When it comes to driver criticisms and finger pointing, no other demographic stands out as distinctly as young motorists, who, statistically, lead up virtually every category related to driving deficiency.Car accidents, reckless driving, speeding, impulsive driving...
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its annual "Most Wanted List" that features a number of upgrades it would like to see incorporated into commercial trucks. This year's wish list includes four recommendations: Eliminating Substance-Impaired...
Companies cited by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) for safety-related violations at construction and other work sites can accept the citation -- whether that means paying a fine, remedying a substandard work condition that could lead to a...
In a recent blog post (please see our October 29 entry), we noted the hopes of auto manufacturers that autonomous vehicles -- cars and trucks with accident-avoidance features that assist drivers and actually operate in many instances independently of them -- would...
Two weeks ago, an Ohio man was found dead at a construction company's office in Tallmadge. The 48-year-old, a mechanic from Deerfield, died of compressional asphyxia, according to the medical examiner. A co-worker found him dead, trapped under a pneumatic...
We have all heard about the devastation that texting and driving can cause, and some people have experienced it firsthand. In Ohio, it is illegal for residents to text while driving for the purpose of keeping our roads safe and preventing serious car accidents. Those...
A number of states and municipalities across the country employ one driving-enforcement mechanism that has a number of motorists seeing red in more ways than one.Namely, those are speed and red-light cameras used by officials who routinely cite their utility in...
Red decals affixed to the license plates of cars driven by young drivers in one state -- New Jersey -- have been effective in preventing car accidents, according to a new study, but those positive results haven't quieted the criticisms that the new approach infringes...
A recent report on deer-car collisions authored by State Farm insurance company might profitably include a bit of prefatory data relating to Ohio to give its results a truly meaningful measurement for the state.First, and according to outdoorchannel.com (a television...
