In states like California that require teenagers to undergo a driver’s education program before they receive their license, teenagers may be less likely to be involved in accidents, because they are more likely to comply with those drivers education requirements. However in those states that do not require teenagers to undergo an education program, many [...]
Transportation safety experts tout roundabouts as the next big thing in highway safety design, and Los Angeles car accident lawyers have also noted some progress in reducing accident rates when roundabouts are introduced into the transportation equation. New research seems to confirm this. Researchers at the Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory at the University [...]
Under federal law, when an automaker becomes aware of a potentially dangerous defect in its automobiles, it is required to report the defect to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within a period of 5 business days after it becomes aware of the defect. Delays in reporting information can be deadly, because it delays the [...]
Investigators believe that as many as 23 children were abused by a 61-year-old male Miramonte Elementary School teacher between 2008 and 2010. The children were between 6 and 10 years old. Investigators have interviewed at least 80 current and former students of the school over the past year, as law enforcement officers continued to build [...]
On February 2nd, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted on an important transportation funding bill that will take up 2 measures that Los Angeles motorcycle accident lawyers believe will affect motorcyclists in California. One of these measures will eliminate funding for motorcycle-only checkpoints that motorcycle lobbying groups say are unfair and discriminatory. The other [...]
Approximately 88% of all upper arm fractures are caused in slip and fall accidents, and senior citizens above the age 65 comprise a major section of the population at risk of such fractures. In fact, according to new research, the number of baby boomers who are at risk of upper arm fractures, or humerus fractures, [...]
The conventional belief is that children who have suffered a traumatic brain injury are much more likely to bounce back from the injury because their brains are still developing and more ‘elastic’ than adult brains. However, that might not be so true after all. According to new research by Australian scientists, children who have suffered [...]
Asthmatic pregnant women, who are taking medications for their condition, may have a slightly higher risk of having babies with rare birth defects. That’s according to new research published in Journal Pediatrics. However, the researchers hasten to add that the increased risk is only slight, and that there are no firm conclusions about the cause [...]
Concerned parents of children who have been admitted into the local ICU may have much to worry about. A study by Consumer Reports finds that pediatric ICUs have much higher infection rates than adult ICUs. Researchers from Consumer Reports focused on 98 pediatric intensive care units in 31 states across the country. These pediatric intensive [...]
New clinical trials that have just commenced at 5 hospitals in the U.K. will investigate the effect of the female sex hormone progesterone on persons with a traumatic brain injury. The trials are part of an international study into the use of the female sex hormone in the treatment of patients who have suffered a [...]