Claims Illegal Drugs Are a 'Deadlier' Highway Hazard Than Alcohol
The network misreads federal data, conflating positive drug tests with impairment.
New College Crime Bill Deputizes Professors as Campus Security, Further Federalizes Campus Rape Investigations, and Adds Huge Fines for Schools That Don't Comply
The bipartisan Campus Accountability and Safety Act could cost colleges millions for failure to follow complex and costly new sexual-misconduct policies.
The Most Macabre Classroom Safety Film Ever
Friday A/V Club: The strange horror of The Finishing Line
