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The particular safety equipment matters on a vehicle
While almost all vehicles on the highway today are equipped with enhanced safety equipment, this is not true for all cars and trucks. Older vehicles tend to have only standard equipment such as traditional headlights and tail lights. Among these lights, tail lights...
How to prevent electrical injuries
Each year, roughly 1,000 people in New Jersey and throughout America die because of workplace accidents involving electricity. However, there are many steps that an individual can take to stay safe while using electrical equipment or working near potential sources of...
Systemic racism in the medical industry costs lives
Systemic racism against Black people is a serious problem in the United States. When many people think of racism, they automatically think of police violence or discrimination when it comes to getting jobs or applying for mortgages. The unfortunate fact is that...
Malpractice claims often the result of surgical errors
After analyzing all of its malpractice claims closed between 2014 and 2018, Coverys found that a quarter were due to surgical errors. This makes surgical errors the second-leading cause of malpractice claims, behind diagnosis-related errors (32%). New Jersey residents...
Hard braking linked with higher rate of car collisions
You may have been the victim of a car accident in New Jersey, and you may be wondering now if your insurance company will cover all the losses. There can be times, of course, when personal injury protection does not cover them, in which case the victims may be able to...
How employers can prevent construction falls
Fall-related injuries account for nearly a third of the workers' compensation claims faced by the construction industry. Construction workers and employers in New Jersey should know about the steps that can be taken to prevent or at least reduce the number of falls...
100 deadliest days highlight need for safer driving among teens
New Jersey residents may already be aware that teenagers do not make the safest drivers, but what they may not know is that there's a particular period each year when teen driving crashes lead to more fatalities than at any other time. Called the "100 deadliest days,"...
Drowsy driving remains common despite the risks
Accidents involving fatigued drivers killed about 5,000 road users in New Jersey and around the country in 2015 according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. Efforts designed to reduce this death toll have mainly focused on warning the public about the...
Pedestrian deaths spiked 60% from 2009 to 2019, GHSA estimates
Residents of New Jersey who like to take a walk should be aware that pedestrians are being killed in crashes at an unprecedented rate. The Governors Highway Safety Association has analyzed the traffic crash data for the first half of 2019 (statistics for the second...
The safety benefits of self-driving cars may be exaggerated
New Jersey residents who stay abreast of developments in the technology sector may know that several car manufacturers have vowed to introduce a fully autonomous vehicle within the next five years. Proponents of the technology claim that self-driving cars will...
