10.16.2009 3:21 pm

Drawing attention to work-zone safety

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jim Feeney, 51, figured he wanted to do something within the Missouri Department of Transportation “besides collecting a paycheck.”

So when talk began about a privately funded memorial honoring MoDOT workers killed in the line of duty, he decided step up and…

05.20.2009 11:33 am

Texting while driving

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It’s distracting. It’s dangerous. And one out of four mobile phone users do it: driving while text messaging.

A new national survey released today by Vlingo Corp. found that despite growing public awareness of the dangers, 26 percent of mobile phone…