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A new study shows older patients may drive more safely than younger folks after out-patient surgery and anesthesia care.
However, researchers also acknowledge the proficiency of older drivers may be better to begin with.
“With ambulatory surgical procedures becoming more common as well as the increased use of short acting anesthetics, our team recognized that patients may [...]
Today’s SUVs and pickups pose far less risk to people in cars and minivans than previous generations, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.
Until recently, SUVs and pickups were more likely than cars or minivans of the same weight to be involved in crashes that killed occupants of other cars or [...]
Adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010, which amounts to almost 300,000 incidents of drinking and driving each day, according to a new study.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey for this new study.
“The four million [...]
The national need to text and talk on handheld portable devices may be more of a obsessive-compulsive disorder rather than an addiction, a new study suggests.
Researchers now are talking about the handheld devices in terms of obsession and addiction — with the potential for disaster when combined with motor vehicle operation.
Brains of many cell-phone-using young [...]
When it comes to child heat stroke in hot cars, one thing is clear: Such deaths and injuries are 100 percent preventable.
That’s the message from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Ronald Medford who stopped in Florida recently for a town hall meeting to discuss strategies to prevent such tragedies.
Nationwide, at least 27 children [...]
Nearly 30 percent of American drivers have admitted to falling asleep at the wheel, according to a recent National Sleep Foundation poll, and more than half said they have driven while drowsy.
Maybe it’s happened to you. You end up at your destination and don’t even remember much of the drive. You jerk awake when you [...]
Alberta is the eighth Canadian province to enact a distracted driving law but its new rules are among the most comprehensive in North America, not only prohibiting texting and the use of handheld cell phones, but also grooming and reading while driving.
The new Alberta distracted driving law goes into effect Sept. 1. The fine is [...]
The Florida Highway Patrol is currently participating in the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign through Labor Day, joining thousands of other law enforcement and highway safety agencies across the nation to reduce the number of impaired drivers on Florida’s roadways in an effort to save lives.
“Drunk driving is simply not worth the [...]
Speed cameras in urban areas saves lives and money, according to the results of a new study.
Injury is the leading cause of death among people up to the age of 45 worldwide, with injuries sustained as a result of road traffic accidents accounting for more premature deaths than either heart disease or cancer.
Around 1.3 million [...]
Increased law enforcement coupled with high-profile public education campaigns and tough laws have proved very effective in reducing distracted driving in two Northeastern cities, transportation officials say.
The two pilot projects in Syracuse, N.Y. and Hartford, Conn., each supported by $200,000 in federal funds and $100,000 from the state, examined whether increased police enforcement along with [...]
