Gift Giving Safety Tips: How NOT to Injure a Child when Giving This Year Giving gifts can be one of the most gratifying aspects of the holidays. While you may have good intentions when selecting and giving gifts, however, the toys you choose for children may come with some latent risks that could [...]
The products and items we have at home are generally intended to keep us comfortable and safe and/or facilitate the activities of our daily lives. Some of these products, however, may present some risks, especially for the elderly who can be living with vision, balancing and/or mobility limitations. Most Hazardous Items for the Elderly [...]
Top 10 Worst Traffic Areas in the U.S. Traffic is frustrating wherever it arises. For regular commuters in some of the biggest cities in the nation, however, sitting in traffic can be costing them a lot of money and time – and, in the bigger picture, it is costing the U.S. significantly on [...]
Tips for Safely Navigating Winter Roads The holiday season can be synonymous with traveling, as millions of Americans commute to their holiday celebrations each year. This year, transportation officials expect that: At least 98 million people will be traveling to and from their holiday festivities this year. About 9 in every 10 of [...]
During the holiday season, about 200 people in the U.S. sustain a decoration-related injury every day, and the majority of these injuries result from falling accidents. In fact, decorating fall accidents result in about 13,000 people seeking emergency medical treatment each year in the U.S. CPSC Safety Tips to Avoid a Fall While Decorating [...]
Traffic-Related Deaths Up 4% in 2015, NHTSA Announce From 2014 to 2015, there has been a remarkable spike in traffic accident deaths in the U.S., according to the latest reports from regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In fact, based on an analysis of preliminary data for the first six [...]
