Automobile Accidents

• Canadian Government Hopes to Reduce Car Crashes

  Susy Owen | June 04, 2008 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  It is no secret that drivers are distracting while driving on an all-too-regular basis. And as a result of those distractions, car accidents increase substantially. Given that fact, the Canadian...

• Roof Strength in SUV's Influence Risk of Injury

  Susy Owen | April 02, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Unfortunately, drivers are often lulled into a false sense of safety while driving an SUV. Perhaps it is the size of the vehicle that lends itself to that misconception. The truth is, many SUV's...

• Same Girl, Same Incident - Two Hit and Runs

  Susy Owen | October 03, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Sasha Kemp, 19, of Toledo., was standing on a road at approximately 1:50 a.m., on Saturday morning trying to flag down a car when she was struck by a vehicle. Kemp was then thrown into the path of an oncoming vehicle. That vehicle tried of avoid her, but was unable to. The second driver crashed while trying to avoid kemp. Unbelievably, both the first and second driver left the scene of the...

• Auto Safety System Saves Lives, Fuel & More

  Susy Owen | June 18, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  A device that is new to the average automobile could prevent as many as 30, 000 accidents and 660 deaths every year in the United States. According to Clyde Stech, President, MAXAIR ATMI, Inc., which created the safety system, "This feature is ready and available and could be on all new automobiles. It's a matter of consumers demanding it and auto manufacturers making it available." Evidently,...

• Auto Crashes and Safety Belts

  Susy Owen | May 26, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  "Click It or Ticket" is a campaign slogan you may have seen and/or heard. If you have, then you know the message is spreading. The campaign runs from May 21 through June 3. It is a zero-tolerance initiative that really is for the good of all. I know personally that not only will you get a ticket for not wearing a seat belt, but if your car is not a vintage model and therefor has a shoulder strap...

• A Teenager, A Car Crash, A Tragedy

  Susy Owen | March 24, 2007 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  There has been a lot of contraversy regarding the current driving age and whether it should be raised for the safety of all drivers on the road. Teenagers are at a much higher risk of getting in an auto accident and/or dying in one than a driver over the age of 25. This story is every parent's nightmare and involves a teenage driver who did not learn from his actions. A New York teenager, Ralph...

• Automobile Accident Rise During Daylight Saving

  Susy Owen | March 12, 2007 1:19 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  For many, the news that daylight saving time would begin at 2:00 a.m. PST on Saturday, March 10 came as a surprise. People were expecting the usual change on the first Sunday in April. The change came as a result of a little known provision of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended daylight saving time by four weeks. Additionally, clocks will turn back an hour on November 4...

• Police Sued for Reckless Driving Resulting in Death

  Susy Owen | January 26, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Louisville Metro Police officer caused the death of a man when he drove the wrong way on a one-way street. Derek Butler, 38, had just left choir practice when the incident occured. He died at the scene. The wife of the decedent filed a lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court on Friday. Officer Jason Brown, the offending officer, who had his lights and siren on, stated that he did not know that he...

• Helmet Proposal for Bike Riding

  Susy Owen | December 20, 2006 5:58 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  In Salt Lake City, leaders at City Hall are on the verge of proposing a helmet law that would require all adults to wear a helmet while riding a bike. The proposal got a unanimous thumbs-down from the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee (MABC). The Committee Chairman Lou Melini said that it wasn't so much that he was against the wearing of helmets, he just does not feel that it should be...

• Couple Whose Children Died In Crash Gives Birth To Triplets

  Susy Owen | May 02, 2008 11:04 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  On May 4, 2007, a Ladera Ranch couple faced a day unimagineable grief. Lori Coble, her three small children and the children's grandmother, Cynthia Gene Maestri, 60, were on the on the San Diego...