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• Arkansas Boy Dies After Falling From School Bus

  Chrissie Cole | April 03, 2010 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An 8-year-old boy has died after opening the emergency door of a Little Rock School District bus and falling out, authorities say. The bus was barely moving, but he fell onto the pavement and hit...

• Toyota Sudden Acceleration Danger

  Frank Bailey | October 26, 2009 10:30 AM | 4 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sudden acceleration of Toyota vehicles presents a present danger to the American public. In a recent series of sudden acceleration cases it has become apparent that floor mats have caused a number...

• Bicycle Safety Tips and Resources to Avoid Serious Injury

  Margaret Embry | April 30, 2009 1:55 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), In 2007, 698 pedalcyclists were killed and an additional 44,000 were injured in traffic crashes. Pedalcyclist deaths...

• Wearing a Bicycle Helmet May Save Your Life if You are in a Bicycle Accident

  Paul Ford | March 24, 2009 3:06 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I have been an avid cyclist for years and look forward to Daylight Savings time so that the days are longer and I can get in a bike ride after work. Already this year I have seen many others heading out for a ride in the afternoon now that we have had a few warm days as well. Yet sadly, I notice many are not wearing a helmet.

• How to Exercise Safely and Avoid Bicycle Accidents

  Paul Ford | March 18, 2009 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This past summer saw two tragic incidents invloving pedestrians/cyclists and automobiles. To make matters worse, both tragedies could have been avoided by the pedestrian/cyclist taking...

• Rollover Deaths Are Preventable

  Frank Bailey | February 24, 2009 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Look at the number of innocent people killed each year on our highways…Over 30,000…of that number a staggering one-third are killed in light vehicle rollover accidents. Why is this...

• Underride: An Unknown Danger

  Paul Ford | January 16, 2009 12:16 PM | 1 CommentJonesboro, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As we drive the highways of our state and nation, we come into contact over and over again with a great danger....vehicle underride. I am referring to the danger posed by tractor-trailers by the...

• You Can Help Prevent Unsafe Trucking

  Frank Bailey | December 17, 2008 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  We know that each year 5,000 people are needlessly killed in preventable truck crashes. What can we do to prevent this tradgy in America? A group of concerned citizens has shown us how we can help....

• New Roof Crush Tests: Volvo XC90 vs. Ford Explorer

  Frank Bailey | December 16, 2008 4:06 PM | 5 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Beginning in 1970, the auto industry fought efforts by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue a dynamic roof crush standard that protects occupants in rollover crashes....

• Traffic Deaths Are Down

  Frank Bailey | December 11, 2008 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsMountain Home, AR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters released statistics showing the number of people killed in traffic accidents at an all time low. Early projections show that there has been...