National Transportation Safety Board

Type: Organization

Name: National Transportation Safety Board

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 23 reports

NTSB probing Conn. Metro-North crash that hurt 70

Officials: New Haven train hit by another that derailed FAIRFIELD, CONN. ? Seventy people were injured Friday when a Metro-North Railroad train derailed on the New Haven Line and collided with another train, officials said.Three patients remained in critical ... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 15 mins ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Aaron Donovan, Bridgeport Hospital

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 4 reports

US Airways Group Inc

Planes lands without landing gear at Newark

A U.S. Airways plane touched down without landing gear at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey early Saturday morning.Planes lands without landing gear at... 1minCleveland officers describe emotional... 9minReport: N Korea fires short-range... ... [Published KETV.com - 33 mins ago]

Entities: US Airways Group Inc, Piedmont Airlines, Holding Pattern, National Transportation Safety Board

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site

Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that... ... [Published Omaha World-Herald - 2 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, United States

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Lowering BAC doesn't address core problem

Drunk driving remains a serious problem despite significant improvements over the last several decades. About 10,000 people in 2011 were killed in crashes caused by drunk driving, about a third of all traffic fatalities, and 170,000 are injured.About ... [Published Standard Speaker - 4 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Driving Under the Influence, Drunk driving (United States), Alcohol, Drink Driving

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 6 reports

Drinking drivers: Lower threshold not best deterrent

Despite an avowed aversion to anything coming from the federal government, Utah legislators seemed eager this past week to consider adopting the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation that states reduce their drunk-driving blood-alcohol ... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - 7 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Alcohol, Drink Driving

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Local agencies respond to NTSB’s...

While an independent federal agency is calling for a lower, legal BAC limit nationwide to reduce alcohol-related accidents, local law enforcement agencies question the effectiveness of the change.On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released ... [Published Fort Myers Beach Bulletin - 7 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Mike Scott, Arrests, Cape Coral, Alcohol

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 10 reports

NTSB Recommends Lower Blood Alcohol Limit for Drivers

[G+] Associate Online Editor May 17, 20136 photosThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made 19 recommendations to lower alcohol-related automotive deaths this week, including a recommendation for all 50 states to lower blood alcohol content ... [Published Motor Trend - 20 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Alcohol, Deterrence, Epidemic

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

Push on to test truck drivers for drugs via hair-testing

Meanwhile, NTSB pushes for lower BAC limit and other alcohol-related rule changes for motoristsMay 17, 2013 David Cullen | Fleet OwnerComments 0ATA wants to enable collecting hair samples for DOT-required drug testingWhile the National Transportation ... [Published Fleet Owner - 22 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Drugs, Bill Graves, Driving While Intoxicated

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 5 reports

In our opinion: Reduce the legal blood-alcohol level to .05 or less

Utah and other states should lower their legal drunk driving limits from the current .08 percent to .05 or less. That has been the position of this newspaper for at least 20 years. It would save lives and eliminate much of the guesswork in deciding whether ... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Drink Driving, National Transportation Safety Board, Alcohol, Driving Under the Influence

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Dropping DUI standard likely a long process

The National Transportation Safety Board made its recommendation Tuesday: lower the blood alcohol concentration level for drunken driving nationwide to prevent alcohol-impaired deaths. But when -- or if -- a .05 BAC becomes the new .08 remains to be seen. ... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 17 2013]

Entities: Driving Under the Influence, National Transportation Safety Board, Drink Driving, Pittsburgh

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 6 reports

Proposal To Reduce Legal Driving Limit To 0.05% BAC Attracts Wide-Ranging Opposition

The National Transportation Safety Board’s proposal for the legal limit for a driver’s blood-alcohol content to be reduced to 0.05% has attracted a torrent of criticism—both from likely and unlikely sources. Among those who have come out against the NTSB ... [Published Shanken News Daily - May 16 2013]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Drink Driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, National Restaurant Association, Alcohol

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 7 reports

Federal Safety Board Proposes Tougher Drunk-Driving Limits To Prevent Thousands Of Traffic Deaths

This week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that the United States should dramatically lower its legal threshold for the amount of alcohol that drivers may have in their bloodstreams, in an effort to address the nation’s ... [Published Think Progress - May 16 2013]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Drink Driving, Limits

Quotes

"At this time no Westbound service is being provided beyond Bridgeport due to a train incident in the vicinity of Bridgeport. Eastbound service will run to South Norwalk. As more information becomes available we will notify you as soon as possible. Please listen for announcements at your station."

Malloy on Train Wreck: 'No Reason to Believe It's Anything… [Published Middletown CT Patch - 41 mins ago]

"Felt the train go off the rails," said passenger Scott Perillo. "It started moving back and forth, and then the impact of hitting the other train and we stopped right away."

Multiple people injured in 'major train derailment' [Published KPHO Phoenix - 1 hour ago]

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NTSB probing Conn. Metro-North crash that hurt 70 [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 15 mins ago]
Planes lands without landing gear at Newark [Published KETV.com - 33 mins ago]
Some still in critical condition after train co... [Published Fairfield Sun - 35 mins ago]
NTSB on scene of Conn. Metro-North crash that h... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 35 mins ago]
Planes lands without landing gear at Newark [Published WDSU New Orleans - 38 mins ago]
Malloy on Train Wreck: 'No Reason to Believe It... [Published Middletown CT Patch - 41 mins ago]
Multiple people injured in 'major train derailm... [Published KPHO Phoenix - 1 hour ago]
Feds investigate Connecticut train crash that i... [Published NewsChannel 9 WSYR - 1 hour ago]
Would a Lower OWI Threshold Make Wisconsin Safer? [Published Muskego Patch - 1 hour ago]
NTSB probe begins in Bridgeport [Published News-Times - 1 hour ago]
IRS probe ignored most influential groups [Published KWWL - 1 hour ago]
Train Collision in Connecticut Injures 70, Wors... [Published WNYC - 2 hours ago]
New: 60 Taken to Hospital After Connecticut Tra... [Published WKBW News 7 - 2 hours ago]
Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site [Published Omaha World-Herald - 2 hours ago]
Conn. governor, US senators to tour train crash... [Published Washington Post - 2 hours ago]
Westport RR travel alert: No Saugatuck, Greens ... [Published Westport News - 2 hours ago]
Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site [Published Contra Costa Times - 2 hours ago]
Commuter trains collide after derailment in Bri... [Published Keene Sentinel - 2 hours ago]
Are You a Drunk Driver? [Published Men's Health US - 2 hours ago]
Commuter train crash injures at least 60 [Published Bend Bulletin - 3 hours ago]
State legislators will consider lower BAC limit [Published NEMS 360 - 3 hours ago]
U.S. Airways plane makes belly landing at Newar... [Published WABC New York City - 3 hours ago]
Lowering BAC doesn't address core problem [Published Standard Speaker - 4 hours ago]
Probe begins after commuter trains crash in Con... [Published NDTV - 4 hours ago]
Aerials of US train crash [Published ITN - 4 hours ago]
Craftsman's skill, nature ensured loyal following [Published Individual.com - 4 hours ago]
Bus-ted [Published Weekly Standard - 4 hours ago]
Connecticut: 60 Injured in Head-On Train Smash [Published International Business Times UK - 4 hours ago]
When Alcohol Takes The Wheel: What's Your Limit? [Published KUNC 91.5 FM - 5 hours ago]
Editorial: We Can Decrease Highway Deaths — If ... [Published Southwest Times Record - 5 hours ago]

Blogs

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The Weekly Wrap [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 12 hours ago] Friday on the Dish, Andrew slammed Peggy Noonan’s latest column, parsed public opinion on the IRS and Benghazi, and recalled Rumsfeld’s shut-down argument style. He encouraged consenting adults to let their freak flags fly and dove deep on ...
What Should Count As Drunk Driving? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 17 hours ago] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants to lower the legal limit: Currently, the threshold is set at a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent, as a result of a transportation bill signed into law by President Clinton in 2000, which stated ...
WAR ON SCIENCE: NTSB wants to lower permissible... [Published Instapundit - May 16 2013] WAR ON SCIENCE: NTSB wants to lower permissible BAC to .05. All political, driven by the neo-Temperance folks at MADD. ...
The federal government wants to change the defi... [Published Ezra Klein - May 16 2013] NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman (Ann Heisenfelt/AP) Time to close your tab: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants to reduce the amount of booze you have to drink to count as a “drunk driver.” Currently, the threshold is set at ...
* USA - Tougher blood-alcohol limits [Published Trucks World News - May 16 2013] * DC - To combat drunk driving, NTSB wants tougher blood-alcohol limits ( Photo: A driver drunk) Washington,DC,USA - The Car Connection, by Suzanne Kane -May 15, 2013: -- Seeking to toughen the allowable alcohol limit for drivers, the National ...

Audio/Video

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New Blood Alcohol Recommendations [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 15 2013]
NTSB Wants to Cut Blood Alcohol Limit [Published ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - May 15 2013]
New Drunk Driving Guidelines [Published CNN.com - Video - May 14 2013]
Navy Successfully Launches Drone, and More [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - May 14 2013]
Navy Successfully Launches Drone, and More [Published WSJ.com Video - News - May 14 2013]

Press Releases

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Las normas que se aplican a conducir en estado ... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
ATA Praises NTSB Effort to Reduce Impaired Driv... [Published PR Newswire: Auto & Transportation - May 14 2013]
Drunk Driving Standards Need Toughening Says Al... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 14 2013]
PG&E Completes Seven NTSB Safety Recommendation... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Mar 26 2013]
Airbus Americas names Craig Hoskins as Vice Pre... [Published Airbus Press Releases - Mar 19 2013]