Stephanie Morgan, a big rig driver, witnessed a horrific accident in late October. The company she works for is one of many that employ an Onboard Safety Monitoring (OBSM) System. Her sudden braking to avoid the accident alerted a truck-safety monitoring company, which automatically notified her boss’s office in Omaha, Nebraska. The data from the [...]
In our mobile society, everyone is a pedestrian. With over 253 million cars and trucks on the road, pedestrian fatalities are the rare traffic statistic that is on the rise. In 2013, the last year for which data is available, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recorded 4,735 deaths in the US. In Tennessee, there [...]
The dangers of a high-fructose diet are fairly well established. A diet consisting of large amounts of the sweetener heightens the risk of cancer, diabetes, obesity, and fatty liver. A recent study from the University of California, Los Angeles has found that fructose can have devastating effects for victims recovering from traumatic brain injury. The [...]
Anyone who commutes to work on a major highway is familiar with scraps of tire debris scattered across the roadway. Occasionally, larger chunks of shredded tire belting stay in the middle of the lane, creating a minor traffic obstacle that can have major consequences. However, those little pieces of rubber are an indicator of a [...]
A pickup truck ran off the road in an early morning accident on I-24 in Christian County. The driver had to be flown to a hospital. A truck and horse trailer jack-knifed on I-71 in Gallatin County, leaving the driver dead, a passenger injured, and three horses to be put down. Five teenagers were injured, [...]
Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is a particularly insidious form of injury. The effects may not be apparent immediately after an accident, but they can last a lifetime and have a permanent impact on both your life and the lives of those around you. In the past, we have discussed the signs and symptoms of [...]
After last year’s tragic school bus accident in Knoxville that cost the lives of two young girls and a teacher’s aide, attention to bus safety is at an all time high for both school districts and parents. Even with more stringent screening protocols for drivers and better due diligence requirements for contractors, accidents happen. Within [...]
Big rigs are a necessary evil; they are a cost-effective way of distributing goods around our country. Unfortunately, we don’t do a particularly good job at regulating how they run. Laws, rules, and regulations vary state by state, and companies are excellent at manipulating these rules as well as federal safety laws to increase their [...]
We all know that yoga does some incredible things for bodies: it makes people stronger, it can improve people’s moods, and it can help people lose weight when combined with the right nutrition. But can yoga help victims with traumatic brain injuries recovery more quickly? Enter Steve Stoner of Hugo, Minnesota. He took a bad [...]
It can happen in an instant. As a driver or a passenger, everyone assumes a risk every time they get on the road. Serious accidents are on the decline thanks to a slew of new technologies dedicated to making cars safer than ever, but even so-called “fender-benders” can have far reaching consequences. What is whiplash? [...]
