http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. With the speed of computers so regularly seeing dramatic increases in their processing speed, it seems that it shouldn't be too long before the machines become infinitely fast -- except they can't. http://www.physorg.com/news174750105.html Physics Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:42:19 EST news174750105 The repeal of the federal speed control law in 1995 has resulted in an increase in road fatalities and injuries, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news166980974.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:38:24 EST news166980974 (PhysOrg.com) -- Countless hours are lost in traffic jams every year. Most frustrating of all are those jams with no apparent cause - no accident, no stalled vehicle, no lanes closed for construction. http://www.physorg.com/news163778747.html Other Sciences Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:06:15 EST news163778747 (PhysOrg.com) -- Picture this next time you're stuck in traffic: Thousands of wildebeests loping across the Serengeti Plain when suddenly a few spooked animals turn the orderly migration into a sea of locked horns, U-turns, head-on collisions and trampled calves. http://www.physorg.com/news163417792.html Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:50:36 EST news163417792 An Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) system is being tested by the London for Transport (TfL). The eye-in-the-sky ISA system relies on a computer installed in the vehicle with pre-loaded speed limit road data that is monitored from a satellite. Initially, the test run will be limited to a cab, public buses and government cars overseen by the TfL. Testing will begin this Summer and run for six months. http://www.physorg.com/news161264762.html Technology Mon, 11 May 2009 12:46:46 EST news161264762 Kansas gravel roads have varying speed limits, but a study by Kansas State University researchers shows that instead of abiding by those limits, people are more likely to use their own judgment to gauge how fast they should drive on the roads. http://www.physorg.com/news158582974.html Other Sciences Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:50:14 EST news158582974 Research suggests U.S. motorists are growing increasingly cynical about the relevance of speed limits, and a new study indicates many motorists are more likely to think they can drive safely while speeding as long as they won't get caught. http://www.physorg.com/news145280170.html Other Sciences Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:36:10 EST news145280170