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Lodging Planner for Dunsmuir Railroad Park - Oct. 11 - 13, 2024

  Three days of MINIs, friends, forests, and old railroad cabooses. NOTICE: To all Registered Club Members interested in attending this 3-da...

Dr. Claire L. Straith Should Be Proud

The Smithsonian Institution is celebrating 75 years of auto safety with a show of safety items and related devices donated by automakers and regulators. The costumes of crash test dummies Vince and Larry will be on display alongside a number of different crash test dummies, three point seatbelts and energy-absorbing steering columns. If you didn't know Dr. Straith was a Detroit plastic surgeon who pioneered the padded dashboard and other auto safety innovations.

[Source: Wired]