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• Please wear your seatbelt

  Joe Stanley | September 17, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  A recent fatality on the thruway shows the dangers of not wearing your seatbelt. Even in a brand new vehicle the results can be terrible. Buckle up.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• How to Save Hundreds of Dollars on Auto Insurance

  Michael Phelan | September 17, 2007 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Thanks to a tip from fellow injuryboard blogger, Ben Glass, I recently contacted my automobile insurer to report that my eldest child matriculated from his high school and is now attending college. When our auto insurer learned that my son would not have a car on campus, it lowered our annual premiums by almost $700.00. My son is still an insured driver on our policy, but the carrier now deems...

• Personal Email May Be Discoverable

  Steve Klearman | September 17, 2007 8:21 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This entry was sent to me today by Scott Roseland at CyberControls.net:Around the same time that a number of White House staff members were trying to extricate themselves from the probing questions of certain congressional inquiries about personal e-mail accounts being used to allegedly bypass the official government provided e-mail service, a very interesting survey was being released called,...

• Days After Atco, NJ Man Killed in Iraq, Two Die in Tragic Car Crash in Same Town

  Mike Ferrara | September 17, 2007 3:05 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The small town of Atco, NJ, is located in Camden County and is about 20 miles from Philadelphia. The town mourned the loss of one its young men in Iraq on Friday. Two days later, a New Jersey State Trooper, Robert Parducci, 27, of Atco, and his passenger Jennifer Kehril, were killed in a tragic car crash. A third passenger, Anthony Shendock, also of Atco, was critically injured and was...

• Truck Pile-Up Blocks I-10

  Eddie Farah | September 17, 2007 1:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The eastbound lanes of I-10 turned into a parking lot for three hours before dawn Monday after three tractor-trailers collided.FHP reports that a big rig driven east by Michael Suber of Callahan approached two semi-trucks that had already collided. Suber couldn't stop in time and hit both trucks.The chain reaction left one driver with seriouis injuries. Suber is cited with careless driving. ...

• Iowa Gravel Roads and Shoulders

  Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  The gravel roads in rural Iowa can cause havoc to unsuspecting drivers and their passengers. Fatalities and serious injuries are the result of the front tires going off onto the shoulder such as occurred in Wright County, Lake Mills, Iowa on August 31, 2007. After the front tires go off the roadway, the car can be pulled sideways causing it to roll.Of course the driver is legally responsible for...

• Drug Advertising in Germany: Only 6% Supported by Scientific Evidence Reports British Medical Journal

  Mike Ferrara | September 16, 2007 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  With all of the present concern about what drug company sales reps tell doctors, there was a little known study published on this topic in the British Medical Journal (BMJ 2004: 328:485). In that study, researchers analyzed drug materials given to doctors. They found that only 6% of the materials distributed by the drug companies were supported by scientific evidence. Fortunately, in...

• 17 Tourists Dead in Mexico Bus Crash

  Jenny Albano | September 16, 2007 10:09 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A bus crashed in western Mexico Saturday, September 15, killing at least 17 tourists, many of whom had just arrived from Phoenix. The bus was carrying 35 passengers from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta to Guadalajara when it ran off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine near the town of Compostela, about 125 miles from Guadalajara, the Nayarit's state prosecutor's office said in a...

• U-Haul Sued for Wrongful Death

  David Rowell | September 16, 2007 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Demetrio Nagtalon rented a truck from U-Haul in San Francisco in December 2006, to move equipment from a video store he operated. When he had problems with the truck's parking brake, he drove it back to the U-Haul rental center for help. Bobby Johnson, a U-Haul employee, slid under the dashboard with pliers, trying to fix the parking brake. Instead of a repaired truck, Nagtalon ended up with a...

• 88 Died in Thai Plane Crash- Many Tourists Aboard

  Jenny Albano | September 16, 2007 8:31 PM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  A plane carrying many foreign tourists crashed Sunday, September 16, in Thailand. The plane was trying to land while it was raining onto the Phuket, a small Thai island. The plane then split in to and burst into flames, authorities reported at least 88 people have died from the crash.The budget One-Two-Go Airlines domestic flight OG269 was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew members from...