One unfortunate side effect of the holidays is that there tend to be a number of scams created as a means to defraud trusting individuals who just wanted to do some holiday shopping or download an app as a gift for a family member.  Because this time of the year sees an increase in such… read more

Yesterday, we related how UC San Diego was launching an effort geared toward reducing accidents attributed to distracted driving within the city, and now the City Council of San Diego is doing their part to reduce accidents related to home fires.  They have partnered with the Burn Institute for an annual safety campaign that offers… read more

A new report finds an officer with the California Highway Patrol addressing some of the potential misconceptions surrounding cellphone driving laws throughout the state.  He first points out that someone at the wheel of a parked car would be able to use their cellphone without fear of being ticketed, provided that they have moved out… read more

Girls BCG Hooded Windsuits in various sizes are being recalled by the Katy, Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors because of a potential strangulation risk posed to the children wearing the products.  These clothing items have drawstrings, which brings the windsuits out of compliance with regulations established in 2011 to protect kids from entanglement risks associated… read more

As the temperatures go on the decline at this time of the year, people around Southern California are going to be turning on their furnaces for the first time in what could have been months.  Unfortunately, a number of citizens will neglect to take the proper precautions with these devices, and they therefore set themselves… read more

New research has come out that relates how many motorcycle accidents could be the result of the brain inaccurately responding to visual cues in the road environment.  By understanding this, safety campaigns and future research efforts may be enacted that could reduce this potential threat. The study hails from researchers at Texas Tech’s Human Factors… read more

Many persons will tote around a gasoline canister without thinking anything about the potential perils of these items.  The red container has become a fairly standard sight in homes and business across the country, but NBC News recently came out with an investigation that found serious accidents associated with these products may be rare but… read more

This Christmas, many parents who go toy shopping for their kids will concern themselves with avoiding those threats that are readily apparent:  choking hazards from small parts, batteries that could prove harmful if swallowed, etc.  But there’s one fairly serious hazard that shouldn’t go overlooked, and that’s the risk posed to eyesight by certain items…. read more

The Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety program of the University of California San Diego has unveiled a new initiative that they hope can counter distracted driving.  Thanks to help from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the California Highway Patrol, and the state’s Office of Traffic Safety, the program is inviting the owners… read more

With cold descending upon much of the country, this is an important time to take a look at one of those things that many parents do wrong when strapping their children into a car seat:  keeping the straps looser than they should be.  You obviously want to bundle your child up as warm as possible… read more

Sooner and Exiss travel trailers of the 2006 through 2013 model years are being recalled by Exiss/Sooner, HLG because of a possible entrapment risk prompted by a faulty door lock on the vehicles.  3,558 trailers could be privy to a familiar issue wherein the key is taken from the lock in a manner that prompts… read more

You can expect a lot of articles in the media over the coming weeks focused on how to stay safe in the lead-up to the holidays, and with good reason.  There are a number of hazards at this time of the year that get overlooked, and those hazards can end up sending you to the… read more