The Governor has a decision to make in terms of limousine safety in California.  Spurred on by a recent limousine fire along a San Mateo bridge that cost five people their lives, lawmakers put together measures that seek to boost safety of all those limousines that are designed for less than ten people.  The Governor… read more

Parents with teenage drivers are being encouraged to help those teens get the proper driving education.  Once a month until the end of the year, the California Highway Patrol will be hosting Start Smart classes to interested parties.  What separates this from some other training courses is the fact that parents are invited to drop… read more

Parents who attempt to prevent their teenagers from using their cellphones at the wheel have a tall task ahead of them, but success is not impossible to achieve, especially with current technologies.  One of those technologies, DriveID, has been tested out by Consumer Reports, which notes how it and systems like it can be used… read more

Parents in the Bay Area of California will be able to take advantage of free car seat training from the California Highway Patrol this weekend, and officials are calling such activities essential to ensuring safety.  Persons with experience with car seat inspections note that having a car seat perfectly secured is an exceedingly rare occurrence,… read more

A lot of attention has been paid this week to how to properly install a child’s car seat, which isn’t surprising given the week’s moniker of National Child Passenger Safety Week.  That said, there has been one topic that hasn’t been covered as intensely by most media outlets, and that’s the importance of ensuring that… read more

Yesterday, we related some important information about how homeowners can protect their residences from harm in the form of burglary.  But it’s not just living spaces that need attention.  It’s also important that business owners do what they can to protect their space from harm. The Police Department of San Mateo, California, concerned about a… read more

Blenders under the Frigidaire Professional brand are being recalled by the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Electrolux Home Care Products.  14,000 blenders in total, each with a model number of FPJB56B7MS, are affected by the recall, and those products were available around the country and online between March 2012 and this past July.  When the blender is… read more

A new report takes a look at those vehicles that were able to gain a Top Safety Pick ranking from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety since the agency introduced the frontal small overlap crash test.  This test is designed to determine how an automobile would fare if it crashes into another object at its… read more

The Irvine, California-based Shimano American Corporation has announced the recall of disc brake calipers that can be used with a number of cyclocross and road bikes.  The recall affects 6,600 BR-R515 and BR-CX75 disc brake calipers available from bicycle stores around the country between February 2012 and this past May.  The calipers themselves are in… read more

We’ve discussed some of the many designations given to September and the weeks it’s composed of in terms of safety (Rail Safety Month, Watch Out For Wildlife Week, Child Passenger Safety Week, etc.).  But there’s one designation that hasn’t gone as heralded, and that’s Realtor Safety Month from the National Association of Realtors.  That organization,… read more

Yet another report has come out relating some important car seat safety tips in observance of this week’s designation as National Child Passenger Safety Week.  This time, the tips hail from an organization called Buckle Up For Life, which educates parents as to proper car seat installation techniques and provides families with safe units if… read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are concerned about the threat posed by an over-reliance on antibiotics.  The worry is that continued exposure to these types of therapies is actually creating the perfect storm for bacteria that are becoming resistant to medication.  This can create superbugs that are far more dangerous than the typical… read more