Most people associate the black box with airplanes. Also called event data recorders, black boxes gather information that investigators use to put the pieces of the puzzle together after an accident. Would black boxes be good for car and truck accident investigators,...
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Month: December 2012
Mom and Dad Don’t Know About Their Teen’s Texting While Driving Habits
As Alan Ohnsman reports for Bloomberg, teens are a whopping 26 times more likely to engage in texting while driving than their mom and dad believe is the case. This number comes from a joint study done by Toyota and the University of Michigan, which involved a survey...
Texting While Driving Possible Cause of Tragic San Antonio Accident
A San Antonio ordinance bans texting while driving but it wasn't enough to stop a motorist who ran into a father and his son as they were walking home. As Ana Ley reports for the San Antonio Express-News, the 30-year-old father and his three-year-old son were on their...
Health Care Journalist Accuses Drug Maker of ‘Disease Mongering’
The cold remedy Zicam has come under Gary Schwitzer's crosshairs on MedPageToday, in an article in which he lambasts Matrixx Initiatives for the marketing and advertising methods it uses in selling Zicam. This isn't the first time a drug maker has come under scrutiny...