Posted: December 6, 2019 |Categories: News
Cell phones have been around since the 1980s, but it has only been in the past couple of decades that they have become ubiquitous. Beginning in this decade, the cell phone gave way to the smartphone, connecting millions of people around the world to the internet without a computer. As of 2018, there were around […]
Posted: December 5, 2019 |Categories: News
It’s that time of year when snow becomes a fact of life. Clearing your driveway or sidewalks with a shovel may take more time and effort, but it may be safer than using a snowblower. This time of year, emergency departments see an uptick in hand injuries due to snowblowers. Many times, the injuries are […]
Posted: December 4, 2019 |Categories: News
Ever since they became popular ways to zip around cities and college campuses, people have focused on scooter rider injuries. The few studies that have been done have reported that there has been an uptick in injuries that have required medical attention in emergency departments. There has also been an increase in scooter versus auto […]
Posted: December 2, 2019 |Categories: News
Americans die in roadway crashes at a higher rate than in any other country. That said, there are some interesting statistics regarding auto crash deaths in the United States. Men are twice as likely to die in auto accidents as women. Elderly men and younger men have the highest rate of death. A majority of […]
Posted: November 29, 2019 |Categories: News
In New York, there is a charge that is called involuntary manslaughter in other states. In New York, it is called second-degree manslaughter. It is applied when the person didn’t mean to kill another person, but their actions led to the death of someone. A person charged with second-degree manslaughter is facing a Class C […]
Posted: November 28, 2019 |Categories: News
The Centers for Disease Control reports that in 2016, there were 5,987 pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in the United States. On average, this equates to a death every 1.5 hours. There were also 129,000 pedestrians treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries sustained in a traffic crash. Pedestrians are one and a half times […]
Posted: November 27, 2019 |Categories: News
While many people are preparing their menus and cars for Thanksgiving travel, others are also preparing for the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. Black Friday didn’t always mean a deeply discounted day of shopping. Other than referring to the stock market crash, the term Black Friday was coined in Philadelphia by police […]
Posted: November 26, 2019 |Categories: News
While Tesla has recently advertised that it is on the cusp of self-driving vehicles, their “Autopilot” systems have been engineered into cars. The term Autopilot may be a bit of a misnomer because Tesla says that it always advises drivers to remain in control of their vehicles. Yet, the system only detects when modest steering […]
Posted: November 25, 2019 |Categories: News
Vision Zero was a road safety platform initiated 15 years ago in Sweden in an effort to eliminate roadway fatalities. Soon enough, cities like Chicago jumped on the bandwagon, with the logic that fatal traffic accidents could be prevented through smarter engineering, education, and enforcement. Several other cities have adopted similar plans and New York […]
Posted: November 22, 2019 |Categories: News
ABC 7 New York reports that a teen riding an e-scooter was fatally struck by a truck in New Jersey. The accident occurred on Wednesday night at about 8 p.m. at the corner of Elizabeth Avenue and Spring Street in downtown Elizabeth, New Jersey. According to authorities, 16-year-old Nelson Miranda Gomez is the first fatality in […]
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