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Say what you will about the summer humidity, but for most of the year, the weather in Louisiana is simply exquisite. The temperatures are mild throughout King Cake season, and year-round, the weather is right for an outdoor barbecue or seafood boil. While they might not rank highly on the list of reasons that tourists… Read More

Car technology has come a long way over the decades, but despite the new rear-facing cameras, driver assist features, and headlights that automatically adjust their brightness so that they do not detract from other drivers’ ability to see the road, the seat belt remains the most effective safety feature when it comes to preventing serious… Read More

You have probably heard of someone who is shocked and confused as being like a deer caught in the headlights. In fact, headlights so bright that you cannot see where you are going are dangerous for everyone, not just for deer. Unusually bright headlights that made it impossible for the driver whose car they were… Read More

Spinal cord injuries are one of the worst things that can happen to a person as a result of a car accident. The spinal cord is the group of nerves that connects the brain to all the other parts of the body; therefore, it plays a role in feeling, movement, and the function of many… Read More

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has 22 laws that protect workers from being fired from their jobs if they report violations to OSHA about unsafe practices undertaken by their employers. One of these whistleblower protection programs is the Seaman’s Protection Act (SPA), which protects people who work on maritime… Read More

Before you drive, you should adjust your car’s rear view and side view mirrors to make sure that you can see the relevant parts of the road through them. Even if you do this with such regularity and precision as to make the road test examiners at the Office of Motor Vehicles proud, you still… Read More

Staircases are a source of worry for the parents of toddlers and adventurous children, but once you enter middle school, you tend to stop thinking of them as a safety hazard. A surprising number of fall accidents in workplaces involve a worker falling down the stairs.  Accidents involving staircases are especially common in warehouses, where… Read More

Old people love to fret about the dangers lurking behind all the colorful icons on the touch screens of smartphones, but young people generally do a fine job of using smartphones in ways that prevent danger instead of enhancing it. The generation of drivers who have grown up with GPS navigation have learned to search… Read More

Unless you are getting all your news from niche websites about autonomous vehicle technology, where everyone raves that driverless vehicles are the wave of the future, you have probably figured out that we are several decades away from a road system in which all or most of the cars have no one driving them except… Read More