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Is Texting While Walking A New Roadside Danger?

August 1, 2012 — With all the publicity surrounding No Texting and Driving initiatives and other distracted driving legislation, another facet of the cellphone complications not widely acknowledged has recently come into light — that of distracted walking. The unsung danger was thrust into the spotlight following the Associated Press’s release of a surveillance video in which a […]

Friday Five: This heat, those Olympics, and the traffic in Germany

In New York this week, a smoker’s advocacy group rallied against the unregulated placement of No Smoking signage in public parks and facilities July 6, 2012 — This week, Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (CLASH), a smoker’s rights activist group, asked the state courts of New York in Albany to remove No Smoking signs in […]

OSHA Enforcing Fall Safety Regulations, Fines NJ Workplace 436K

OSHA is cracking down on companies that do not adequately safeguard employees from falls (via MySafetySign.com). July 2, 2012 — This week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued 25 citations against four contractors for failing to uphold safety regulations at a work site in Jersey City, NJ. Altura Concrete, Inc., Nathil Corp., Blade Contracting […]

Friday Five: Chocolate-Covered Highways, Mural-Adorned Garages, and Parking Spots for Sale

Who says a parking garage can’t be a work of art? Cave drawings were the inspiration for this 9,600-foot mural in a Colorado parking garage (via Huffington Post) A parking garage in Vail, Colorado acted as a canvas this past week after artist Randy Milhoan painted large murals on each floor of the multi-level underground […]

Barcodes of the next generation: London takes QR technology to the streets

The QR Code Garden at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show in London. (Getty) June 27, 2012 — London is implementing the first stages of a pilot program that will bring QR codes to sidewalks all over the city. The codes will scan to sites with information on sidewalk closings for repair, much like […]

Your Friday Five: Drugs, Projection, and the Loneliest Sign in Canada

Museum featuring American signage has new home The American Sign Museum now has a new, larger home in Cincinnati. At 20,000 square feet, the new space is more than four times as large as the old one and cost about $3.3 million. The new location also gives the museum space to accommodate both new additions […]

Friday Five — Signs of the Times

Friday, June 8, 2012 — Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a ban on texting while driving on June 1, but the regulations are still some of the most lenient in the country. Ohio is the 39th state to issue such a ban. In other states, all cell phone use while driving is considered a primary offense. […]