MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. As a parent, your number one priority is making sure your child is safe in any situation. As you can see from this blog post, this includes ensuring your pediatrician is available 24/7, that you ensure you’re there for them when they’re sick, you teach them things like stranger danger, and teach themRead More
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. According to the Pioneer Press, reports indicate that police were more likely to stop, search, and ticket black drivers than white drivers. Black drivers were involved in 33 percent of police stops though they only make up 13 percent of all drivers. White drivers, on the other hand are only involved in 43%Read More
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. It is quite common for individuals to experience back pain after a car accident. Yet, how do you know if it is something more serious, or just a muscle pull that will go away on its own? How do you know if it’s serious enough to consider going to court for car accidentRead More
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. As more self-driving cars get tested on U.S. roads, we are likely to see more accidents take place. Even though we may understand this fact intellectually, many people experience a visceral reaction when autonomous vehicle crashes hit the news. According to Wired, a Waymo self-driving van was involved in another accident in ArizonaRead More
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. Many people have medical insurance and auto insurance. Some people can afford to buy their family insurance. Others are covered by the business they work for (learn more about this here). However, not all people have insurance. Some people opt to not purchase any insurance like this. Whilst this saves the individual someRead More
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. Despite the increased popularity of biking across America, bicyclists are still sometimes seen as risk-takers. Critics of city bicycling often claim that bicyclists endanger themselves because they often break the law. But, is this true, or a myth?
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. Will Ferrell made national news last week after he was involved in a rollover SUV accident that left two people injured. CNN reports that the SUV in which Ferrell was riding was struck by another vehicle. When the vehicle was struck, it hit the median, and then overturned. Two other people in theRead More
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. When we think about the risk that cars pose to our safety and health, we often think about car accidents, distracted driving, and drunk driving. Yet, cars also pose another deadly hidden risk. According to Fortune, 40,000 people died in car accidents in 2016 alone, making 2016 the deadliest year on record inRead More
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. While the greatest immediate injury risk your cell phone poses involves distracted driving, the possibility that cell phones can pose a cancer risk has re-entered the news. According to Scientific American, cell phones emit a non-ionizing radio frequency radiation that can heat up tissues by exciting the tissue’s molecules.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. Accelerated bridge construction is a new construction technique that was employed in the construction of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Miami near Florida International University. Could this new construction method put other people and other cities at risk? When it comes to construction, there are a lot of risks that can beRead More
