Image by incurable_hippie via Flickr Monday’s Birmingham News had an article on page 2B about a man killed in Phoenix City in an accident after he reached down to pick up his fallen cell phone. He was 28 years old. His step-father was taken to the hospital for treatment. I’ve written about the dangers of…
Image via Wikipedia You’ve probably heard that cell phone are dangerous when someone is driving. Distractions of any kind when driving are dangerous. Don’t even think about texting when driving! “Death by Cell Phone” is the title of a new billboard advertisement the National Safety Council launched. A wrongful death case I had not that…
My last post pointed out that Alabama ranks the fourth highest in the teen death toll. Today, I want to pick up the Reader’s Digest again and look at their Anatomy of a Teen Car Accident. First, they cover that speeding is a factor in 35% of crash deaths involving young drivers. If you look…
“In 2005, motor vehicle traffic crashes were the leading cause of death for every age 3 through 6 and 8 through 34.” NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis (DOT HS 810 936 April 2008). Every kind of vehicle wreck can quickly lead to disaster for a family.