With spring having just arrived, and the weather being unseasonably warm quite early this year throughout much of Ohio, it is hardly a surprise that motorcyclists — an avid group to begin with — are already out in force on many state roads and highways. Many of them are not wearing helmets, and advocates…
An Ohio company with a safety record already considered substandard by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) was tagged by the agency earlier this month with scores of violations that OSHA viewed upped the risk of construction accidents and other injuries for onsite workers. Hobart Brothers Co., a Troy-based manufacturing company that makes…
A major new study published by the National Sleep Foundation is sounding the alarm on transportation professionals, such as commercial truck drivers, stating that their sleep deprivation puts them at a much greater risk of being involved in a truck accident. Transportation professionals in Ohio and elsewhere get less sleep than the average American,…
Spokespersons for the Ohio State Highway Patrol say that statistics concerning wrong-way crashes within the state have not been routinely kept over the years, but that they are being especially noted now and will be an individual category for close scrutiny beginning next year. That might well be timely, along with specific recommendations for…
A clear case of driver negligence that has been reported widely in the media took the lives of two people in Iowa last year and could easily have resulted in far worse consequences for two others. The story has been raised often nationally to illustrate the growing concerns that safety officials and law enforcement…
Newly issued driving guidelines proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) could be the first to directly address GPS units and other electronic devices that foster distracted driving and increase the risk of drivers becoming involved in car accidents. Car crash experts note that the guidelines, if approved, would force automakers to…
Saying that the U.S. Department of Transportation has “made significant progress” toward developing a final rule regarding the installation of rearview cameras on all passenger vehicles , Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood once again delayed the final deadline scheduled for the new law to go into effect. New vehicles in Ohio and all other states…
Ohio, as a state with a comparatively high population, busy transportation corridors and multiple urban centers such as Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo and many others, is awash in rental cars. Nationwide, the number of vehicles in the fleets of rental companies is estimated at more than 1.6 million. That vast number — the rental…
According to a new report, more teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 died as a result of a car accident in the first half of 2011 compared to the first half of 2010. For the past eight years and up until the new report, there had been a steady decline of car…
A spate of recent construction accidents on major projects in Ohio is drawing the close scrutiny of inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Two of those incidents are at least partially linked, both being related to casino projects backed by the same development team of Rock Gaming and Caesar’s Entertainment. A garage…