2013

Recently, researchers and medical professionals with NYU Langone Medical Center attempted to get a better grasp of what types of circumstances typically lead cyclists and pedestrians to be involved in a collision with a motor vehicle.  The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery features the eye-opening results, the understanding of which could improve safety… read more

Florida may soon join an ever-lengthier list of states that have passed a ban on texting while driving.  If passed, a violation would be considered a secondary offense, meaning that a police officer could not pull a person over unless the texting led he or she to commit some other illegal act, such as swerving… read more

In Virginia, texting while driving was already considered illegal, but some felt that the measure as it currently stood was not sufficiently stringent.  At the moment, texting at the wheel is only designated as a secondary offense, meaning that a driver cannot be pulled over unless he or she is first shown to be engaging… read more

A study carried out by an organization called the Erie Insurance Group claims that most distractions actually stem not from cellphones and the like, but from the motor vehicle operator simply being lost in their own thoughts while on the road.  By analyzing traffic fatalities reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2010… read more

A new report explains that talking on a cellphone and texting at the wheel aren’t the only distracting activities that could draw the ire of the California Highway Patrol and other police entities as part of their crackdown operation running through the end of April as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.  A member… read more

In Britain, an estimated 10,000 people have received the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant.  According to a new report, one of those persons is an armed forces minister and former soldier who underwent a hip implant procedure back in 2006.  Five years later, he claims that the development of a non-cancerous tumor in… read more

We’re getting closer and closer to the deadline that many Americans fear:  the tax deadline.  Many citizens might let their guard down as the mounting pressure gets to them.  Unfortunately, this leaves the door open for scammers to take advantage of such a stressful situation. You may not realize it, but there are a number… read more

Kia is recalling a wide range of vehicles because of a single issue that could cause a host of complications.  Because so many things could go wrong due to the defect, it’s imperative that consumers take the problem seriously. The recall pertains to Sportage, Sedona, Sorento, Optima, Soul, and Rondo vehicles.  Depending on the specific… read more

Yesterday morning found various California police and safety officials holding a press conference designed to bring attention to two separate distracted driving events which aim to cut down on the dangers faced on the roads by teens and other motorists. The first event the press conference was designed to draw focus toward is California Teen… read more

It’s been a few weeks since a Los Angeles jury awarded a plaintiff $8.3 million for the ordeal he was put through after being implanted with the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant, a device which later failed. Thousands of people have filed similar lawsuits, and one of those is currently underway in Chicago…. read more

The city of Mitchell, South Dakota has been pursuing the passage of a texting while driving ban for quite awhile now, but their efforts were put on hold as they awaited a decision at the state level on such a measure.  But now that a statewide ban has failed, the City Council is looking into… read more

A bill that sought to both outlaw marketing-based text messages and ban texting of all sorts behind the wheel has been passed in Arizona, but not before the latter portion of the bill was excised.  The State Senate debated the bill after it had passed through the House, with one proponent of the texting and… read more