Distracted driving has become such a big problem that the federal government has devoted an entire Web site to the issue. It’s an offshoot of the Department of Transportation, and has some interesting information on it. Check it out at Distraction.gov. Here’s the site’s description:
Distracted Driving
At the U.S. Department of Transportation, we heard America’s call [...]
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Excellent news from the Transportation Department: Total traffic deaths declined in 2009 to 33,963. That’s a decrease of nearly 9% since 2008, and a continuation of decreases since 2005, when total traffic deaths were 43,510. It’s the lowest total number of deaths since 1954.
Factors possibly contributing to the decrease in deaths are greater enforcement of [...]
I am really feeling sorry for Toyota these days. They’re getting no relief at all from the flood of bad publicity (including on this blog). Here’s the latest after the Prius incident in California:
Coverage of Toyota’s recall crisis surged again this week on reports of another case of a runaway Toyota vehicle, even as Toyota [...]
In a follow-up piece to Monday evening’s report on femur fractures related to Fosamax (alendronate), ABC World News (3/9, story 4, 2:20, Sawyer) reported that ABC’s Richard Besser, MD, interviewed FDA Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein, MD, asking him if now is the time for the agency “to send out a notice to physicians to be [...]
The Supreme Court will decide whether drug makers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health problems from vaccines. As reported by the Associated Press, the Court agreed to hear an appeal from parents who want to sue Wyeth over the serious side effects their daughter, six months old at the time, [...]
If you saw the ABC World News report this week showing the frightening femur fractures that some women who have been using the bisphosphonate drug Fosamax (alendronate) to fight osteoporosis are now suffering, you won’t soon forget it. ABC’s Richard Besser, MD, explained the drug may “limit…bone’s natural ability to protect itself from stress.” He [...]
According to an update of the National Practitioner Data Bank released recently, fewer medical malpractice payments were made on behalf of doctors in 2009 than any other year on record. This contradicts claims by some that medical malpractice litigation is to blame for rising health care costs. Last year was the fifth consecutive year the [...]
Toyota just can’t get out of the headlines. Now more bad news as reported in the Los Angeles Times: Several Toyota workers sent a memo to their bosses in 2006 warning that the auto company was too focused on meeting demand rather than meeting safety standards (my paraphrase). The memo pointed out that from 2000 [...]
As reported by USA Today one in five of the nation’s 15,700 nursing homes have consistently received poor ratings for overall quality, an analysis of new government data finds. More than a quarter-million patients live in homes given another set of low scores within the past year, according to data released by Medicare, which first released [...]
It appears that Toyota may not be out of the woods yet. More than 50 owners have complained to safety officials that they are still experiencing runaway acceleration even after their vehicles were repaired by Toyota for sticking throttles. So far as I know, these continuing problems have not been verified by the government or [...]
Here’s one of the funniest (fake) wedding videos you’ll ever see:
The Obama administration is considering requiring all automobiles to contain a brake override system intended to prevent sudden acceleration episodes like those that have led to the recall of millions of Toyotas, the Transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, said Tuesday. This was reported in the New York Times, and excerpts of the article follow.
This sounds like [...]
A Tarrant County jury this week has delivered a devastating blow to homebuilder Bob Perry by awarding $51 million to a couple who sued Perry because of their defective house. The back-story to this case is quite lengthy, but the bottom line is that it has been drug out for a decade, and has already [...]
That’s the headline of a news release today from the Social Security Administration. I applaud the agency for making strides in reducing the inexcusable backlog and waiting times for Social Security disability decisions. I do have a concern though. Recently we have noticed that some of our clients’ disability cases are being pulled, seemingly at [...]
A law took effect this week that will affect young drivers getting their licenses for the first time. Until now, driver education classes were required only for drivers under the age of 18. Now those between ages 18 and 24 must must take a six-hour driver education course before they can receive licenses. This change [...]
This guest post is from Chelsea Travers at CareMeridian.
The brain is a complex and vital organ that shapes who we are. It allows us to understand questions and solve intricate problems, it produces our emotions while crafting our personality, and it helps us to live on both a biological and spiritual level. If it should [...]
The CBS Evening News (2/25, story 7, 3:30, Couric) reported that Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wept as he thanked a group of Toyota dealers in Washington for “supporting him through the company’s troubles” and said “his company has to rethink its operations after 8.5 million vehicles were recalled for unintended acceleration. All of this has focused [...]
I’m not a huge movie fan, but one thing I’ve always enjoyed is the “extended take” — the long, continuous shot with no editing. I’m always impressed by the work that goes into those segments. Apparently someone else likes them even more than I do, because he’s collected the 20 Greatest Extended Takes In Movie [...]
It may come as a surprise to those not familiar with Texas politics that Texas does not review most increases in health insurance premiums. Not unless the premium increase is for more than 50% annually. Everything else is fair game. An insurance company can increase premiums 49% per year every year and that would be [...]
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