The 42-year-old soccer enthusiast had the goal of dribbling a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil, as the Associated Press reports on ESPN, in time for the World Cup in June 2014, when he was hit from behind by the driver of a pickup truck.
He was hit on U.S. Highway 101, but wasn't apparently dribbling the soccer ball at the time. Had he completed his goal, the journey would have taken him through 11 countries.
Izaskun Larraneta with the Day Publishing Company cites a recent AAA study indicating that hands-free driving may not be as safe as you'd think. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety said that using voice commands to do what you might otherwise do directly on your mobile phone - update your Facebook status or send a text message - is just as dangerous (more so, actually) than talking on a mobile phone while driving.
Chris Woodyard with USA Today quotes the host of Entertainment Tonight, Nancy O'Dell, who says: "The first year is the most deadly time in their lives." O'Dell is referring to car accidents involving teen drivers. More specifically, she's thinking of her own son, 17, who has recently acquired that stepping stone of the teenage years - his driver's license.
Ryan Jaslow with CBS News reports that the federal Food & Drug Administration, the agency charged with protecting the public health when it comes to goods like food and drugs and medical devices, warns that antihistamines - also known as allergy drugs - can make people tired.
In fact, they can make people too tired to be driving, which can cause a car wreck and serious injuries.
It appears as though improper maintenance or a serious lack of attention caused this major truck accident in New York on Wednesday. Four children under 10 and three young adults lost their lives (with an eighth person injured and taken to the hospital) when their minivan was struck by a trailer that detached from the cab of a large truck.
The minivan was "ripped apart" by the disconnected trailer.
MPR News raises an interesting question about bicyclists.
Should bikes and cars follow the same rules?
The mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, has announced a new campaign that raises the penalties on drivers who "door" bicyclists (by opening their car doors without first checking to see whether there's a cyclist approaching, which amounts to a significant number of accidents involving cars and bikes in Chicago) as well as on cyclists themselves, who are often accused of not following the rules of the road.
Last Thursday, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune, a semi-truck with an oversize load caused a Skagit River bridge in Washington State to collapse, which sent cars and people into the river below. The semi-truck's load was apparently too tall, as it was an upper support beam that was struck. The 41-year-old truck driver made it across the bridge before it collapsed, but three people traveling behind him went into the river.
When you're talking about people, even a one percent drop is great, but to have hundreds of deaths every year in motorcycle accidents is still troubling. Every accident is different. Who's at fault depends on the circumstances. Some accidents are the fault of the motorcyclist. Some are the fault of the driver of a car who wasn't paying attention.
Mosier quotes transportation department rep Mark Cross: "Motorists often report that they didn't see the motorcyclists. Seeing them and being aware of them tends to be one of the main problems."
No matter who's at fault, perhaps the most troubling statistic Mosier trots out is this: that more than 90 percent of motorcycle accidents result in injury or death to the rider.
Source: Texas motorcycle, scooter deaths down in 2012 but still higher than a decade ago
When you're talking about people, even a one percent drop is great, but to have hundreds of deaths every year in motorcycle accidents is still troubling. Every accident is different. Who's at fault depends on the circumstances. Some accidents are the fault of the motorcyclist. Some are the fault of the driver of a car who wasn't paying attention.
Mosier quotes transportation department rep Mark Cross: "Motorists often report that they didn't see the motorcyclists. Seeing them and being aware of them tends to be one of the main problems."
No matter who's at fault, perhaps the most troubling statistic Mosier trots out is this: that more than 90 percent of motorcycle accidents result in injury or death to the rider.
Source: Texas motorcycle, scooter deaths down in 2012 but still higher than a decade ago
When you're talking about people, even a one percent drop is great, but to have hundreds of deaths every year in motorcycle accidents is still troubling. Every accident is different. Who's at fault depends on the circumstances. Some accidents are the fault of the motorcyclist. Some are the fault of the driver of a car who wasn't paying attention.
Mosier quotes transportation department rep Mark Cross: "Motorists often report that they didn't see the motorcyclists. Seeing them and being aware of them tends to be one of the main problems."
No matter who's at fault, perhaps the most troubling statistic Mosier trots out is this: that more than 90 percent of motorcycle accidents result in injury or death to the rider.
Source: Texas motorcycle, scooter deaths down in 2012 but still higher than a decade ago
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