You might think that dog is man’s best friend, but we all have our days — even dogs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more than 4.5 million people who are bitten by a dog each year in the United States. Close to 1…
It’s easy for you to improve fire safety at home. All you have to do is keep an eye on your smoke alarms and make sure your household not only has a fire escape plan, but that everyone knows and practices the plan. According to the City of Boston’s Home…
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently announced a pretty big milestone. They were able to enroll the 500th Safe Routes Partner School. This is a program that’s federally funded but organized by MassDOT. It’s the first statewide program in the U.S. of its kind to achieve this level of…
Do you go through your medicine cabinet ever? The truth of the matter is that we should all take the time to do so because there’s a good chance there are expired or unused drugs in there. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), these drugs can be a serious…
Officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced a number of improvements to the Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) program. This is the program that helps safety officials to identify and address safety concerns among bus and trucking companies. “Good data plays a key role in keeping our…
A bus carrying Thayer Academy kids was unfortunately in an accident recently. According to the Braintree Patch, the bus slipped out of gear when it was being loaded with baggage at Camp Bourndale. It rolled down some stairs and right into the camp’s function hall. Luckily, no one was injured…
As we recently discussed on our Boston Car Accident Lawyer Blog, road rage and aggressive driving puts drivers at increased risk for traffic accidents. Roughly 90 percent of drivers say that they’ve either witnessed an act of road rage or they’ve been the victim in one of these incidents. Massachusetts…
According to Massachusetts State Police (MSP), a motorist was killed and another was injured in a recent accident on I-93 in Boston. The accident happened near the entrance to the Tip O’Neill Tunnel. The Boston Globe reports that a 53-year-old driver was killed in the accident. He was driving his…
Safe Kids recently teamed up with officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to push this year’s Child Passenger Safety Week. The goal of this year’s campaign is to make sure that parents and guardians are not only buckling in…
The Boston Department of Transportation is working with the residents of Grove Street to make improvements to the roadways. These improvements are going to be used not only to improve traffic safety, but will focus on pedestrian safety as well. “It’s important for residents to feel safe using neighborhood streets,…