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Accidents involving emergency vehicles such as police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances pose significant injury and fatality risks. Emergency Vehicle Crashes Because emergency vehicles often travel through traffic at high speeds in crisis situations, crashes often result in severe or fatal injuries to first responders, other drivers, and pedestrians. Fatality rates for emergency responders are up to 4.8 times higher than the national average, according to Las Vegas injury

Motor vehicle safety advocates want to change the word “accident” to “crash” to prevent reckless or negligent drivers from absolving themselves of liability. Does Terminology Reduce Liability? The New York City nonprofits Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets are supporting a campaign to ban the word “accident” from descriptions of “car crashes.” They want to remind people that many car accidents or crashes are unintentional, but they can

Invokana, a prescription medication used to treat diabetes, is linked to bacterial genital infections and other serious medical conditions, even death. Diabetes Sufferers Beware Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about dangerous side effects linked to Invokana, a prescription drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes. The warning states that Invokana, as well as other drugs known as sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, increase the

Volvo recently recalled more than 11,000 sleeper cab trucks because a faulty hinge can cause the sleeping bunk window to detach from the truck, increasing the risk of an accident. Defective Truck Sleeper Cabs Approximately 11,089 Volvo VNL and VNX commercial trucks manufactured between 2018 and 2020 were recalled due to potential crash risks. Sleeper models 740 and 760 are impacted by the recall. These trucks have a defective window