Video Calls: The Future Source of Car Accidents

Video calling has come a long way in the past few decades. It began in the fifties and was known as videotelephony. Between the fifties and the nineties, still images would be portrayed through projector type apparatus refreshing the image of the person on the other line every few seconds over what is known as a POTS-type telephone line connection. The technology is more akin to slow scan TV systems. Technologic evolution and the development of video codec and high bandwidth internet communication services over the past few years have helped speed up the process and the practicality of video communication.

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California’s Autonomous Future

In an effort to reduce the number of yearly highway fatalities in California, its Senate has passed a bill that will permit the use of self-driving cars on its roads. Heavy commuters and drivers who often find themselves distracted behind the wheel can breathe a little bit easier and get back to whatever they were doing while the vehicle does all the driving. It will be like having a personal chauffer who can always be up-to-date with simple software updates. With the passing of this bill roads filled with autonomous vehicles can not only make driving more safe, but more enjoyable as well.

English: Google driverless car operating on a testing path (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Alleged Los Angeles Drunk Driver Kills 3

Nationwide Memorial Day commemorates United States soldiers who give up their lives to protect and serve the country. Tradition has it that groups of volunteers meet at grave yards and adorn the grave sites of fallen soldiers with small U.S. flags and flowers. Recognized as a national holiday, most citizens are offered to take the day off and observe it giving them the opportunity to spend it together. It is no surprise that families and friends gather at public places for picnics, attend city sponsored events or use the three day weekend to visit each other. The sight of families packed in cars on congested roads is not an aberration, nor is the fact that while Memorial Day weekend brings families together, a drunk driver can break them apart.

English: SAN DIEGO (Aug. 16, 2011) Contractors use a crane to deliver a 1999 Ford Explorer involved in a driving under the influence incident (DUI) to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as part of the safety department's anti-DUI campaign. Carl Vinson recently completed a deployment to the U.S. 5th and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lori D. Bent/Released) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Wrong Way Driving Car Crash

Drivers slowed down in both directions of Sylmar’s 210 Freeway diverting their attention to a fire and an amorphous cloud of dark smoke that grew in the skies. Those who were close enough to the scene saw that two vehicles had caught fire. Others who’d been there at the time of the accident Thursday morning looked back through their rear view mirror and called emergency services for help and reported the accident which they had escaped.

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Lexus Car Lands in a La Puente Pool

CRANE ABOUT TO DROP SKELETON OF CAR INTO AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD IN INDUSTRIAL SECTION OF CITY - NARA - 545544 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Los Angeles, CA – Residents of a La Puente home were disturbed by a loud noise Sunday morning. They discovered that a Lexus sedan had crashed through a wall and landed into their pool.
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Chauffeur Crashes Car into Los Angeles Luxury Vehicle Shop

Los Angeles, CA – A luxury car shop owner was distressed Wednesday morning when he discovered that a vehicle had struck his shop earlier that day. The car crash seriously damaged three expensive and rare luxury cars belonging to celebrities. The chauffer of the vehicle that crashed into the shop fled the scene leaving the injured passengers behind.

Nederlands: Foto. Mevrouw van den Heuvel in auto met chauffeur (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Amanda Bynes Crashes Again in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood actress Amanda Bynes crashed against another vehicle Friday. This was the second time she crashed within almost a month of her last accident where she hit a police cruiser and was arrested for driving under the influence.

Backstage at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week. February 13, 2009 at Bryant Park. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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