Safety
Halloween Safety Tips
Halloween Safety Tips There used to be a time where parents would let their children roam through the streets knocking on doors saying trick or treat in exchange for candy. Unfortunately times have changed and many people do not know their neighbors or may not feel comfortable letting their children walk around without supervision. We…
Read MoreColored Contacts Could Leave the Horror of Halloween Permanently on Your Eyes
Colored Contacts Could Leave You Blind Laura Butler only paid $30 for her decorative lenses to change her brown eyes to blue. After wearing them for a day, Butler felt an excruciating pain and had difficulty in removing the lenses from her eyes. She immediately went to the emergency room where they informed her that…
Read MoreNew Warning on Tylenol Caps Help To Prevent the Painkiller Overdose Epidemic
New Warning on Tylenol Caps Help To Prevent the Painkiller Overdose Epidemic Beginning in October, whenever you purchase a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol, you will see a red warning on the bottle cap alerting you of the potential risk of taking too much pain reliever. After a significant amount of lawsuits and an overwhelming…
Read MoreWill Bigger Suvs Vanish After this Generation
Will Bigger Suvs Vanish After this Generation Despite the fact that gas was almost $5 a gallon a few years ago and there were predictions of trucks and large SUVs disappearing from the market, their popularity has not wavered. General Motors, GM, is pushing out their new redesigned truck-based SUVs this week. The lineup will include the…
Read MoreHonday Odyssey is the first minivan to earn top safety pick award from IIHS
Honday Odyssey is the first minivan to earn top safety pick award from IIHS The 2014 Honda Odyssey was the first minivan to earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK+ award this year. The award is given to vehicles who receive a good performance in all five crash evaluations done by…
Read MoreLane Departure Indicators Doing More Harm than Good
Lane Departure Indicators Doing More Harm than Good You would think that with improved safety technology in vehicles there would be less auto collisions; however it seems as if some systems are having the opposite effect. Over the past few years we have seen automated low speed braking, adaptive headlights, hands-free headsets, and lane departure…
Read MoreDekalb Jury Finds Bicycle Lane at Fault, Awards Victim $7.6 Million
Dekalb Jury Finds Bicycle Lane at Fault, Awards Victim $7.6 Million A lawyer recently won a $7.6 Million verdict against the Georgia Department of Transportation and an engineering firm after being thrown from his bicycle when its wheel jammed in pavement on a bridge. Since Georgia’s Tort Claims Act limits the state’s exposure to $1…
Read MoreAre video games hurting or helping your child?
Are video games hurting or helping your child? Most people would automatically answer that video games are bad for children. While most experts would agree with this, there are some experts that have spoken out saying that there are benefits socially, emotionally, mentally, and physically from playing video games. Research has been done to show that…
Read MoreTechnology to help keep the roadways safe: Connected Vehicle Technology
Technology to help keep the roadways safe: Connected Vehicle Technology The Department of Transportation is looking to the future to help keep the roads safe in America. Through collaboration with the world’s largest automobile manufactures, the Department of Transportation is researching technology that would enable vehicles to communicate with each other and other infrastructures around them…
Read MoreThe FDA establishes new rules for gluten free food labels
The FDA establishes new rules for gluten free food labels Celiac disease is already tough in itself to work through, but having to worry about if the label on certain food product is correct or not can be even more stressful. There are over 3 million people who struggle with celiac disease in the United…
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