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A 74-year-old grandmother is searching for the stranger named Jack who rescued her from drowning in the River Avon after she slipped in trying to save her dogs. She wants to thank the man who walked two fields to ensure she got home safely.
Dutch safety officials just greenlit Tesla's supervised self-driving technology after 18 months of rigorous testing. It's a major win for autonomous vehicle progress in Europe, with driver safety baked right in.
When a raft became pinned against trees in fast-moving water on the Russian River, a Sonoma County Sheriff's helicopter crew pulled off a daring rescue using a 100-foot longline. All four people made it to safety thanks to quick thinking and expert training.
When a night out went wrong, friends used Snapchat's location feature to find their companion clinging to a tree branch in a freezing river. Police rescued both him and a friend who jumped in to help, turning a potential tragedy into a story of quick thinking and heroism.
A volunteer swift water rescue team is crowdfunding for their own jet boat after years of relying on borrowed equipment that isn't always available when emergencies strike. The upgrade could cut response times from hours to minutes on dangerous river rescues.
Drivers who signed up for insurance programs that track their habits and offer safety tips reduced speeding by 13% and hard braking by 25%. If everyone joined, we could prevent 300,000 crashes and 100,000 injuries each year.