DANGERS OF TRUCK DRIVERS WITH SLEEP APNEA
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Posted on June 12, 2011 by Morgan Adams
The FMCSA and the trucking industry knows how dangerous sleep apnea is for a truck driver. The FMCSA states HERE that:
Staying awake means staying alive. Sleep apnea is a major contributor to daytime drowsiness—a condition that could prove deadly for commercial truck drivers and everyone sharing the road with them. It is a condition where, during sleep, a narrowing or closure of the upper airway causes repeated sleep disturbances leading to poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness. Since excessive sleepiness can impact a driver’s ability to safely operate the commercial vehicle, it is important that drivers with sleep apnea are aware of the warning signs.
The research arm of the American Trucking Association (ATA), American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), states that sleep apnea exists in almost 1/3 of commercial driver and contributes to wrecks. See the white paper HERE.Trackbacks (0) Links to blogs that reference this article Trackback URLhttp://www.truckinjurylawyerblog.com/admin/trackback/251157
Can u pls snd me hlp? 911 text message services a real possibility, but what are the underlying dangers?
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Can 911-emergency text messaging services contribute to more danger and car accidents on the road? (Photo by ABC News)The FCC just announced Monday that texting services will be added to the 911 emergency lineup. The government agency decided to add texting services as part of their emergency response system since 70 percent of 911 calls are derived from mobile devices. Now, individuals facing an emergency will be able to relay help to dispatchers using text services, according to ABC News. But how will texting 911 mix with texting and driving laws in California?
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has committed to modernize FCC protocol, calling it the Next-Generation 911 service. “911 is an indispensable, live-saving tool,” Genachowski said. “But today’s 911 system doesn’t support the communication tools of tomorrow. Even though mobile phones are the device of choice for most 911 callers, and we primarily use our phones to text, right now, you can’t text 911.”
The pros of the Next-Generation 911 service will allow individuals to communicate with emergency service in situations where they are unable to speak. This will be useful in an emergency car accident if an individual is faced with some sort of technical difficulty: no signal, low battery, or poor service.
However, an overlooked con to texting emergency services is the possible distraction it can impose on those already driving, especially if they are in a perilous situation. Distracted driving laws in California including cell phone use and text messaging have been strict, and for good reason.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, dialing a cell phone increases the risk of a car accident or near car accident 2.8 times. And, text messaging increases the risk of a car accident or near car accident a staggering 23.2 times when compared to the car accident statistics with non-distracted driver.
Texting while driving has the potential to create a crash epidemic if texting continues to grow in popularity. If coupled with a true emergency, will texting 911 have any impact on maintaining safety on the road?
The jury is out: should the FCC modernize 911 calling with text services, or does this pose a further risk to causing car accidents on the road?
If you’ve been injured in a car accident arising out of suspected text messaging or cell phone use, contact our San Diego car accident attorneys today at 1-800-655-6585 for a free evaluation of your case.
AAA: Wake up to dangers of drowsy driving
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Posted on Monday, November 7th, 2011 
This blog often champions causes that prevent drivers’ attentions from leaving the immediate concerns of the road. Drunk driving and distracted driving (typically in the form of texting or cell phone use) are frequent targets. But we don’t often enough consider the dangers of falling asleep at the wheel. That’s too bad, because unlike drunk driving and distracted driving, two problems for which immediate technological solutions seem distant, driver wakefulness appears to be a readily addressable danger.
This issue is receiving renewed attention as a part of Drowsy Driving Prevention Week (sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation). AAA recently released a study which indicates that like distracted driving, though drowsy driving is a widely acknowledged danger, a disturbing number of people self-reported driving drowsy.
Although 96 percent of drivers said drowsy driving is unacceptable, nearly a third admitted to doing so in the past month. Further, the National Sleep Foundation’s 2011 Sleep in America poll found that nearly one in ten 16-45 year old drivers report driving drowsy once or twice a week.
Driving while fighting sleep invites a particularly frightening scenario in which a 1,500 hunk of steel is being completely unmanned. AAA estimates that nearly one in six traffic fatalities and one in eight accidents that result in injuries requiring hospitalization involve a drowsy driver.
David Cloud, CEO of the National Sleep Foundation, provides this aptly terrifying image: “Many don’t realize that driving while drowsy is very dangerous. If you’re so tired that you can hardly keep your eyes open, you could fall asleep for just a few seconds and not realize it. If that happens at 65 miles an hour, you could drive the length of a football field in an unconscious state.”
AAA offers the following advice: Get plenty of sleep in advance of road trips, take regular (2 hour) breaks, make liberal use of caffeine if necessary, and bring someone who can keep you company (and awake).
All great, common sense pieces of advice, but sometimes common sense just isn’t enough to control human behavior. It’s a concept implicit in our terming of auto-collisions as “accidents.” If we acknowledge that humans are prone to error, we should do something systemically to mitigate those dangerous faults.
Fortunately, technological advances and their increasingly widespread application may hold a simple solution. Beginning around 2006, driver monitoring systems that track drifting between lanes and driver eye movement have been developed to rouse drivers when they exhibit signs of sleepiness.
Lexus, Mercedes, Volvo, GM, BMW, Hyundai, Renault Trucks and many others all employ some form of the safety systems. In addition to being a feature in many new cars and an aftermarket safety enhancement, researchers are working to ascertain the effectiveness of driver monitoring technology in truckers, a demographic disproportionately exposed to the risks of drowsy driving.
While some drivers may object to intrusive systems that provide unnecessary alerts, laser optic technology that senses proximity to and approaching speed of other vehicles certainly has the potential to greatly reduce accidents that come in a moment of distraction, or drowsiness. There are also concerns about the cost of the system, despite evidence illustrating the dangers of sleepy drivers. A 2009 government study (of trucking systems) addressed those issues, and found that even from a purely economic standpoint, the yearly cost of crashes would decrease in amounts more than sufficient to cover the cost of the technology.
Our understanding of the benefits of driver and vehicle monitoring systems increases and the cost of the technology is decreasing. Hopefully, we’ll soon be able to put drowsy driving concerns to bed.
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Georgia Youth Baseball Still Using Metal Bats Despite Dangers
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Aluminum bats have long been a standard piece of sports equipment in Atlanta high schools and little league baseball leagues throughout Georgia. The bats are lighter than wooden bats making it easier for high school athletes to hit home runs.
However, these metal bats can act like a trampoline when the ball comes off the bat, and cause catastrophic head injuries to players in the field. A baseball can travel at speeds in excess of 130 mph when it comes off of a metal bat and cause permanent catastrophic head injuries when the baseball strikes a player in the head, which can lead to permanent impairment of mental functioning including loss of communication ability, sensation and cognitive skills.
Some states have considered the issue of banning metal bats because of the risk of serious injury. The problem with metal bats is that the ball comes off a metal bat at higher rates of speed than a wooden bat. Metal bats used in Georgia youth baseball leagues can tragically cause fatal injuries as well as catastrophic head injuries, including leaving a baseball player in youth and high school leagues in a persistent vegetative state.
The manufacturer of a metal bat can be liable for injuries that result from failing to provide adequate warnings regarding the potential dangers. An example is a verdict of $850,000 awarded to a family of a high school boy in a Montana case against Louisville Slugger for failure to warn of the increased velocity associated with the metal bat. The boy was pitching and had no chance to react because of the speed the ball was traveling when hit. Reports indicate that the ball struck the boy in the head and was propelled as far as fifty feet in the air after striking the boy in the head. The boy immediately suffered seizures and died later that day.
There has been an increasing push to ban metal bats in youth leagues in response to incidents like these. Some sports leagues have taken it upon themselves to ban the metal bats to avoid such tragic injury. These tragic accidents are all the more heartbreaking because the only reason to use the metal bats instead of wooden bats is to hit more home runs. A higher number of home runs would seem a very high price to pay for an increased risk of traumatic head injuries and fatalities.
Many metal bats are exceedingly springy composite bats that literally function as a trampoline launching the ball. At the very least, metal bats should be limited to conform to specifications that approximate wood models and/or carry clear warnings of the risk posed from the increased speed of baseballs hit by metal bats. It also is worth noting that many children in youth leagues may not appreciate the nature of the increased risk even with a warning. If your child has been injured in a sports-related accident, including injuries caused by a metal bat, the experienced Georgia personal injury lawyers at Montlick and Associates offer a free case evaluation so that we can determine whether you may have a right to financial compensation from the bat manufacturer or other possible negligent parties such as the school district, coaches, sports league or other parties.
Our Atlanta personal injury lawyers are available to assist clients throughout all of Georgia and the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, Warner Robins and all smaller cities and rural areas in the state. No matter where you are located our attorneys are just a phone call away, and we will even come to you. Call us 24 hours a day/7 days a week for your Free Consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us online at www.montlick.com and use our Free Case Evaluation Form or 24-hour Live Online Chat.
New remind you of potential dangers of defective booster seats and high chairs
Target stores, combined with us consumer product safety Commission (CPSC) announced by the seats after the buckle recall an enlarged to Circo booster seats according to additional reports of children unexpectedly published.
The callback in the course of ten more reported incidents of the buckle separate independently announced what falls to several children from the booster seats.
The latest recall covers 375,000 booster seats, which were sold to target as 2005 and in August 2009 covered extends a previous recall of 43,000 units from Circo booster seats. The recalled booster seats are blue green upholstery. The seat has the words "Circo" and "Booster seat" on the front and a white buckle. If a parent who has acquired these booster seats should it immediately to destination for a full refund returns.
Booster seats and high chairs can be plenty of injury risks for children. If the most dangerous of these risks are often, since it can cause a serious head or neck injuries, that the brain function or paralysis may result in permanent impairment. The most common dangers, by booster seats and high chairs are:
Falls, including backward falls a body part paint of the stability of the seat, the heavy head, neck and spine InjuriesEntrapment, which fall to his with ChildFailure can create mechanism caused falling buckleInjuries to the head of a child in a fall should be taken seriously experienced very. In a fall from a child suffered head injuries can be divided into external injuries and internal injuries to the head. An external injury can bleed and is usually a violation of the scalp. Even a superficial cut can cause extensive bleeding to the density of the blood vessels in the scalp. The scalp veins leaking fluid or blood in and under the scalp cause the 'node' or bump caused by trauma to the head.
Although these violations can smaller and completely, within a few days it is important to prompt cure, to seek legal attention at any time a child suffers a head injury no matter how insignificant it may seem. Some serious head injury can manifest not immediately as pressure builds on the brain from internal bleeding characters but to life-threatening. Internal brain injuries are usually far more serious, because they the skull blood-vessels in the brain and the brain can draw. Because these injuries of the brain are more difficult to watch, especially in infants and children, which to articulate their symptoms can not, should parents call their pediatrician or go to the emergency room depending on the severity. Children old enough the following signs, symptoms, to articulate a call to the doctor earn:
Extended coordination or DizzinessPain in the head or neck AreaVomitingLoss of consciousness (even if only briefly) wines or intensive PainLossMost parents have a kind of fall, who conceived their child and realize that it's a very scary experience can be. Sometimes a child can be the product of a defective product as defective high chair or booster seat which was pointed out, has a case. If your child have a serious injury of a defective product, from a fall or any kind of accident, which has suffered to personal injury, the experienced Atlanta of defective product lawyers by Montlick and Associates those representing who suffer injury or wrongful death in very Georgia more than 27 years.
Product liability attorneys are our Atlanta for customers in all Georgia and in the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, helping Warner Robins and all the smaller towns and rural areas in the State. No matter where you are our lawyers are only a phone call away, and we come even to you. Call the week us 24 hours a day/7 days for your free consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us at www.montlick.com and use our free case evaluation form or 24-hour live online chat.
Two recent drowning accidents serve as a reminder of the dangers as summer approaches
Es wurden zwei jüngsten Swimming-Unfälle in der Region Atlanta, die stark an die Gefahren des Ertrinkens als Sommer-Ansätze zu bieten.
Ein 51-Year-Old Buford Mann ertränkt vor kurzem beim Fischfang in den Chattahoochee River zurück. Ein 4-Year-Old kleinkind geschafft in ein anderes Ereignis geben Swimming-Pool-Bereich einen Apartment-Komplex und fiel in den Pool. Das Kleinkind ist jetzt im Koma und am Leben. Offenbar, das Tor zum Pool blieb entsperrt.
Es erhält heißen und feuchten hier in Atlanta und in ganz Georgien, also Schwimmen eine großartige Möglichkeit ist, Befreiung von der Hitze zu erhalten und um etwas Spaß mit Freunden und Familie zu haben. Schwimmen, oder verbringen Zeit im Wasser im Allgemeinen, ob es in einem Pool ist, kann See oder Fluss gefährlich, vor allem für Kinder sein. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ist die seine Public Service Announcements in diesem Jahr für 2011 Freigabe, die zu hören im Radio und im Fernsehen gezeigt werden. Diese Ankündigungen sollen die öffentliche Informationen über Sicherheit Schritte geben, die sie ergreifen können, während im Wasser. Sie hoffen, durch die Menschen stärker bewusst, dass sie einige Leben retten.
Es wurden bereits 37 Ertrinken und in der Nähe von Drownings 38 über unser Land und wir sind nur in den ersten 6 Monaten des Jahres 2011. Wahrscheinlich ist einer der gefährlichsten Bereiche für Kinder insbesondere einen Swimming Pool. Jedes Jahr werden 300 Kinder unter dem Alter von 5 sterben und mehr als 2.000 Kinder älter als 5 ins Krankenhaus ERs Verletzungen gemäß der CPSC genommen.
Die Krankheitskosten beteiligt, wenn eine Person für Überflutung Verletzungen behandelt wird, können erheblich sein. Sie können so niedrig wie $2000 für ein Opfer sein, die nicht schwer zu Hunderten von Tausenden von Dollar für Opfer verletzt ist, die Leiden Hirnschäden und müssen bei längerer Zeit im Krankenhaus bleiben.
Sunbelt-Statistik
Der CPSC habe einige der Forschung in den Bereichen Sunbelt wie Kalifornien, Florida und Arizona wo es eine Menge von Swimmingpool nutzen gibt. Hier ist, was die Studie ergab:
Rund 75 Prozent der Überflutung Opfer waren Jungen im Alter von 1 bis 3 Jahre alt mit 65 Prozent dieser Gruppe wird. 69 Prozent der Kinder wurde nicht erwartet, in der Nähe der Pool nach zu den Erwachsenen sein. Sie glaubten, dass die Kinder irgendwo anders als den Pool waren, wenn der Unfall occurred.65 Prozent der Unfälle im Swimmingpool des Opfers aufgetreten, während 33 Prozent der Vorfälle am Pool eines Freundes geschah oder relative.75 Prozent der Opfer Kind weniger als 5 Minuten seit war, wenn der Unfall ereignete sich, fehlende.Sicherheitsmaßnahmen
Einer der wichtigsten vorbeugenden Maßnahmen, die in Bezug auf Swimmingpool Vorfälle ergriffen werden können ist die Installation von Barrieren. Hindernisse können in Form von Zäunen, Wände, Tore, Sicherheitsabdeckungen und/oder Tür Alarme kommen. Keine dieser Sicherheitsmaßnahmen sollen die angemessene Beaufsichtigung stattfinden, noch sollen sie Bearbeitungsvorgängen werden absolut Sicherheitsöffnung sein. Was sie tun können, ist bieten ein gewisses Maß an Schutz zu einer übergeordneten mehr Zeit zu geben, wenn sie verlieren ein Kind und müssen Ihnen bevor es eine Swimmingpool-Unfall ist.
Zäune
Manchmal ist ein ganze Hof umzäunt, was bedeutet, dass das Haus ist Teil des Gehäuses. Wenn dies der Fall ist, sollte dann das Haus haben Tür Alarme auf es um ein übergeordnetes Element zu warnen, wenn das Kind die Grenzen des Hauses verlassen hat. Es ist manchmal weniger gefährlich für die zweiten Zaun rund um den Pool selbst innerhalb der Hinterhof-Zaun haben.
Welche Art von Zaun installiert ist muss es mindestens 4 Meter hoch oder mehr und sollte nicht kletterbaren. Wenn es sollte vertikale Lamellen in den Zaun dann den Raum zwischen den Lamellen weniger als 4 cm auseinander, also ein Kind den Kopf durch die Räume zwischen den Zaun Planken. Es ist auch wichtig, um sicherzustellen, dass das Tor in Ordnung zu allen Zeiten, und dass es schließt und jedes Mal die Riegel. Die Verriegelung sollte mindestens 54 Zoll vom Boden des Tores.
Tür-Alarme
Es gibt eine Auswahl zwischen Batterie und elektrisch angetriebene Alarme. Sie lassen eine laute, Audible klingen, wenn eine Tür an der Außenseite des Hauses geöffnet wird. Eine Tastatur kann installiert werden können, die Erwachsenen, den Alarm für die Eingabe und das Haus verlassen zu Regeln.
Power Pool Sicherheitsabdeckungen
Die ASTM ist die Organisation, die den Leistungsstandards diese Abdeckungen regelt. Sie erfordern, dass ein Cover das Gewicht der zwei Erwachsene und ein Kind standhalten. Auf diese Weise können für eine Rettung jemand sollte fallen auf dem Cover. Die Abdeckungen müssen in der Lage, Wasser, schnell vergossen werden, wie es nie alle stehendem Wasser links oben auf dem Cover sollte. Diese Bezüge sind motorisch und leicht öffnen und schließen den Pool vollständig abdecken. Kabelfernsehens und Zugang zum Pool von Kindern.
Über Swimming Pools
Ein Eigenheimbesitzer sollten entfernen oder Lock-Up-Schritte und Leitern, wenn der Pool nicht in ist verwenden, um Zugriff zu verhindern.
Schwimmkurse
Eine weitere wichtige Sicherheitsmaßnahme ist registrieren Ihre Kinder in Schwimmunterricht, sobald sie entwicklungspolitisch teilnehmen können. Dies sind nur einige der Möglichkeiten, die Ihnen helfen können, Schwimmbad Unfälle zu verhindern. Keine dieser an die Stelle der Aufsicht von Erwachsenen Kinder jederzeit um einen Pool. Ertrinken und Pool Unfälle können und oft geschehen in Minuten zu tun. Erwachsene müssen achten bei aller Zeiten statt sozialisieren, redend über Handys, tun Aufgaben oder Alkohol trinken. Wenn Ihr Kind das Opfer eines Unfalls Schwimmen ist, und es aufgrund fehlender Erwachsenüberwachung ist während Ihr Kind an anderer Stelle Schwimmen ist, oder um einen Pool vor dem Zugriff durch junge Kinder zu sichern, sollten Sie die Schwimmbad-Unfall-Anwälte von Montlick and Associates, Rechtsanwälte wenden.
Die Georgia Schwimmbad Unfall Anwälte von Montlick and Associates, Rechtsanwälte, hat wurde helfen die Unfallopfern Swimmingpool in Atlanta und den Bundesstaat Georgia seit 1984. Wir sind Kunden in ganz Georgien einschließlich gerne zur Verfügung, aber nicht beschränkt auf, Albany, Athen, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Marietta, Rom, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, Warner Robins und alle kleineren und ländlichen Städte im Bundesstaat. Rufen Sie uns heute für Ihre kostenlose Beratung bei 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333), oder besuchen Sie uns im Internet unter www.montlick.com. Egal wo Sie sind sind wir nur einen Telefonanruf entfernt.
The dangers of vans
Big rig truck accidents are reported regularly in the news, because they often serious injuries and deaths. However, other types of truck accidents can be just as dangerous.
Consider such as vans. In the age of Internet shopping, delivery vans, such as by large companies such as UPS and FedEx, are driven on our roads.
Main causes of truck accidents
In contrast to truck-tractors, vans often travel on local roads where there are many other cars, cyclists and pedestrians. Drivers are required to offer the packages as quickly as possible and often noise stop, stop. You are also distracted looking for the next home or business delivery. Each day brings a slightly different route with several stops for most delivery truck driver, which makes things even more dangerous.
Liability for delivery truck accidents
The truck driver can provide or the delivery company that employs this driver for damages that are liable for an accident. An experienced truck accident lawyer will thoroughly examine your case and determine the cause of the accident. Their damage can compensation for past and future medical expenses, rehabilitation, lost income out of pocket expenses and include pain and suffering. Their truck accident lawyer will work hard, to give you a fair and equitable solution for your delivery truck accident injuries.
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Many dangers lie in wait for Georgia playgrounds
All Georgia parents take their children to playgrounds in public parks so their children can exercise and play. Children run and play, most parents are never the potential danger that cannot be provided by broken playground equipment, the appropriate protective measures is missing or is poorly designed.
Children often suffer injuries from unsafe playground equipment Atlanta school playgrounds, neighbors backyards or public parks. Many times these are minor injuries, which does not produce serious injuries, but sometimes children suffer serious injuries including head injuries, injuries major traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries, broken bones and others.
If your child in a playground accident suffered equipment, your child may have a right to compensation for his or her injuries. Montlick and Associates, lawyers, are children who suffer from serious injuries on playgrounds in Atlanta and very Georgia. Our playground accident lawyers who diligently which already suffer from serious injuries caused by the negligence of the other for more than 27 years. Accidents we will carefully investigate playground so that we can develop the best strategy to get the best possible result. Our Atlanta playground lawyers are accident decided, our goal, known as the best personal injury lawyers in Georgia.
The U.S. consumer product safety Commission (CPSC) is the public safety handbook playground containing playground safety standards. This publication is recommended industry standards that can be used as an instrument for the safe design, operation and maintenance of playground equipment. Unfortunately, these standards are not always followed that can lead to severe even fatal injuries. These standards also in claims and litigation can contribute to appropriate safety standards for playgrounds and playground equipment.
Hundreds of thousands of children a year come to emergency rooms due to the injuries that they suffer during playback on playground equipment. Almost three quarters of which will occur on public playgrounds and waterfalls. Other violations, the children while playing maintained are always their heads caught and in which to strangle playground equipment by some hanging apparatus firmly.
In a recent nationwide survey of the playgrounds, the study found that almost 90 percent of the playgrounds surfaces have not sufficient protective clothing, and more than 4 in each have 10 playgrounds head entrapment hazards, and a similar number have equipment, the pieces that stuck out and could hook had clothing. Equipment, the results in catch clothing often cause children, balance, what to lose to dangerous falls. The alarming conclusions of this study found that more than 40 percent of all playgrounds have significant security issues.
Some of the most common causes of playground accidents include the following:
Playgrounds, which created PoorlyPlaygrounds contain the poorly developed EquipmentPlaygrounds, which are not properly MaintainedLack of sufficient supervision of adultsThe owner of playground equipment still correctly has the responsibility to prevent the equipment to use the one unreasonable risk of harm to the children. To obtain this commitment to the playground equipment in safe state with a playground in a school or public park applies equally to private home owners or public institutions. Deleted a list of the National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI) underlines the dangers common playground. Most of these risks relate to problems with the design, construction and maintenance of the playgrounds.
Protective surfaces are insufficient. Some of the few things which reduces the risk of injury in a fall a smooth surface of rubber or wood chips. Also with these surfaces the material must continue to about 4 "thick. playground equipment often has protruding features and placed where children can get suspended or entangled." Some playground is designed or built with openings that are caught to be large enough for a child. Children should not be able to their heads through an opening in the equipment, if their whole body as can fit through.If small children on playground equipment playing, be sure to prevent accidents with adult supervision. Many playground accidents caused by lack of maintenance of the equipment. playground equipment often contains elevated platforms without boundaries. The NPSI recommends 2-4 ' high guardrails to all elevated platforms are installed.Some experiences are just as upset and stress as the damage of the own child. The exclusive province of children playgrounds, it is surprising that widespread security issues are not resolved. If your child in a playground has been damaged, can just a law firm with experience in dealing with product liability and personal injury claims to assess your situation and advise you on your rights. The Atlanta playground lawyers Montlick and associates are accident required the highest quality legal representation for our customers. We are diligently the best possible recovery for our injured clients.
The Georgia playground accident lawyers Montlick and staff are for customers in all Georgia and in the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, helping Warner Robins and all the smaller towns and rural areas in the State. No matter where you are our lawyers are only a phone call away, and we come to you. Call the week us 24 hours a day/7 days for your free consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us at www.montlick.com and use our free case evaluation form or 24-hour live online chat.
Two recent drowning accidents serve as reminder of the dangers such as summer approaches
There have been two recent swimming accidents in the Atlanta area, providing strong approaches on the dangers of drowning than summer.
A 51-year-old Buford man drowned recently when the fish into the Chattahoochee River back. A 4-year children infant managed in a different event type an apartment complex swimming pool area and fell into the pool. The infant is now in a coma and on life. Apparently, the gateway to the pool remained unlocked.
It gets hot and humid here in Atlanta and very Georgia, so one swimming is great way to get relief from the heat and to have some fun with friends and family. Swim or spend time in the water in General, whether it is in a pool, are Lake, River dangerous, especially for children or. The U.S. consumer product safety Commission (CPSC) is that his public service announcements this year for 2011 release, to hear on the radio and television shown are. These announcements to provide the public information about security steps, that can take it while in the water. She hope, by the people more aware that they save some lives.
There were 37 already drowning and 38 in the vicinity drownings in our country and we are only in the first 6 months of the year 2011. Probably one of the most dangerous areas for children is in particular a swimming pool. Each year 300 children under the age of 5 are taken the and more than 2,000 children in the age of 5 in the Hospital of ERs injuries according to the CPSC.
The costs involved, if a person for flooding is treated injuries can be significant. You can be as low as $2000 for a victim, which not severely injured to hundreds of thousands of dollars for victims, suffering brain damage, and chose to stay for a longer period of time in the hospital.
Sunbelt statistics
The CPSC did some research in the fields of Sunbelt such as California, Florida and Arizona, where a lot of swimming pool use it is. Here is what resulted in the study:
About 75 percent of the flooding victims were boys at the age of 1 until 3 years old with 65 percent of this group. 69 Per cent of children were not expected to near the pool according to adults. They believed that the children anywhere other than the pool were, when the accident occurred. occurred 33 percent of the incidents happened 65 percent of accidents in the swimming pool of the victim by the pool of a friend or relative. was 75 per cent of the victims child for less than 5 minutes when the accident occurred, is missing.Security measures
One of the most important preventive measures, incidents can be taken in relation to the swimming pool is the installation of barriers. Obstacles can come in the form of fences, walls, gates, safety covers and/or door alarms. None of these security measures are to take place which the adequate oversight nor should it be invoked, security opening be absolute. What they can do, is offer a degree of protection to a parent to give if they lose a child more time and you need to before there is a swimming pool accident.
Fences
Sometimes a whole yard is fenced, which means that the House is part of the case. If this is the case, the House should have to warn door alarms on it to a parent when the child has left the boundaries of the House. It is sometimes less dangerous to have a second fence around the pool itself within the backyard fence.
What kind of fence is installed it must be at least 4 metres in height or more, and should not climbable. If it should be vertical strips in the fence then the space between the slats less than 4 cm apart, so a child's head through the spaces between the fence planks. It is also important to ensure that goal in order at all times and that it closes completely and each time the ties. The lock should be at least 54 inches from the floor of the gate.
Door alarms
There is a choice between battery and electrically driven alerts. To make a loud, audible sound, opens a door to the outside of the House. A keyboard can be installed, can the adults leave to regulate the alarm for the input and the House.
Power pool safety covers
The ASTM is the Organization, the service standards governing these covers. They require that a cover to withstand the weight of two adults and a child. This allows for a rescue someone should fall on the cover. Covers must be able to shed water, as it never all standing water left above should be on the cover. Can these covers are electrically powered and easy open and close the pool completely cover. You prohibit access to the pool of children.
Swimming pools
A homeowner should remove or lock steps and ladders, if the pool not is use to prevent access.
Swimming lessons
A further important safeguard is register your children in swimming lessons, as soon as they development policy can take part. These are just some of the ways that can help you prevent accidents swimming pool. None of these in the place of the supervision of adult children at any time to a pool. Drowning and pool can accidents often happen to be done in minutes. Adults must at all times place socialize, talking on cell phones, do tasks or alcohol drink pay attention. If your child is the victim of an accident of swimming and is due to lack adult supervision while swimming is your child somewhere else, or to secure a pool in front of the access by young children, then contact the swimming pool accident lawyers Montlick and Associates, attorneys at law.
The Georgia swimming pool accident lawyers Montlick and Associates, attorneys at law, has been help victims swimming pool in Atlanta and the State of Georgia since 1984. We are all Georgia customers including, but not limited to, Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, Warner Robins and all small and rural towns in the State. Call us today for your free consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333), or visit us on the Internet at www.montlick.com. No matter where you are we are only a phone call away.
The Dangers of Delivery Trucks
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The dangers of four Loko and our teens
As a Seattle lawyer I know personal injury, can be as devastating the wrongful death of a beloved family and friends. My Bellevue wrongful death law firm handled many cases in which a member of the family in a car accident or accident at work was killed. But a child is to lose probably the hardest one parent ever have to face.
15 Year-old Bo Rupp died the consumption in September last year after two doses of popular alcoholic drink four Loko, already a warning to removed from the shelf of the FDA. The nickname "Blackout in a can" of young drinkers in the first months on the shelf, which, that four Loko blamed, for alcohol poisoning and binge drinking incidents in the country. The product was voluntarily recalled by decision-makers Phusion projects, which ultimately forced, remove the caffeine from the product by the FDA, which warned that caffeine was a "unsafe food additive".
Rupp's MOM, Karla Rupp now Phusion projects for the wrongful death of their beloved teenage son sued. Although he was under the legal drinking age at the time was that he consumed the drink, Karla believes that the drinks are supposed to appeal to young people. Their lawsuit alleges that Phusion projects "careless and during the formulation of a caffeinated alcohol beverage, which desensitizes users to the symptoms of poisoning, and increases the potential for alcohol-related harm through negligence."
As a lawyer wrongful death Kent is what I find most disturbing the fact that all this negative publicity has only four Loko more made popular. Even without the caffeine additive is the product still flying off the shelf and many teenager think that it is cool to post on social networking sites like Facebook, that they are "had always Loko." Drinking is a serious problem that must be treated and colorful products like this, which does not help to mask only the taste of alcohol.
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Can u pls SND me hlp? Services 911 text message a real possibility, but what are the underlying the dangers?
Can 911 emergency text, the messaging services to more danger and help car accidents on the road? (Photo by ABC News)The FCC announced only Monday that texting services to the 911 emergency lineup are added. The Government agency texting services as part of their response in an emergency decided system because 70 percent of the 911 calls from mobile devices are derived. Now, people with a view to a relay emergency help to dispatchers with text services, according to ABC News. But how will the texting mix 911 with texting and driving laws in California?
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski committed, to modernise FCC protocol called it the next-generation 911 service. "911 is an indispensable tool-saving lives," said Genachowski. "But 911 system now supports the communication tools of tomorrow." "Can you even if the institution of choice for most mobile phones are 911 caller and we now use our phones to text, in the first place, text 911."
The professionals of the next generation 911 service allows individuals to communicate with emergency services in situations where they cannot speak. This is case of an emergency car accident be useful, if a person with some sort of technical difficulties facing: no signal, low battery, or bad service.
A see con to emergency services texting is however that can, impose possible distraction, which already take it to the, in particular, if they are in a dangerous situation. Distracted driving laws in California including cell phone use and text-messaging were strict, and for good reason.
According to the national highway traffic safety increases choose administration a mobile phone the risk of a car accident or car accident close to 2.8 times. And text-messaging the risk of a car accident or in the vicinity of car accident a staggering increased 23.2 times as compared to the car accident statistics with drivers not distracted.
TEXTING while driving has the potential, create a crash epidemic if texting continues to grow in popularity. If, in connection with a real emergency texting 911 must not affect the maintenance of security on the road?
The jury is out: should modernize the FCC 911 calls with text services, or this represents a further threat to cause accidents on the road?
Have if you were injured in a car accident from suspected text messages or mobile use, refer to our San Diego auto accident attorneys today at 1-800-655-6585 for a free evaluation of your case.
