Shopping for a new car and concerned about your family’s safety? Findings from an analysis done for U.S. News & World Report suggests that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s…
On August 19, 2011, Norfolk, Virginia (VA), will become the newest U.S. city to offer commuters the option of light rail. The Tide is being welcomed by many elected officials who consider the 8…
Strapping myself into a tiny plane seat, elbow to elbow with the passenger next to me as the flight attendants pantomime safety instructions from the isle, I hope that this will be a flight without…
Electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf can be great for the environment, but they are often so quiet that pedestrians don’t hear them coming. As a result, more and more road-crossing accidents…
A short time ago, two individuals lost their lives because of accidents at two Virginia Beach hotels. One was a toddler playing alone on the balcony and the other a young father on vacation with his…
In February 2011, the burn unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia held its annual reunion for burn trauma patients in conjunction with National Burn Prevention Month. Recovering from a…
Nearly everyone has heard the tagline, “There’s an app for that.” Well do you think there is an app for checking your vision? How about an app for diagnosing an illness? If you…
Each year, more people suffer serious injuries or are killed in boating accidents. In many cases, those terrible boat crashes are preventable. Nearly 11,000 vessels were involved in more than 5,000…
With Norfolk’s new light rail, The Tide, set to open on August 19, 2011, Hampton Roads Transit drivers are gearing up to operate the trains safely. Being in control of a piece of machinery…
A car fleeing Newport News police was involved in accidents near and on the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel. According to the Virginian-Pilot, officers were conducting a traffic checkpoint…
Distracted driving often occurs without us even realizing it. We could be checking our cell phones or fiddling with the radio. Now, thanks to a $50 million study by the University of South Florida…
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the little guy, it did in Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a new “loser-pays” bill. The bill, passed in the name…