When you stop and look at the statistics, it becomes clear that it’s a big dangerous world out there. Particularly for international travelers when they take to the roadways. According to the Association for Safe…
This blog exists for the very simple reason that it is not easy to stay healthy when you’re traveling. On the road, we all have a hard time avoiding stress, getting enough sleep, eating properly…
As Americans, we love to drive. The quintessential American scene is someone zooming down the Pacific Coast Highway with the top down – that’s freedom right there, baby. But the PCH is just one of…
Be Safe This Holiday Season – The Safe Road to Santa’s Workshop Infographic Via: Road Traffic Signs
At the 64th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, which closed on Tuesday, one of the leading topics was international road safety. With over 1.3 million deaths annually, and ranking as the leading…
We recently highlighted the five-year initiative to reduce traffic fatalities in ten countries. It’s led by a consortium of impressive organizations (see below). But if you’re taking to the roads of a foreign country, there…
What’s on track to become a bigger killer than malaria? Vehicular traffic. Unless trends are reversed, cars and trucks will kill 1.9 million people worldwide annually by 2020. To combat this deadly threat, Bloomberg Philanthropies…
The New Year has not brought any relief to drivers and riders of Guatemala City’s public buses. At least five people were killed and many more injured yesterday in what was presumed to be another…
It’s back. That 60-mile long traffic jam on the road from Beijing to Mongolia, cleared by authorities two weeks ago, has reappeared. Latest reports put it at 75 miles long. The stated cause of the…
Last summer we analyzed the World Health Organizations (WHO) comprehensive study of road hazards across the world. The report showed that the differences in fatalities in the analyzed countries were a result of road safety…
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