A non-profit group concerned with making American streets safer for pedestrians named Memphis as the 5th most dangerous and Nashville as the 15th most dangerous respectively cities in the country for pedestrians. In Nashville in particular, the group found fault with streets that were never designed to be safe for pedestrians in the first place, [...]
People in the small town of Bedford in Massachusetts are used to hearing and seeing small planes and private jets take off from Hanscom Field. As they sat around their firepits, finished yardwork, or were preparing supper, they were alarmed by the shaking of houses and people in the neighborhood, particulary children who never seemed to [...]
The pervasiveness of personal media devices in our society, from smart phones to tablets, isn't arguable. They're here and people use them often throughout their day, sometimes compulsively. We hear alot about the dangers of texting while driving. Studies show that people who are texting while driving are less able to navigate through a safety [...]
Keith is enroute to North Dakota to speak at NDAJ's Spring Conference on truck broker liability, so I get to do some of the blogging while he's away. And wouldn't you know it would get to be about cats? This Crazy Cat Lady smells sweet vindication in the air. Let's get the story and I've [...]
While this is not a complete list, here are a number of the most recent items that have been recalled in the last several months for various reasons. There have been a number of children-related items, some of which are listed below: Consumer Alert—Single Packet Laundry & Dish Detergents Post Dangerous and Ongoing Threat to [...]
I walk fast. That's good, because I don't run. I might run if a jaguar was chasing me, but it would take at least that. But I make good time since my natural gate is apparently just below competitive power walking speed. I don't think about it alot, but how blessed I am to have good [...]
I hate my treadmill. Seriously. It just sits there taking up room with some of my shirts hanging on it and a few of my wife's delicates drying over its rails. I upgraded to an eliptical, which I hate as well. I keep telling myself it's because I'm an outdoorsey kind of get my exercise [...]
The FAA has heightened its scrutiny of airline companies after several years in a row of botched landings, hard landings, accidents on the tarmac and even several incidents of landing at the wrong airport. There are several factors that could be at play here including: pilot inexperience; pilot's lack of rest or sleep; over-reliance on [...]
In the audio, the tension in Harrison Ford's voice is chilling and it's not for the movie cameras - it was a life or death situation for the mega-movie star and amateur antique plane enthusiast. Ford had been seen flying around Venice California all week in the bright yellow and silver vintage training plane. He [...]
"I knew there was something wrong with the car" says a grieving father who has been campaigning for the recall of certain GM cars for several years. Mr. Melton, who lost his daughter Brooke on her 29th birthday, can't explain how he knew but said "as soon as I kissed her forehead, her cold forehead, [...]