The Parable of the Sandwich Sign

 by Max Lucado

I am the voice of the one calling out in the desert: "Make the road straight for the Lord."
John 1:23

The faces of the three men were solemn as the mayor informed them of the catastrophe. 

"The rains have washed away the bridge. During the night many cars drove over the edge and into the river."

"What can we do?" asked one.

"You must stand on the side of the road and warn the drivers not to make the left turn. Tell them to take the one-lane road that follows the side of the river."

"But they drive so fast! How can we warn them?"

Ford introduces inflatable rear seat belts

Added by DARS Editorial Staff 


Ford has further raised the bar on vehicle safety with the introduction of the world’s first inflatable second-row seat belts into the Philippine market.

The inflatable seat belts are designed to deploy over a passenger’s torso and shoulder within 40 milliseconds of a crash. With rear seat passengers being more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries in a car crash, Ford’s engineers designed the advanced restraint system to help reduce such injuries.

Each belt’s tubular airbag inflates with cold compressed gas, which flows through a specially-designed buckle from a cylinder below the seat. In the event of a frontal or side crash, the inflatable belt’s increased diameter can better hold the occupant in a proper seating position that would reduce the risk of injury.

Defensive driver training goes mobile

Added by Winona Cueva

TORONTO – AlertDriving, the global leader in web-based driver risk management solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of Mobile Defensive Driver Training. This exciting new platform will be formally unveiled at this year’s NSC Congress & Expo, taking place October 30 to November 4 in Philadelphia, PA.

“Mobile accessibility is an aspect of our platform that has been on our drawing board for a number of years,” said Matt Latreille, Vice President of Global Content & Innovation. “Now that the market has caught up to us, we’ve become the first in our industry to offer this technological advancement,” he continued. “Today’s workforce is mobile, so in order to truly meet the needs of our clients, this development was a necessity.”

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Each year, 400,000 young people aged 15-29 die on the world's roads. This translates to more than 1,000 young lives lost unnecessarily every day, making road crashes the number one killer of young people ahead of HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.

Added by Irma Belisario

In response to this crisis, many young people have set out to become road safety activists, raising public awareness and urging their governments to take more serious action.

To be sure, the global youth movement for road safety is gaining ground, but there is still a dearth of information and guidance on how to get started.