Despite a 5 percent spike in motor vehicle accident deaths from 2011 to 2012 - the first such increase in seven years - more Americans, it appears, are becoming less concerned about dangerous driving habits.
This alarming news comes from a recently released study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a non-profit organization that seeks to promote safe driving through education and research. The group examined data gathered between 2009 and 2012 in surveys focused on changes in the ...
The tragic death of a 10-year-old child has led to a change in law for Illinois boaters who are drunk or on illegal drugs and get involved in an accident.
Beginning January 1, 2014, Illinois boaters suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs face new, stringent testing. In essence, they will be treated like motor vehicle drivers suspected of being under the influence while behind the wheel. The new law applies to any motor boat operator involved in an accident that results in ...
In February 2012, a school bus carrying New Jersey students in kindergarten through the sixth grade stopped at a flashing red light then proceeded into the intersection. A truck traveling down the intersecting road hit the school bus as the bus entered the oncoming traffic. The school bus spun around and hit a pole. An 11-year-old girl on the bus died, and five other students suffered serious injuries.
Unfortunately, this tragic accident involving a school bus and a truck offers a textbook example of ...
Summertime brings the warm weather that allows both public and private swimming pools to be opened for fun and excitement. Unfortunately, pools often present the risk of serious injury and even death.
We know that drowning is the second leading cause of accidental-related deaths among children under the age of 15. Almost 7,000 young people a year are brought to the hospital because of diving related injuries, which frequently result in severe neurological disability ...
In a final rule to be published soon, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that it is increasing the qualification requirements for first officers who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines.
The rule requires first officers - also known as co-pilots - to hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, requiring 1,500 hours total time as a pilot. Previously, first officers were required to have only a commercial pilot certificate, which requires 250 hours of flight ...
An improving economy may put more people in harm's way of commercial truck drivers; or more specifically, inexperienced commercial truck drivers.
According to a recent report from the American Trucking Associations, a leading advocacy group for the nation's commercial trucking industry, trucking companies in the first quarter of this year experienced a very large driver turnover rate. For trucking companies with at least $30 million in annual revenue, the driver turnover rate for January ...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a federal agency whose mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle accidents, earlier this month issued an advisory on the dangers of motorcoaches exceeding the safety capacity of their tires. Simply put, the FMCSA warns against overloaded buses, and issued the advisory in response to recent fatal bus accidents attributed to overloading.
Motorcoach operators must consider the weight of passengers and their baggage when determining the safe ...
The days of the push mower are long behind us. Practically everyone with a yard, regardless of size, has a power mower to keep their yard neat and attractive.
Unfortunately, lawnmower injuries are occurring more frequently as mowers become more powerful, and have more features and innovations. Lawnmower accidents occur in America on a daily basis. It has been estimated that 70,000-80,000 people a year are injured as a result of lawnmower accidents, and almost 2,000 require ...
An Oregon wheat farmer recently discovered genetically modified wheat in his field. Genetically engineered wheat has not been approved for farming in the United States, and many markets around the world will not buy genetically engineered wheat. Any escape of genetically modified wheat has the potential to greatly damage the U.S. wheat farming industry.
Thousands of U.S. rice farmers represented by Gray Ritter Graham experienced a comparable situation and can attest to the significant economic damages wheat farmers may ...
Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a recommendation for all states to lower their blood alcohol content (BAC) level, which determines if a person is legally drunk behind the wheel. Today, this BAC level in all 50 states is .08. The NTSB wants states to adopt a lower BAC level of .05.
There are at least 10,000 sobering reasons to do so. That's about the number of people killed in drunk-driving accidents each year in this country. When issuing its recommendation, the ...
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