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Are Surveillance Cameras the Future of Nursing Home Care?
On November 1, 2013, Oklahoma passed a law that would permit the use of surveillance cameras in nursing home facilities. The reason was simple residents loved ones want the ability to keep an eye on the patient for their own safety, many suspecting that nursing home...
Drivers Should Stay Cautious as School Buses Return to Oklahoma Roads
A recent school bus accident in Okmulgee County highlights the importance of driver vigilance as students return to school this fall. The crash took place in Morris only three days after the fall semester began. As the bus was turning onto a county road from Highway...
How Tulsa Auto Insurance Rates Are Affected by DUIs
The cost of a drunken driving offense is more than financial. The potential impacts of a DUI on both the driver committing the offense and those they may injure can be devastating, with effects that last a lifetime. In 2012 alone, 10,322 people were killed in vehicle...
V2V Communication: Just Another Distraction?
Have you ever wished you could ask the driver in front of you if they could kindly speed up? Maybe you've thought how helpful it would if the cars to your rear knew there was an obstruction on the road, which you just passed. Communication between drivers in separate...
The Dangers of Cement Trucks in Traffic Accidents
Sharing the road with a cement truck can make a driver think twice about their safety, and with good reason. Like other commercial vehicles, cement trucks present unique challenges to their drivers and to other motorists, and the risk of being seriously hurt or killed...
Truckers Battle Sleep Deprivation and Tight Deadlines
Public opinion polls show that Americans have serious concerns about truck drivers and fatigue; a 2000 Insurance Research Council survey revealed 68% of respondents would pay more for goods and shipping if it meant truckers would work no more than 12 hours in a day....
Do You Give Truckers Enough Room on the Road?
Semis require longer stopping distance and take extremely wide turns. If youre on the road with an 18-wheeler, do you know how close is too close to follow or ride alongside a truck? Weighing up to 80,000 pounds, trucks present a major hazard for motorists in the face...
Feds Say Trucker who Hit Tracy Morgan was Driving 20 Miles over Limit
Federal investigators looking into the New Jersey Turnpike truck accident involving Tracy Morgan and a limo-van full of friends point to the Walmart drivers excessive speed as a possible contributing factor in the crash. On Thursday, officials reported to NBC News...
Another GM Recall: 3.16 Million Cars with Defective Ignition Switches
Once again, General Motors has issued a recall for more than 3 million vehicles produced between 2000 and 2014 for ignition switch issues. On Monday, June 16, the automaker revealed the following models were equipped with an ignition key that could cause the cars to...
Geary Tanker Truck Collision Kills One, Causes Fiery Explosion
A collision involving two tanker trucks ended in the death of one person, an explosion and a fire with smoke that could be seen for miles. The accident took place Thursday in Geary, Blaine County, when the two tanker trucks collided on state highway 270 just after...