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…
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…