Posts tagged distracted driving

• Round Up: Issues of Safety

  Mike Bryant | May 20, 2012 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I have run across a number of safety posts worth reading: -Kudjo V-Messan explains why we should ban cellphones use in cars. - Interesting article on how the Justice system has failed...

• We Need To Be Safe for Others on The Roads

  Mike Bryant | May 15, 2012 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I was thinking the other day about how much we depend on each other out on the roads. So many collisions are really nothing to do with what we did or didn't do. They happen because the other...

• It's Crack Down on Distracted Driving (update)

  Mike Bryant | April 19, 2012 7:52 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is ramping up patrols from 400 law enforcement agencies today in an effort to curb distracted driving. In Minnesota, distracted driving is to...

• Watch Out: The Parking Lots Are Full

  Mike Bryant | December 04, 2011 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We are going from Black Friday into solid hardcore Christmas Shopping and the big return days. That means people are filling the Malls parking lots. They are often distracted and they are driving...

• Round Up: Public Safety Issues

  Mike Bryant | November 21, 2011 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The key issue with so many topics here at the Injuryboard is safety. Here are some blogs I recently found of interest: - Attorney Bill Marler, took a very interesting look at the health...

• The Hypocrisy of The Big Car Companies

  Mike Bryant | November 01, 2011 12:57 PM | 2 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Distracted driving has become a national issue in the last several years. The term “distracted driving”, while largely associated with cell phone use while driving, can encompass a wide...

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety Takes On Texting and Driving

  Mike Bryant | April 20, 2011 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has been doing a great job of getting the message across that texting is dangerous and costs lives when you are driving. This is the print campaign from...

• Hit And Run Driver Admits To Lighting A Cigarette As He Hit 5 Year Old Pedestrian

  Mike Bryant | July 24, 2010 9:46 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A week ago Thursday , a five year old boy was struck by a hit and run driver on Marion Street and Thomas Avenue in St Paul. He was autistic, had climbed out of his bedroom window and wandered away...

• What Is The Responsibility Of Those Involved With The Car Cell Calls?

  Mike Bryant | July 08, 2010 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  My good friend Steve Lombardi, had a very interesting set of posts about the responsibility of the other side of the call. It really got me thinking and is well worth the read: Is the other person...

• Minnesota Legislature Takes A Closer Look At Distracted Drivers

  Mike Bryant | March 30, 2010 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The first week of March, a joint group of Minnesota Senators and Representatives looked at the issues concerning distracted drivers. David Teater, the director of the National Safety Council,...