Category: In The News
2013 Shows Increase in Train Accident Deaths
Deaths from trespassing increased by 11%, while deaths from accidents rose almost 8%. Railroad safety is an area of great concern, but this becomes even more essential when one looks at an increase in the numbers of railroad accident deaths. When deaths increase, it’s an issue the industry as a whole must review in order […]
Proposed Florida Nursing Home Liability Law is BAD NEWS
Florida nursing home laws could protect the rich and powerful, if enacted. Nursing home care is a contentious issue in most states. However, there’s no place that this is truer than Florida; a state that’s known as the leading nursing home care state in the country. While many individuals see these institutions as the right […]
NHTSA Enacts Changes to Standards in Child Car Seats
The National Highway Traffic Administration recently brought forth new regulation aimed at keeping children in car seats safe. These new regulations come in the wake of child car seat recalls by a prominent manufacturer who had to recall its seats due to a product defect. Child Accident Statistics and Consequences Every year, more than 50 children […]
Dallas’ High Number of Pedestrian & Bicycle Accidents
Dallas, while a great place to live, has seen an increase in pedestrian-vs-vehicle accidents over the last 3 years.
Beating The Heat Behind Bars – Summer Deaths Lead to Lawsuits Against Texas Prisons
Texas Department of Criminal Justice is being sued by an Austin civil rights group for the wrongful death of Larry Gene McCollum and other prisoners who died of heat stroke over the summer. Prisons without air conditioning in extreme heat leading to hyperthermia can be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Recent Findings Spur Talk of Cell Phone Ban – Cell Phone Use Accounted for almost 25% of all vehicle accidents
This month is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the National Safety Council (NSC) in D.C. has made a national wide ban on all cell phone use while driving it’s number one priority. Piggy backing on the report that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released last December, the NSC has released its own 2012 […]
Don’t Take the Bait – Facebook Phishing Scams are on the Rise!
When logging into Facebook and checking in on your friends and family you become accustomed to going through a number of wall posts, shared links and direct messages. This is one of the aspects of Facebook that many of us love – the ability to keep in touch with a number of people in several different ways all in one place. And you want to think that everything you are clicking on is safe. Unfortunately, not everything on Facebook is safe and potentially dangerous scams are increasing on the world’s most popular site.
Delivery Rooms no Longer Welcoming their Close Up
The birth of a child is the most amazing day of a parent’s life. There are no words to describe the feeling of witnessing your child being born and setting your eyes upon them for the first time.
Because of this, parents have been photographing and recording the birth of their children for years. A video or photograph can capture this momentous occasion in a way that words never will.
Sadly, many parents may never have the joy of reliving this joyous occasion. A disturbing trend is sweeping the country that seeks to bar parents from recording video or taking pictures during their child’s birth.
Fountain Girl is No Longer a Laughing Matter
If you have been online or have watched TV lately, you have more than likely saw the video of a young woman falling face first into a fountain while texting. The video went viral over night; it should have, it was funny!
In this one short video you not only have the slapstick humor of someone falling (harmlessly into a public fountain, but also have a pretty accurate illustration of our current society. A society so attached to our cell phones and their constant distractions that we sometimes forget about the simple things – like walking.
More than anything, it was just plain harmless comedy.
Well guess what? The young lady isn’t laughing and, along with her lawyer, has decided to make a mockery of our justice system by attempting to sue the mall and its security guards.
September Means Safety
Parents – you don’t need me to tell you that babies are always curious. Being new to the world, and their body, who can blame them? As a father of three, I know firsthand the relentless curiosity inherent in children.
With this insatiable curiosity and tireless exploration comes the potential for a whole myriad of accidents. Baby Safety Month serves as a reminder to do some exploring of your own to make certain your child’s environment is secure and “explorer” proof.
