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Updated Car Seat Guidelines Will Save Lives

Mark Hickey
Car seat safety has evolved considerably over the last few decades. Child safety seats are safer now than ever before, but unfortunately, every year children are still killed or seriously hurt in motor vehicle crashes. In many cases, these tragic outcomes are the result of children either riding in inappropriate safety seats or being improperly secured in the car. Every vehicle manufactured since 2002 has come equipped with the LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children)...
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Auto Accidents

3 Tips for Getting Your Teens to Not Text and Drive

Mark Hickey
You quote statistics about the dangers of texting while driving to your teenagers until you are blue in the face.  But once they are behind the wheel, how do you know they have taken your advice to heart? Otherwise smart and well-behaved kids may succumb to the pressure to text while driving. Take the matter seriously, and do what you can to get your kids to stop texting while driving. 1. Sit Down and Discuss Hold...
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Auto Accidents

3 Reasons You Need to Stop Texting While Driving

Mark Hickey
Driving to the store, your phone beeps, alerting you to a text message. It’s your spouse, reminding you to pick up milk. You start typing a response, glancing at the road every few seconds — and happen to spot a small child running into the street.  Slamming on your brakes, you stop just in the nick of time. In this instance, you were lucky but what if you had not glanced up in time?  You...
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Auto Accidents

Florida Texting Ban Takes Effect

Mark Hickey
Starting October 1, 2013, Florida will join 40 other states to ban texting while driving.  However, unlike a majority of the states, violation of this new law will only be a secondary office.  That means a law enforcement official will have to witness another offense like swerving or running a stop sign, in order to legally stop a texting driver. Another loophole in Florida’s texting law is that it does not apply to drivers in stopped...
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Auto Accidents

3 Ways to Prevent Drunk Driving

Mark Hickey
Don’t drink and drive; it’s a simple mantra, but one so many people have trouble following. Mothers Against Drunk Driving reports that in 2012, 10,322 people died and more than 345,000 people were injured as a result of collisions caused by drunk driving. If you’ve vowed never to drink and drive, it’s a start, but there’s more you can do to prevent drunk driving among friends and family members. Follow this simple checklist whenever alcohol is around....
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