Ohio can be a rough place to work outside for construction and other workers, especially in summer. Especially this summer. Workers in states across the country, including Ohio, have spent much of their time from June until now sweltering through temperatures that are at or near historic highs. That kind of weather breeds exhaustion,…
Given its claw back from an inferior position just a few short years ago and the steadily rising sales of its vehicles virtually across the board, Ford Motor Co. wants to be associated in consumers’ minds with quality and innovation. Not truck accidents. “Ford has been polishing their image and getting it very, very…
Some Ohio lawmakers and legislators in other states — especially those concerned with workers’ compensation matters — have undoubtedly noted what is going on in California as regards professional athletes and the workers’ comp law in that state. Make that the players, as well. A rookie from the Cleveland Browns or Cincinnati Bengals, for…
The central nexus between drunk drivers and fatal car accidents – 12, 744 DUI-related deaths in 2009, according to government statistics – is well recognized and can hardly be overstated. The FBI states that close to 1.5 million people are arrested each year on state roads and highways across the country for driving while…
Ohio traffic officials and safety experts, along with their counterparts throughout the rest of the country, focus on improving the safety environment as the primary means for reducing car accidents and safeguarding motorists’ lives. The emphasis is on improved road construction and engineering, logical signage, stronger and more stable vehicles, as well as laws…
When Clarence Ditlow says that, “This is an accident waiting to happen,” the Executive Director for the Center for Auto Safety is not referring to a drunk driver about to get into his or her car or a hazardous road condition that increases the risk of car accidents. Rather, he is referring to the…
Ohio-based Bendix Corp., a major truck-parts manufacturer, could potentially emerge as the primary beneficiary of a mandated standard on rollover- stability technology to prevent truck accidents expected to be announced after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) finishes research studies. The NHTSA has long been focused on large trucks and their propensity to…
A Licking County courtroom in Newark was the venue in which a final outcome was reached last Friday in the legal resolution of a tragic car accident that occurred slightly more than three years ago near the city of Pataskala. Shortly after midnight on June 15, 2008, an 18-year-old woman was driving back to…
We noted for readers in a previous blog post (May 31) some of the stark statistics related to motorcycle accidents in Ohio. Between 2008 and 2010, for example, more than 11,000 motorcyclists were injured on state roads, which seems a flatly remarkable number. Moreover, well more than 500 of those riders died as a…
Thirty states and Washington, D.C., have a texting-while-driving ban that it is believed serves as a strong deterrent to irresponsible behavior and greatly reduces tragic outcomes from car accidents and roadway fatalities. Ohio is not among them, but that is not for lack of trying. An anti-texting bill passed through the Ohio House last…