Wearing a seat belt can prevent deaths and reduce the number of serious injuries in an accident. Despite the known benefits, you see an article a day about motorists who disregarded warnings and suffered serious injuries. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently reported that three men from Washington County recently suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle accident … Read More »
Voluntary Recall of 4moms’ Self-Installing Car Seats
Posted On: February 17, 2017 | Categorized as: Product Liability, Safety4moms, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), have voluntarily recalled some self-installing car seats manufactured by 4moms. The recall affects model car seats manufactured between July 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016. The recall only affects approximately 2% of the car seats produced during that time. The recall was issued after a coupling … Read More »
Driving While Sick as Dangerous as Driving Under the Influence
Posted On: February 9, 2017 | Categorized as: Car Accidents, SafetyEveryone knows that driving under the influence of alcohol is not only illegal, it is also very dangerous and at times deadly. But a new study shows that driving while sick can also have the same effects on a driver as if they were drinking. An insurance company in Britain decided to test this this … Read More »
Changes to your Social Security Benefits in 2017
Posted On: January 12, 2017 | Categorized as: Social Security DisabilityIn 2017, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Retirement recipients will see a slight increase in their monthly payments. Since there was an increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2014 to the third quarter of 2016, Social Security payments will be increased. This is … Read More »
Why School Buses do not have Seat Belts
Posted On: January 12, 2017 | Categorized as: School SafetyAfter seeing tragic school bus accidents like we did in 2016, a question that comes to many parents’ minds is: Why doesn’t my child’s school bus have seat belts? It is now required in all states to wear seat belts while in a car whether you are driving or you are a passenger. It is … Read More »
