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...directed me to one of the players he coaches, Coleman Collins, for the smart, tall guy's perspective. When I told him Lee questioned the findings, Collins, who is 6 ft. 9 in., wasn't surprised. "Short people are always ready to disagree," says Collins, who graduated from Virginia Tech when he was 19, after just three years, and played for the school's basketball team. He points out that he has many short friends. "Generally speaking, I've found that they are more likely to have a chip on their shoulder, more likely to have something to prove," Collins...
Only about 20 Senators have established Twitter accounts - for the rest, your tweet is simply directed to their name. For Senators like, say, West Virginia's Robert C. Byrd, sending a tweet is probably one of the surest ways not to get the 91-year-old lawmaker's attention...
Cell Phone Use and Driving Distraction Virginia Tech Transportation Institute...
...doesn't take much research to figure out that driving and text-messaging is not a wise combination. But a new report is among the first to demonstrate just how distracting it can be to multitask behind the wheel. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute conducted several high-tech, "naturalistic" studies monitoring truck drivers by video camera as they covered more than 6 million miles. (The authors have said they believe the results are applicable to all drivers). While the report has not formally been released, its initial findings showed that drivers who took their eyes off the road...
...Talking on cell phones is not especially hazardous - but dialing them is: Contrary to some conventional wisdom, the Virginia Tech study found that truck drivers did not have a higher crash risk when they simply spoke on the phone. But any time they took their eyes off the road - to reach for the phone or to dial it - the risk rose, by as much as 6.7 times. One potential consequence: vaunted headsets and hands-free devices promoted for automobiles may not offer much safety, as they don't address the riskiest elements of cell-phone use. (See 50 essential travel...