Monthly Archives: June 2015
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News Featured Stories News Releases Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Guides- June 30, 2015 61
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”: Local Law Enforcement Organization Is Cracking Down on Drunk Driving This July Fourth
- The Fourth of July holiday is a favorite time of year for many Americans. Backyard parties, good food, and fireworks. But the celebrating unfortunately turns deadly when people drive after drinking alcohol. Drunk driving is a preventable problem on Independence Day each year in the United States.
- In 2013, Forbes magazine named the Independence Day holiday “the most dangerous holiday of the year.”
- This year, the Fourth comes on a Saturday, so Friday, July 3, is the Federal holiday...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Guides FAQ / Ask The Expert Safety Community- June 24, 2015 72Five children have died in June - a total of 7 this year
...OLATHE, KS. - June 22, 2015... Two children died of heatstroke in hot cars on Father's Day, reports KidsAndCars.org, the only national nonprofit child safety organization working solely to prevent injuries and deaths of children in and around vehicles.Five children have died in hot cars already in June, bringing the total to 7 child vehicular heatstroke deaths this year nationwide. - June 21st (Pomona, CA) - A 3-year-old girl was unknowingly left alone in a vehicle after returning home from a Father's Day family outing.
- June 21st (Columbia,
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News Featured Stories News Releases FAQ / Ask The Expert- June 22, 2015 68
In another long line of high quality backup camera systems from industry leader Rear View Safety, the RVS-770613 was recently named number one on a list of the ten best backup camera system options on the market today from consumer organization ezvid.com. In a direct comparison with other products from different companies, the RVS-770613 was praised for being a high quality solution with many advanced features and a truly affordable price for both business owners and consumers.
One of the main draws of the RVS-770613 is the stunningly clear, 7 inch digital TFT LCD color monitor. In addition to...
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News Safety Guides- June 17, 2015 114
It may not be surprising, but parking lot collisions are among the most common fleet-related accidents.
Dings and dents may not seem all that scary or stressful in the context of highway collisions and incidents. But, the fact is, collisions in parking lots are among the most common accidents fleets experience and can cost a company more time and money than fleet managers may realize.
Below are the top 10 things to know about fleet-related parking lot accidents.
1) Parking lot accidents are the most common way fleet vehicles are damaged, according to research conducted by PHH Arval. In 2012, around...
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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Guides Safety Community- June 11, 2015 65
While you likely understand that riding in a vehicle comes with risks, it’s even riskier to be a pedestrian. In fact, this is one group of individuals that use roadways and has seen an increase in fatalities in the United States. The numbers don’t lie:
The total number of non-traffic related fatalities in 2014 alone included:
- 31 individuals dying due to heatstroke
- 71 individuals being backed over
- 63 individuals being driven over
- 5 killed due to the vehicle being set in motion
- 16 underage driver related deaths
- 3 drowned
- 2 were strangled by power windows
- 1 fell from their vehicle
If these numbers...
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News News Releases Safety Community- June 05, 2015 504
A Texas toddler was hit by her grandfather’s vehicle as she ran to the driveway to greet him. The tragic accident happened in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday night after the 22-month-old girl broke free from her grandmother and ran towards her grandfather’s silver truck as it approached the driveway. The toddler was too small to see from inside the vehicle and the grandfather unknowingly ran over the child as he backed into the driveway.
KHOU reports that the unidentified child was just 22-months-old when she broke free from her grandmother’s arms and ran towards her grandfather’s truck to greet him...
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News Featured Stories Testimonials Safety Community- June 01, 2015 65
Oftentimes when people ask me why I am in a wheelchair, I tell them that I am one of the reasons that they raised the drinking age from 18 to 21.
I am a quadriplegic who was injured two weeks before my high school graduation in 1977 when I was drinking and driving. It was a single-car accident. And fortunately my only passenger was not badly injured.
I, on the other hand, was barely alive. I damaged my spinal cord at the C4-5 level, was in intensive care for two months and rehabilitation for six months.
As difficult as it was for me personally going through this completely life-changing experience...
