Here’s a central irony pointed out by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety as regards motorcycle riding: Not only might a bike training course not reduce a driver’s risk of getting into a motorcycle accident, but it might actually increase the possibility. As to how that could possibly be, safety experts signal a false…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently fined and cited an auto parts manufacturing company in Ohio and a Texas-based chemical company for multiple safety violations at their workplaces that exposed workers to a multitude of safety hazards and risks, including electrical and burn injuries. Sanoh America, headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, was already…
Overweight truck drivers will be under pressure to address their sleep apnea issues once new sleep apnea practices are implemented by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). On the recommendation of two medical advisory boards, the FMCSA is reshaping its current policies and opening the doors to wholesale reform of its rules and…
A recent study of more than 98 different vehicle models from 2010 and 2011 has found that the vast majority are not designed in a manner that optimally accommodates child safety seats, underscoring the risks many young children may face in the event t of a car crash. According to the research, most models…
Delaware County, a suburban area within the Columbus metropolitan region known for its rapidly growing population, is reportedly Ohio’s fastest growing county. Coupled with impressive growth is a byproduct that county officials are watching warily and intent on doing something about, namely this: starkly growing numbers of commercial truck accidents and other commercial vehicle…
A number of comments from Ohio legislators, traffic safety lobbyists, law enforcement officials and municipal administrators indicate that many people in the state see a close nexus between texting while driving and car accidents and want to do something about it. The question that predominates discussion of the issue, though, also precludes arrival at…
Given that Ohio is a major conduit through which the nation’s goods flow in commercial trucks plying the state’s interstates and freeways, Ohio truck drivers and other truckers who frequently drive through the state are intensely interested participants in any debate focused on truck accident matters and related safety issues. That debate has just…
As mainstream society is becoming less tolerant of drinking and driving, professional baseball executives, along with officials from several other pro sports leagues, have taken notice. League administrators have certainly noted the many high-profile car accidents — sometimes fatal — of pro players over the past several years that have involved alcohol, and the…
A number of Ohio motorists and other people across the country who like upscale cars and don’t mind paying more to own them drive BMW models. Many of them will soon be without their wheels temporarily, as the car company has just issued a recall on multiple vehicle models that, in terms of the…
It’s well known that drivers who speed are responsible for far too many car accidents on our nation’s highways. What isn’t as well known is that some of these motorists traveling too fast are police officers. CBS News recently reported on an investigation by the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Florida that found nearly 800 police…