Does your apartment contain unsafe levels of lead?
While there are many renovated and new apartments and residences in New York City, there are still a considerable number of apartments and dwellings that contain dangerous amounts of lead-based materials. For the residents who live in these buildings exposure to lead can have many negative health effects including headaches, memory loss, depression, irritability, fertility problems[...]
Distracted teen drivers are not all looking at cellphones
Data collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that 14 percent of all crashes are distraction related, and 7 percent involve cellphone use. While police reports include information about the factors contributing to a crash, determining whether distraction was a factor is not always possible. To get a more accurate picture, the American Automobile[...]
Distracted Driving Survey
Despite the fact that texting while driving is illegal in most states, drivers continue to engage in this irresponsible activity. Even if we ourselves are careful about not texting while driving, we still have to deal with the many others on the road who seem to think its okay to put others in harms way just[...]
Bronx Truck Accident
Early yesterday morning, seven people were injured in a major crash involving two trucks and several other vehicles on the New England Thruway in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The New England Thruway, which is the stretch of I-95 through the state of New York between the George Washington Bridge and Westchester County,[...]
Truck Accidents
The State of New York saw many truck accidents that resulted in a number of drivers, pedestrians, and others involved in personal injury. The statistics below display the amount of truck accidents and their results from the year 2013: The total number of fatal large truck crashes in New York: 92 Number of people killed in[...]
Summer leads to Boating Accidents
Summer in New York means beautiful weather and the opportunity to get out on one of the many waterways that surround the city. However, summer has the greatest frequency of boating accidents. Throughout the past several summers, Long Island has been home to many different boating accidents due to an increased level of boat traffic, inexperienced[...]
