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From - Telegraph.co.uk Safest font for car displays developed Designers in conjunction with MIT scientist believe they have created the most legible font for drivers to see at speed A new font called Burlingame has been hailed as the safest dashboard font ever produced by scientists. According to researchers at MIT, the font is highly legible by scientific standards, compared with previous fonts used in vehicles. During their research, scientists compared different typefaces in simulated driving situations, in order to determine which letter shapes and spacing reduced the driver's glance time. Steve Matteson, who took part in the MIT AgeLab study, told Fast Company: "Truthfully there haven't been any good scientific studies to prove what we consider our trade craft, our intuition as designers that makes things legible. "We worked with MIT to basically test typefaces side by side to figure out which ones were legible and try to figure out why they are legible.” Can a new font really cut down on accident rate???

Malaysia ranked safest among 19 nations Posted on 26 June 2012 - 06:39pm Last updated on 26 June 2012 - 07:47pm JOHOR BAHARU (June 26, 2012): Malaysia is ranked the safest of 19 upper-middle income nations in the world, according to the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index 2011 report. Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Abdul Rahim Mohd Radzi said Malaysia was also deemed the 12th safest country, faring better than the United States and Britain. "The GTP (Government Transformation Programme) and Crime Reduction NKRA (National Key Result Areas) have received international recognition, for example. "The Global Peace Index has placed Malaysia as the safest and peaceful country in South-East Asia, and fourth in the Asia Pacific," he said in a speech when closing a current safety issues briefing here today. His speech text was read by the ministry's (registration and immigration division) deputy secretary-general Datuk Wan Ali Besar. He said a study carried out by the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) found that the public were less fearful when caught in a crime situation last year, due to measures undertaken by the government, as compared to 2010. "Many may wonder what effect this has on the country. An example would be that Malaysia's foreign direct investment standing was recorded at 10th position last year, as compared to 21st in 2010. "This is proof of confidence among foreign investors over our country's political climate, safety and stability," he said, adding that it indicated the ministry's plans to reduce crime was successful. – Bernama http://www.thesundaily.my/news/417537

Apart from Thailand, Malaysia has the highest number of road deaths in South-east Asia, a World Health Organisation shows. Malaysia recorded 25 deaths out of 100,000 people; compared to 38.1 in Thailand. The safest road use nation in the region is Singapore, which recorded only 5.1 deaths per 100,000 people, according to the WHO. The regional average is 17.91 per 100,000 population. These alarming figures were highlighted at the opening of the Inter­national Crashworthiness Conference 2014, held for the first time in Malaysia here, yesterday. A statement by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros), issued in conjunction with the event, said it was “more a sense of attitude than infrastructure that caused road deaths”. “For Malaysia, there were 6,915 deaths from 6,308 fatal accidents last year, which is an average of 18.9 deaths per day,” the statement said. Zeroing in on Sarawak, the statement said some people compared road conditions in the state with those in peninsular Malaysia. “However, the road accident fatality rate in Sarawak is actually comparatively lower than the national rate,” the statement read. “The rate for Sarawak last year was 16.06 deaths per 100,000 population or 2.8 deaths per 10,000 vehicles. “Nationally, the rates were almost 25 deaths per 100,000 population or 2.9 deaths per 10,000 vehicles. “For the first six months of this year, there were 4,076 deaths.” Miros director-general Prof Dr Wong Shaw Voon said nearly six times as many road death victims were men compared to women. He said Malaysians would break the law and blame the environment over their own actions. “There are those who think deaths and accidents are fated or destined. “Obviously, that’s wrong. Even when accidents occur, it shouldn’t be fatal. If possible, no one should get hurt,” Dr Wong said. “The higher speed you travel at, the higher the chance of accident.” Meanwhile, police statistics between 2005 and last year showed most road deaths occurred to those aged 21 to 25 years. The fatality rate reduces as the age of road users goes up. In another development, the Road Safety Department estimated that road fatalities could hit 10,000 by the year 2020. “Last year, there could have been more than 8,000 road deaths based on projections, but there wasn’t, which means it is possible to achieve our target of halving the number,” department director-general Datuk Dr Tam Weng Wah said. “There is already a slight downward trend, just not as fast as we would like it to go,” he said. The problem with Malaysian road users, he added, was the idea that those who drove safely should be rewarded. “There is a law that says rear passengers have to use seat belts but many break that law. “There are people and organisations who think the Government should give incentives for good behaviour. “But, the incentive is safety. Even when you are safe, others might not be, so take all preventive measures.” The conference, which ends on Thursday, was previously held in Melbourne, London and Kyoto. Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/08/26/Malaysias-deadly-roads-Country-is-second-worst-in-region-with-25-deaths-out-of-100000-people/

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Going to find a new family car later this year but haven't really done any research yet. If money is not an issue, which car is the safest? Prefer sedan but MPV will consider too.

S$23,000 stolen from 17 DBS Bank accounts By Julia Ng | Posted: 23 February 2012 2204 hrs Singapore: DBS has been hit by another round of unauthorised ATM withdrawals. This time, 17 customers were affected and they lost S$23,000. In a statement on Thursday night, DBS Bank said that on 19 February, the bank received calls from a handful of customers who were alerted to unauthorised ATM withdrawals in Singapore, after receiving real-time SMS alerts from the bank. But DBS said this incident is "not a result of any new skimming activity but a residual effect of the same card skimming operation that took place at the end of last year". The statement said that DBS has fully compensated all affected customers within 24 hours. DBS is working closely with the authorities on the investigation and confirms that over the past few days, there have been no unauthorised withdrawals made in Singapore. But based on the withdrawals on 19 February, DBS analytics team had identified a further group of customers who were potentially at risk of fraudulent domestic withdrawals. To safeguard them against unauthorised ATM withdrawals, the bank had proactively de-activated the cards of this group of customers, and took immediate steps to replace their cards. These customers were also informed of the card de-activation on the same day and new ATM/Debit cards have since been issued to them. The bank says it appreciates customers' understanding for the inconvenience caused as it moves to take prompt precautionary measures. DBS says it is monitoring the situation closely. In addition to sending out SMS alerts, the bank proactively contacts customers to validate ATM withdrawals, if and when any suspicious activity or unusual usage patterns are detected.

And I'm proud to announce here that the safest driver is someone from my neighbourhood! Found her when I happened to look out my bedroom window at the carpark. This aunty signals when she drives out from the parking lot and I thought she was cool. LOL!! Confirmed the authenticity of my discovery when I drove behind her on the main road. Traffic lights were in our favour at the T-junction (imagine a T rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise), no oncoming traffic and no pedestrians at the crossing . . . TOTALLY clear but not moving. Was wondering whether she fell asleep or what?? Toot toot her . . . . no reaction. Waited for 10-15 seconds . . no reaction . . . not moving at all . . checked the roads ahead . . no oncoming traffic. Dang, what is she doing?? Green right arrow appears . . . she started to move off and turn right. Oh I see . . waiting for green arrow. Followed behind, 20-30 . . . 35km/h . . . 30km/h . . . nevermind be patient, follow and see what happens at the next junction. Slip road going left, she slowed down and stopped at the stop line. Good! Looked to our right and saw that road was clear as traffic lights were again in our favour, no bicycles, no pedestrians, no cows crossing, no nothing and she was deciding whether it was safe to go. Horned her . . . she looked into the rear view mirror and saw me gesturing at her "What are you doing???" She turned her head to the right and check traffic, none at all and she waited 10-15 seconds before she inched her way off. . . . 20-30 km/h. Decided to overtake her, which was quite easy, to check if she was using her handphone or something but no . . . both her hands were on the steering wheel and no wires dangling from her ears as well. Confirmed!! Safest driver in Singapore found!! LOL . . . .

just to share Gold is on the move. As the price of gold threatens to push permanently above $1,000 per ounce, it raises questions about why gold is becoming such a hot commodity and whether it truly is a safe harbor. There is no question that gold's price run-up is purely speculative. Since the beginning of 2009, the number of outstanding shares in the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD), the most popular exchange-traded gold fund, has climbed about 33%. Demand for gold has increased significantly. But why? At such high prices, gold ceases to have much practical use. There is no theoretical rationale why anyone should even want to invest in it. Gold has value only because we believe it is valuable. It is a collective hallucination. (Read "What Sells in a Recession: Canned Goods and Condoms.") There is something else we use every day that, like gold, has no inherent value: cash. Of course, there's a major difference between gold and cash: unlike the dollar, the nondollar value of gold won't be significantly impacted by the U.S. government

To my fellow bro and sis, Need all of your advice (serious ones please). As I have some $40k remainder from my insurace claims, I would like to keep aside and grow high $ but yet not take too much risk. Would appreciate if any of you can advise on what is the best choice available in the market now and is FD good? If FD is the choice, which bank is the best? Many thanks in advance.

Crash Test of Cars from different countries. French cars have the safest car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2hcCi3FFo

I was researching Saab when I found this article http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/insure/basics/8121.asp I find it strange that the humble Honda Civic made it to the honours roll, don't you? The five safest cars of all time: * Buick LeSabre (model year 2000) * Honda Civic (model year 2001) * Lincoln LS (model year 2001) * Volkswagen Passat (model years 2000 and 2001) * Volvo S80 (model year 2001) The inclusion of the Honda Civic on the list might be an eye-opener. Many people assume it's best to be in the heaviest vehicle available. However, some of the heaviest vehicles currently available, notably SUVs, are prone to rollover accidents.http://

Saab 9-5, year model 98- is the safest car model in Sweden in the "How safe is your car?" report conducted by Swedish insurance company Folksam. Saab 9-5 is the only one among the totally 103 ranked models which has a safety level that is at least 40% better than the average model in the Folksam investigation. The complete list of "How safe is your car" : http://www.folksam.se/forskning/trafik/sak...istaEngelsk.htm