Posts tagged phone

• Interesting Example of Police Driving Distraction

  Mike Bryant | May 21, 2012 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The St Cloud Times reported charges being brought against a State Trooper as a result of distracted driving: A Minnesota State Patrol trooper from Sauk Centre has been charged with two...

• 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...

• Death on Minnesota Roads: Young People Deaths Down

  Mike Bryant | May 17, 2012 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There was excellent news from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Federal data shows a 40 percent drop in the rate of child accident related deaths in Minnesota with a change...

• Minnesotan Teenager's Death is Texting and Seatbelt Example

  Mike Bryant | April 24, 2012 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There are so many articles written here at the Injuryboard about the reasons not to text and drive. The stories and ongoing education will hopefully help, but there are real life examples that...

• A Couple of Real Stories Concerning Poor Driving Choices

  Mike Bryant | April 21, 2012 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  - A 22-year-old was sentenced to 5 and half years for drunk driving and causing a collision that killed one and left another with a traumatic brain injury. As the Northland Newcenter...

• Round Up: Lawyers Doing Good Things for Consumers

  Mike Bryant | April 15, 2012 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As always I am keeping my eyes out for blogs worth reading, this week I came across a couple of examples on how trial lawyers are doing good work for consumers: - Ross Eisenbrey, from the...

• True Driving Distraction is Not Knowing Surroundings

  Mike Bryant | April 12, 2012 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There were some fascinating findings recently in a study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology that was published in the recent Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics...

• Should We Just Shut Off The Cell Phones and Drive?

  Mike Bryant | January 13, 2012 9:01 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I have been thinking a lot about this topic. The idea of a full ban makes a lot of sense. It would be easier to enforce and it would be something that would make driving safer. As Fairwarning...

• Stops The Texts Stop The Wrecks

  Mike Bryant | November 25, 2011 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  What a great website has been put up by The National Highway Safety Traffic Safety Administration. The cite has a lot of great stuff. Fact # 1 Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off...

• Texting and Driving: Do You Know how Dangerous it is?

  Mike Bryant | November 07, 2011 9:33 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There has always ben a lot of talk about texting and driving. As time passes, we have more examples of really how dangerous it is. Injuryboard member, Pierce Egerton, recently looked at the topic...