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South Dakota recently failed to acquire the votes necessary to secure the passage of a texting and driving ban, but that hasn’t dissuaded the city of Mitchell from pursuing their own ban on the habit.  Yesterday, the City Council elected to pass a texting ban, adding Mitchell to a list of likeminded cities such as… read more

April might be National Distracted Driving Awareness Month throughout the country, but Canadian law enforcement officials are cracking down on cellphone usage at the wheel as well.  Yesterday, the Ontario Provincial Police began a campaign that seeks to root out those persons who insist on texting or talking on a cellphone while driving.  They’re also… read more

Online Auto Insurance has issued a press release that details those states across the country with the most and least stringent texting and driving laws.  The study apparently only took into consideration those states that have passed a texting ban.  Alaska was shown to have the most severe penalties in place for those persons caught… read more

Florida has inched one step closer to a ban on texting and driving now that the State Senate has passed the measure that would outlaw the practice.  The bill was heard this morning, and it receive unanimous support in the legislative body.  Now, the proposed law will move to the House.  If passed there, all… read more

Any oncoming weather disaster poses a number of threats to persons in the path of whatever storm or calamity is tearing its way through California.  Roads can be flooded, fires can break out, and power can be lost.  But perhaps one of the biggest risks of a severe weather event is also one of the… read more

Whether you’re on foot or in a vehicle, it’s imperative that you acknowledge the power of a train barreling down the tracks.  Even if you think you can beat the crossing gates before they get all the way down, or you feel that an incoming train won’t reach you in time, any errant moves conducted… read more

It seems like every week there’s a new study that relates both the dangers of and the prevalence of distracted driving.  Until drivers get the message, though, it’s up to authorities and safety advocates to keep pressing the point.  Kicking this habit to the curb may take a lot of work, but it’s certainly worth… read more

Hundreds of thousands of vehicles are being recalled by different automobile manufacturers because they all face the same dangerous issue:  a crash could lead to an airbag deployment that poses a laceration threat to consumers. The recalls were announced by Nissan and Honda.  In Nissan’s case, the recall pertains to Infiniti QX4, I35, FX45, and… read more

The Consumer Product Safety Commission continues to spread the word about the dangers of high powered magnet sets, and retailers are listening.  These items are basically a set of tiny metal balls or cubes that can be linked together because of their highly magnetic properties.  Unfortunately, if someone swallows more than one magnet, they can… read more

The Food and Drug Administration wants to hear what the public thinks about proposed changes to the labeling of flavored milk products.  The National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association want to get the labels changed so that products like chocolate milk don’t contain the type of statements that discourage children from… read more

Although the entire month is dedicated to rooting out distracted driving across the state of California, some local law enforcement agencies are concentrating their resources on cracking down during one particular day or week.  Sausalito Police, for instance, will be commemorating Distracted Driving Awareness Month with an enforcement operation scheduled to run throughout the day… read more

This coming Sunday, the city of Santa Maria will hold an anti-distracted driving event called “Eric’s Run.”  Named after a Berkeley student who was killed while aboard his bicycle along the side of a road, the event will act as a fundraiser for an organization whose goal it is to curb distracted driving.  The young… read more