Archive for October, 2008
‘Out of control’ ATV leads to Channelview ATV fatality
When you pay $10,000 or more for a recreational vehicle, you’d expect it to be safe to drive. Sadly, that’s often not the case with an ATV, or all terrain vehicle.
Again, an ATV accident has claimed a life, this time in the Houston area. Howard Lewis Bear, 33, of Crosby died Friday night in a [...]
Cell phone device may ease auto accidents
Finally, progress is being made in the face of mounting carnage on America’s roads due to driver distractions caused by cell phones. And it’s not what you might expect.
No, it’s not a new state law, such as those in New York and California, which bans using cell phones while driving without a headset that frees [...]
First Texas prison sentence given to owners of attacking dogs
Last month, a Michigan woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison when four of her bulldogs got loose from her property and, without provocation, attacked and killed two people. This week, such justice was applied for the first time in Texas.
A couple who live near Breckenridge in North Central Texas has been convicted and [...]
By design, Yamaha Rhino ATVs are accidents waiting to happen
How dangerous are Yamaha Rhino ATVs and other ATVs? How dangerous do you want them to be?
Indeed, danger and risk seem to be selling points for these highly accident-prone vehicles, whose wildly erratic and thrill-driven operation winds up killing and maiming thousands of Americans each year. In large part that’s because Yamaha Rhino and other [...]
California bus accident shows gamble in such travel
While buses in general can be as risky as trying to draw on an inside straight, casino tour buses can be an even worse bet.
In California Sunday, a casino tour bus taking passengers from Sacramento to a gambling den flipped over and rolled into a ditch, killing eight people and critically injuring at least 30 [...]
