As seen on CNN — My heart went out to Barb Dunn the moment her 16-year-old son, Daniel, answered my question. Once he gets his license in June, would he text and drive? That’s what I asked during a kitchen table conversation in their Roxbury, New Jersey, home. As you can
As seen on LA Times. By Louis SahagunMarch 29, 2014, 4:00 p.m. A group of renters in Fullerton didn’t know who to believe when it came to the safety of an apartment complex severely damaged by Friday night’s big shaker. The quake left cracks in several walls, some of them two
As seen on LA Times. By: Christine Mai-DucMarch 29, 2014, 11:28 p.m. About 50 residents were let back into their Fullerton apartment units, which had been red-tagged Friday night after the 5.1 La Habra earthquake, according to Fullerton Fire Battalion Chief John Stokes. City building department inspectors were out in force
PHLY Offers No Cost Training Every 30 seconds there is an automobile crash involving a cell phone and texting.* April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) is offering an online distracted driver training course to help educate people to be safer behind the wheel. During the
Starting in 1967, the United States Federal Government passed legislation offering compelling incentives for states to implement motorcycle helmet laws and/or bicycle helmet laws. Essentially, states without helmet laws would no longer qualify for federal highway construction funds or for certain highway safety programs. By the early to mid-1970s, many states went
As seen on Claims Journal: Who’s At Fault When One Driver Waves To Another Driver That It Is All Clear – And It Isn’t? Thomas Fuller once said, “All doors open to courtesy.” It appears that this may now include the courthouse door. Heavy traffic is moving along smoothly in
As seen on Claims Journal: Texting and walking is a known danger, but Dietrich Jehle, professor of emergency medicine at the University at Buffalo, says distracted walking results in more injuries per mile than distracted driving. Consequences include bumping into walls, falling down stairs, tripping over clutter or stepping into
As seen on Risk Conversation by Keith Weinhold: The days are lengthening, but there is still plenty of freezing weather ahead. Pipes may not be able to withstand the pressure of freezing water and if one cracks or bursts, flowing water can lead to severe structural damage and mold. A
Now is the time of year to start de-winterizing your house and doing those spring maintenance chores you’ve been looking forward to all winter. Whether you do a simple spring cleaning in all your rooms or you have a full blown maintenance routine you go through, the time is close
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake and at least six aftershocks shook the Sepulveda Pass area Monday morning. The tremor struck at 6:25 a.m. and was “epicentered in the Santa Monica Mountains between Westwood and Encino, closer to the Valley side, about five miles below the surface,” Dr. Lucy