The last several years have seen rather encouraging developments here in Tennessee concerning the overall number of fatal traffic accidents. For instance, 2011 and 2013 saw the lowest and second-lowest fatalities, respectively, since 1963, while 2012 saw the third-lowest fatalities over that same timeframe. In recognition of this progress and…

Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board made headlines when it issued multiple safety recommendations to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration discussing how to improve overall safety within the trucking industry. Specifically, after examining the findings of a 2013 in-house study on single-unit trucks and other affiliated research, the…

There is a very good chance that if you were to travel for only a few miles on any interstate highway here in Tennessee that you would soon encounter some sort of roadside memorial meant to serve the dual purpose of commemorating the loss of a loved one and reminding…

Now that spring is finally here, more and more people here in Tennessee will be heading to their garages to take their favorite motorized vehicles — boats, jet skis, all terrain vehicles and, of course, motorcycles — out of storage and back into regular use. Interestingly enough, state lawmakers recently…

Thanks to the efforts of medical professionals and health advocates, most of us understand and appreciate how our bad habits — overeating, drinking, smoking, etc. — can affect our health and the health of those around us. In fact, many of us have chosen to use this valuable information from…

When March rolls around, a lot of people start thinking about summer. Although some warmer days might get our hopes up, it’s a month when just one more of those winter storms could hit. That was certainly the case this March when a storm swept through laying tons of snow…

While the official figures concerning the number of car accident injuries and fatalities here in the United States every year are truly shocking, this shock value is perhaps evenly matched by the figures concerning the number of pedestrian accident injuries and fatalities. To illustrate, statistics show that 85,000 people suffer…

We tend to think of serious and even fatal car accidents as somehow being confined to the seemingly endless road and highway systems crisscrossing both the state and the nation. While this is true for the most part, it’s important to understand that accidents can and do occur in other…

Even though several months have passed, it seems like only a few days ago that the state of Tennessee was rocked by a truly horrific bus accident that left eight people dead and 14 others seriously injured. Here, a church bus carrying senior citizens home to North Carolina blew a…

Last month, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development released its annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the results were highly encouraging. Specifically, the report showed that the number of fatal workplace injuries in 2012 fell to 100, down from 120 in 2011 and the lowest number in…