Have you ever noticed that most stairways tend to have a light switch at the bottom and another one at the top? This is done for more than convenience. In the United States, the building code stipulates that stairways must have these twin switches, at those locations,...
Month: January 2018
4 ways to avoid distracted driving
There are many ways drivers endanger themselves while on the road. Most people are familiar with the risks of drinking and driving, but there is another way many people end up in accidents: becoming distracted. Car accidents are serious, and even ones that are not...
Your brain could cause you to forget an accident
You're driving home from work. The next thing you know, you wake up in the hospital with serious injuries. It can be incredibly jarring. You don't remember anything about the accident itself. The whole thing was caught on camera thanks to another driver's dash cam, so...
Potentially suicidal wrong-way driver kills 1 in California
Two cars collided in California, on I-5, and one of those vehicles was driving the wrong direction on the interstate. The wrong-way driver was a 28-year-old woman who was behind the wheel of a gray Chevrolet Impala. The other driver was a 29-year-old man driving a...
A slip-and-fall accident can be deadly
People often think that a slip-and-fall accident is a minor incident. You probably just wind up with a bruised hip and a bruised ego. Maybe, they assume, you break a bone. The reality, though, is that slip-and-fall incidents can be deadly. Per the Centers for Disease...
