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• Driver Inattention Causes Majority of Crashes

  Michael Myers | April 21, 2006 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The Tacoma News Tribune reported today that driver inattention is the number one cause of car crashes in the United States. Did you know that over 43,000 people died in car crashes in the U.S. last year?The study used cameras and sensors installed in 100 cars to track 241 drivers' behavior over roughly a year of driving, compiling 2 million miles of travel. Drivers ranged in age from 18 to 73...

• Fungal Eye Infections Linked to Bausch & Lomb

  Michael Myers | April 18, 2006 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The New York Times reports today that Bausch and Lomb may have waited too long to pull its products off the shelves once people began contracting a rare fungal infection. To read the full story, click here.According to the New York Times, Bausch and Lomb knew about these eye infections back in November of 2005. "They had plenty of warning," said George D. Sard, chairman of Sard Verbinnen, a...

• Maria's Law

  Michael Myers | April 14, 2006 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The Seattle Times reported today on the new laws brought about by the tragic accident involving Maria Federici. Ms. Federici was blinded and disfigured when a piece of an entertainment center flew off the truck in front of her and smashed through her windshield.The Seattle Times reported,Last May, Gov. Christine Gregoire signed into law House Bill 1478 -- also known as "Maria's Law" -- which...

• Danger on the Side of the Road

  Michael Myers | April 13, 2006 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The Tacoma News Tribune reported an accident involving a box truck, a trooper, and the person the trooper had pulled over.The accident happened this morning on State Route 512. Apparently the truck lost control and swerved to the right shoulder of the highway. Unfortunately, there happened to be a trooper issuing a ticket to a woman in a minivan there.According to the News Tribune,The trooper...

• Working Together for Workplace Safety

  Michael Myers | April 07, 2006 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  According to the Tacoma Daily Index, an organized group of small business owners will be working with government regulators to create a safer workplace. The business owners will have a chance to correct any violations within thirty days with no penalties.Participating businesses will work with NFIB/Washington state to create a written safety plan, then they will have to conduct a self-audit...

• Unsecured Tarp Causes Death

  Michael Myers | April 05, 2006 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Komo 1000 News reported today that the family of a man who was killed in Tacoma will be suing a California Trucking Company. The family believes that it was an unsecured tarp that caused a chain reaction of accidents, ultimately killing their son. "I think it's kind of an unfortunate chain of events sparked by a truck driver who improperly secured his load, or didn't take time to put the tarp...

• Construction Scaffolding Fails, Kills Three

  Michael Myers | April 04, 2006 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  According to the Tacoma News Tribune,A 10-ton construction platform collapsed and crashed 13 stories onto a busy downtown street Monday, killing three people and crushing cars stopped in midday traffic. Witnesses described hearing a rumble, then the crash of scaffolding that kicked up metal, dust and boards on Boylston Street, which runs along the south side of Boston Common.Construction...

• Pedestrian Killed by Greyhound Bus

  Michael Myers | April 03, 2006 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The Tacoma News Tribune reported today that a Greyhound Bus killed a pedestrian while traveling westbound on I-90. For the full story, click here."We were all dozing off and it was completely quiet, and all of a sudden out of nowhere you hear this screeching sound and the shatter of glass and simultaneously I heard a scream from the bus driver, 'Oh my God!'" said passenger Jeremy Simons.State...

• Car Racing Dangerous even for Professionals

  Michael Myers | March 31, 2006 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Services were held for thirty-two year old Paul Dana, the race car driver who died in a car accident during warm ups for a season-opening race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. The Tacoma News Tribune reported that,Most of his fellow IndyCar drivers turned out for the service next to the track where Sunday's Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will be run, including Ed Carpenter, who came...

• Driver's education fails teens

  Michael Myers | March 29, 2006 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The News Tribune broke a story on Gary Probst today, a driving school mogul. Apparently, Mr. Probst has been anything but a good educator. At Probst's schools, hundreds of students never spent four supervised hours behind the wheel, as state rules require. Some students skipped classes, but still got credit for attending. They didn't complete all their required drives, but their teachers...