Many parts of the human body help heal themselves. For example, quite a few broken bones heal--if not fully, then to the point where the injured person can function adequately again. For muscle strains, resting the injury can lead to a large amount of healing....
Month: July 2018
Women drivers likelier to use their phones, study says
New York prohibits the use of portable electronic devices among drivers. Despite this, many have no sense of how dangerous it is to text or call while behind the wheel. The Society for Risk Analysis has recently conducted a situation-based analysis of drivers'...
NSC estimate shows car crash deaths for 2017 exceed 40,000
Earlier in 2018, the National Safety Council released a preliminary estimate on car crash data for 2017, and for the second year in a row, the number of traffic deaths in the U.S. exceeded 40,000. There were an estimated 40,100 fatalities in all, compared to 40,327 in...
How to stay safe around large trucks
According to a study from Verizon Connect, New York was among the safest states to drive in as a commercial trucker. The study looked at 6,200 fleet customers from fleets ranging from 2 to 200 trucks. The trucks themselves ranged from light vans to heavier vehicles,...
How high-rise window washers stay safe
As the Office for Occupational Health and Safety says, window washing is not a profession that many people think about when it comes to dangerous jobs. However, working on high rises can prove injurious. Of course, many building owners, window washers and their...
Reckless Porsche driver causes fatal wreck in small New York town
Tires, glass and debris were scattered across multiple lanes on State Route 299 after a high-speed police pursuit ended in a fatal car accident on July 1 in Ulster County. A speeding 2008 Porsche Cayenne appeared to be the source of the crash. Local police in Lloyd...