According to a new study, there has been a substantial increase in the number of accidents involving pedestrians wearing headphones that have been injured while walking.

As any San Diego car accident lawyer knows, distractions exist not just inside a car, but also on the street.  According to a new study, there has been a substantial increase in the number of accidents involving pedestrians wearing headphones that have been injured while walking.

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A former trucking safety supervisor of the US Department of Transportation was sentenced last week to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a bribery scandal.

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The NTSB says that air traffic controller errors were to blame for a near-miss incident involving a passenger jet and a small propeller plane at a Mississippi airport last year.

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There has been a variety of children's product recalls that have been linked to a number of hazards, from strangling and choking hazards to head injury and fall hazards.

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A new study suggests that female drivers have lower accident risks than male drivers

All those jokes about bad female driving may be just that -jokes.  According to new research based on the statistics of female drivers, men are by far the worst drivers out there, accounting for an overwhelming majority of all accidents, and committing far more driving errors than women do.

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Car accidents at intersections with flashing lights occur more than those with only stop signs.

Car accidents at intersections with flashing lights occur more than those with only stop signs.  That information comes from a study by the University Of Texas.

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The federal agency lacks the technical expertise to monitor electronic auto safety technologies

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lacks the capacity to respond effectively to any problems related to the growing use of electronic auto safety technology and automobiles.  Those concerns came through in a report by the National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board.

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Inconsistent packaging could cause a potential mixup of pills.

San Diego defective products attorneys are drawing attention to the Food and Drug Administration’s warning about a potential mixup of over-the-counter medications with high-strength prescription pain killers, as a result of errors made at a Novartis plant.

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When a person suffers a spinal cord injury, a number of changes begin to take place near the injured site

If all goes well, an experimental new drug that is currently being tested on dogs could be used for the treatment of spinal cord injury in human beings.  Last week, researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and the University California San Francisco announced that they will begin testing the drug on dogs with spinal cord injury.

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The NHTSA is planning to include an emphasis on electronic accident prevention technologies as part of an effort to update its auto rating system.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is planning to include an emphasis on electronic accident prevention technologies as part of an effort to update its auto rating system.

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