Wrong-way Driver and Illinois State Police Trooper Killed in Head-On Crash A wrong-way driver was killed in a crash that also killed an Illinois State Police trooper on Interstate 94 near north suburban Libertyville, IL. Lake County Coroner said last week that the autopsy of the 44 year-old driver indicated…
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Child Vehicular Heatstroke Those are not three words that should every have to be seen together. As a parent, the very phrase of child vehicular heatstroke is so appalling to think about, we immediately have to comfort ourselves into believing it could never happen to us. The death of a…
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Is a Month Really Enough to Spend on Distracted Driving? Distracted driving and inattentive driving are such a big problem, we probably need more than a month of awareness. Distracted driving and inattentiveness are the most frequent causes of motor vehicle crashes. When you work with those injured in motor…
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Mid-Term Election May be the Election that Defines Our Generation Generally when I’m writing about civic duty, I’m reminding people of the importance of jury duty. Jury duty may only come up once or twice in your life, but voting is a right that you absolutely must use since it’s…
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Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Safety While we cannot offer any suggestions on surviving your family squabbles over politics at the dinner table, we can offer some driving safety tips for the Thanksgiving holiday travel. The National Safety Council publishes a Holiday Period Traffic Fatality Estimate which seems a bit grim during a holiday celebrating…
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