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After 51 deaths allegedly caused by a Toyota accelerating out of control, the federal investigation into the Toyota accelerator problem is prompting help from NASA and the National Academy of Sciences to find the cause. Contrary to the testimony before Congress by Toyota owners that personally experienced their Toyota suddenly accelerating out of [...]
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Although it has been two weeks after back to back blizzards and record snow fall in the D.C., Maryland, and northern Virginia area, bus stops and sidewalks are still deeply buried under snow making them dangerous and impassable forcing pedestrians to unsafely walk on the streets.
Since the bus stop on [...]
In the wake of the historic snowstorm in the Washington, D.C. area that has been dubbed by President Obama as Snowmageddon 2010, Washingtonians are facing snow covered and icy roads that will take days and possibly weeks to clear. To add insult to injury, the Washington, D.C. area is anticipating an additional 10″-20″ of [...]
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety has established what they deem as 15 lifesaving laws for optimal highway safety. On January 11, 2009, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety announced state rankings based on the number of the 15 highway safety laws each state has adopted. Unfortunately, Virginia received the worst rating [...]
Virginia State Police is reporting that during the four day 2009 Christmas holiday weekend (December 24-27, 2009) that 10 people died in eight car accidents on Virginia’s roads which is higher than the six people that died during the Christmas “statistical period” in 2008. Of the 10 people that died last weekend, eight [...]
The Washington Post is reporting that 42 of the 60 deaths that were the result of 52 car accidents that occurred on Interstate 495 (I-495) between 2006 and 2008 were in the section that travels through Prince George’s County, Maryland. This is an astonishing 70% – but why?
Although there is speculation that high [...]
WILLIAM CORNELIUS – June 17, 2009
William Cornelius, a 79-year-old man from Vienna, Virginia, died on June 17, 2009 after a dispute with a Verizon FIOS technician. Apparently William Cornelius was dissatisfied with the installation of his new Verizon FIOS service and attempted to stop the technician from driving away when Mr. Cornelius was [...]
Lightning Safety Week is June 21-27 and could not come soon enough as the National Weather Service reports that seven people have been struck and killed by lightning in just the last eight days while unprotected outdoors during a thunderstorm. To bring this closer to home, Chelal Matos, a 12-year-old boy from Fredericksburg, Virginia, was [...]
Lisa Strong, a 45 year old woman from Florida, went to a hospital in the South Broward Hospital District in 2004 suspecting that her kidney stone was causing her significant pain and a high fever. When Lisa Strong arrived at the hospital, she told hospital staff that she had a history of kidney stones and [...]
