Some day in the future when people who pay close attention to the government bureaucracy and high-placed regulators within it are asked to think of a high-ranking official who was consumer-friendly and unabashedly activist, the name of Ray LaHood might come to mind...
Month: January 2013
Evolving anti-crash technology: Double-edged sword?
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 28, 2013 | Car Accidents
The widely accepted notion about new safety features and vehicle enhancements is that they are drastically improving driver and passenger safety. And there's plenty of evidence to suggest that: Safety advancements such as anti-lane drift technology, rear-view cameras,...
OSHA fines Cleveland company for safety violations
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 25, 2013 | Construction Accidents
Manufacturing and industrial worksites can be flatly dangerous places in which to work, as evidenced by safety-related numbers and statistics issuing from diverse federal and state organizations tasked with oversight of worker safety.Construction accidents and other...
In ranking states’ car safety laws, Ohio is about a “C”
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 22, 2013 | Car Accidents
A recent release of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that 2012 brought the largest increase in traffic fatalities seen since 1975. This alarming trend brings an abrupt end to a decade-long decline in deaths resulting from car...
ATA progress report on trucking safety: Mixed bag, but good overall
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 18, 2013 | Truck Accidents
Ohio is a major hub of interstate commercial truck traffic, with a heavy volume of trucks busily on the move at all times, and state and federal policy makers and transportation regulators are always closely tuned in to safety-related policies, debates and...
Feds want ramped-up volume on hybrid and electric cars
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 15, 2013 | Car Accidents
For years, electric vehicles have put Ohio residents and others nationally at risk for pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents and car accidents.At slow speeds, electric cars are nearly impossible to hear. Not realizing a car is coming, pedestrians and cyclists start...
It could have been far worse: 300-foot crane collapse injures seven
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 11, 2013 | Construction Accidents
When a crane collapses at a construction project in Ohio or elsewhere across the United States, it tends to a big deal.The reasons for that are many and obvious. Cranes can be flatly frightening for their size and weight, with some of them weighing hundreds of...
CDC: Drowsy driving is truly dangerous and commonplace
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 8, 2013 | Car Accidents
A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that one in 24 American drivers admits to having fallen asleep behind the wheel within the past month of being surveyed. Drowsy driving is a dangerous driving behavior that can significantly...
Gaining traction: DUI court programs for repeat offenders
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jan 2, 2013 | Car Accidents
Ohio and a host of other states have DUI courts, and that instrument for addressing problem drinking and the heavy toll that drunk drivers exact in serious and often fatal car accidents is a growing phenomenon that is steadily gaining traction in jurisdictions across...
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