A new study affirms what many people already know: using a cell phone behind the wheel is very dangerous. In a new report from the National Safety Council, the group found that 26 percent of all car accidents nationwide involved the use of cell phones. However, one surprise from the report is that only five … Read more
Everyone who has a child or children comes to understand that absolutely everything a parent says and does serves as an example to those who learn everything from us. Even seemingly unimportant things that we do are being noticed by our sons and daughters, and that includes our bad or even dangerous habits. That phenomenon … Read more
Many of the drunk driving safety awareness campaigns that have been put together and promoted over the years have been targeted at young people. That’s because people of this age are just learning to drive and they need to understand the extreme dangers brought on by consuming alcohol or some other intoxicant before getting behind … Read more
As we move into March once again, many of us are looking forward to perhaps having a green beer or an Irish whiskey as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Despite its Irish origins, St. Patrick’s Day has become something of an American tradition as well as pubs across the country are packed with revelers who … Read more
Driving a vehicle is a skill that over time we never fully master, but it is something that we tend to get better at as we learn and make more decisions. As such, most people would agree that someone with 30 years of driving experience would generally be considered more trustworthy behind the wheel of … Read more
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an extensive study that looked at different types of distractions present for drivers in an attempt to measure just how much the risk of accidents rose as a result of each. The study used two groups of drivers – experienced and novice – and tracked them with … Read more
Driving is a skill that is learned over time, and it’s one that many people begin to take for granted when they feel that they have this skill mastered. Unfortunately, driving a motor vehicle is operating an enormous machine that moves at high rates of speed, and the loss of focus on such a task … Read more
Few things are more tragic than fatal car accidents. Otherwise-healthy people suddenly lose their lives because someone makes a mistake behind the wheel and surviving family members are forced to attempt to pick up the pieces and move on with their lives without their loved one. This is the greatest form of loss – the … Read more
Something goes wrong just prior to every car accident that occurs, and these problems can include environmental factors, problems with vehicles and of course human factors which are also known as mistakes. There are individuals and groups out there that work to compile data regarding car accidents with the hope that studying the data and … Read more
ADHD – or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder – seems like one of those health problems that is relatively new. For some, this condition seems like something that is not all that serious, even though estimates indicate that more than 5 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD. Despite this skepticism, ADHD can … Read more