Safety officials have called distracted driving an epidemic. State lawmakers have acted to create laws to make distracted driving a crime. Yet, each day many people get behind the wheel and pick up their phones, look at their in-dash systems, or otherwise take their...
Officials from BNSF Railroad have announced that they are taking steps to introduce safer oil tanker cars into their fleet. A series of major train accidents over the past few years have convinced industry executives that it is time to voluntarily increase safety...
At the present time 20 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana use to some degree. 13 additional states are considering similar measures, which indicates that public opinion is shifting and it may soon be an issue on the table in many more...
A truck accident involving a fatigued driver claim one life and injured another person earlier this year. The driver in the case has been accused of falsifying his log books to make it seem like he had complied with federal safety standards that require drivers to...
Almost everyone knows the feeling of pure frustration when driving behind someone who is going to slow, or weaving over the lines, only to see the same driver talking or texting away. It is enough for most people to want to yell, "Get off the phone!" or "Stop...
At this point, pretty much everyone acknowledges that drunk driving is dangerous and can cause serious injuries. However, many of us assume that since the legal limit for blood alcohol content is set at .08 for drivers, that consuming a small amount of alcohol and...
A Virginia court affirmed the decision of the Workers Compensation Commission in the case of a woman who suffered from a foot injury while climbing the stairs at work. The woman worked as a server at a restaurant where she was on her feet constantly when she began to...
A parrot riding in a car with its owner alerted police at a DUI checkpoint that the man in the car may have been drunk, repeatedly yelling “he’s drunk” when the man rolled down the window. At first police were confused and thought that there was a passenger in the...