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Safety First for Automated Driving (SaFAD), a 146-page whitepaper authored by 11 companies from both the automobile and technology industries, has been published. Because the document is the first of its kind, it already has made history in the future of driverless vehicles. Aptiv, Audi, Baidu, BMW, Continental, Daimler, Fiat […]

The headline in The Washington Post said it all: “Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died.” Not a stitch of clinical research was conducted, nor was the advice of a single pediatrician sought for the Rock ’n Play Sleeper, […]

Do not post on social media that you will be away from home/on vacation. Make sure your mail and any newspaper deliveries are stopped until you return.  Or, have a trusted friend or neighbor collect them daily. Have someone walk through your home periodically while you are away to make […]

Have you ever felt nervous driving down the interstate when you had to pass a semi? Or worse yet, pass between two semis? Well, your raised blood pressure while driving in this scenario is probably justified. More than 19,500 accidents every year in Florida involve commercial vehicles. Across the United […]

#KnowYourRoll. That’s the official hashtag for National Tire Safety Week, an initiative of the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA). But, this should be a practice for every day. The industry association’s goal is to educate and inform consumers about the importance of checking their tires regularly and ensuring they are […]

Has Memorial Day just become another holiday, a day off work, in a long line of holidays? Let’s not let it.  Do we remember why Memorial Day is so very different from many of the other “holidays”? Let’s give it meaning.  Memorial Day was originally named “Decoration Day”. It was […]

Cruising down America’s highways on a motorcycle, the air whipping past and the feel of total freedom is nirvana for those who ride. Unfortunately, the two-wheeled icon of adventure can also be a cause of death for those very same free spirits who ride. In 2015, the latest year for […]

Driving a motor vehicle is a privilege and not a right. Driving a vehicle in Florida is legally the operation of a “dangerous instrumentality”. Why? Motor vehicles injure and kill people every day. It is that simple. That is why we have laws requiring drivers to pass a driving test, […]

All eyes should be on a recently enacted provision of an old law that could result in cases filed by flocks of Cuban nationals trying to reclaim property seized during Fidel Castro’s takeover of the island. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that Title III of the Cuban Liberty […]

Now that the nation has sprung forward to observe Daylight Saving Time, a ray of hope lies ahead for fewer pedestrian deaths on U.S. roadways. Longer days and shorter nights mean more visibility for motorists and for those on their own two feet. So say officials in New York City. […]