2012

Everyone likes to think that they’re a safe enough driver to not have to worry about ever being in a motor vehicle accident, or that such incidents will be few and far between.  But the truth is, it’s almost inevitable that every single one of us will be involved in a motor vehicle accident at… read more

As students head back to class, the Health Department of Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County is the latest organization to warn pedestrians and motorists alike to be careful near schools.  They stress that the biggest contributor to crashes nowadays is a driver not paying attention, an act particularly prevalent among teens.  The department calls upon parents to… read more

FedEx and Safe Kids Worldwide have jointly released the results of a study which found that September is the most dangerous month of the year for children.  Likely because more kids are going back to school, this month has a far larger amount of incidents where a car hits a child.  The Walking Safely report… read more

School has started in Nevada, and police in North Las Vegas want to make sure that students are kept safe as they go back to class.  Yesterday, officers were out in full force at intersections throughout the city in an effort to crack down on those drivers who compromise the safety of pedestrians.  It only… read more

Signature V and Custom Built tires are being recalled by the Certain Vogue Tyre & Rubber Company because the outboard sidewall fails to contain the tire’s full identification number.  Law requires this number to be there so the tires can be easily targeted if a safety recall is necessary.  701 tires are affected.  Owners will… read more

Officers with the Visalia Police Department in California cited 24 people during a motorcycle safety operation that took place Tuesday night.  The six hour event found an increased police presence in areas where motorcycle traffic is particularly heavy.  32 people were stopped in total, with all but four being vehicles other than motorcycles.  Four licensing… read more

The Motorcycle Club of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, which is new to the campus as of this spring, is trying to spread a message about the importance of motorcycle safety in and around the college.  The club has stated their intention to organize rides and other events meant to bring awareness to safety.  They are… read more

Thanks to a grant bestowed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and administered by California’s Office of Traffic Safety, Rialto will implement a motorcycle safety operation.  The Police Department will be sending officers to those areas of the city where motorcyclists can be seen most often.  Special attention will be placed on cracking down… read more

Automix Automated Nutrition Compounder Systems are being recalled by Baxter Healthcare because of the risk that a patient might not receive the correct nutritional solution mix from the device.  This could happen for one of two reasons.  First, fluid can leak into the keypad, and therefore the device might not accurately respond to an individual’s… read more

Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration held a webinar meant to educate interested parties on how the organization monitors the food supply so as to protect consumers from coming into contact with dangerous levels of pesticides.  Fruits and vegetables make up about three quarters of the food that the FDA verifies does not contain heightened… read more

11 people, nine of them kids, were hit by a car in Los Angeles on Wednesday.  A 100 year old man was in the driver’s seat of a Cadillac when the vehicle slowly backed into a crowd positioned outside a school, sending four kids to the hospital in critical condition.  They have since been stabilized…. read more

A new report from Allstate describes the safest cities in the United States in terms of car crash frequency, and the insurance giant also offers tips to drivers in small and large cities.  For the former, drivers should use caution around pedestrians, especially kids, and heed all traffic laws, including speed limits.  Sufficient space should… read more