Posts by Mike Glisson

A heatstroke is caused by being exposed to extremely high temperatures to the point where your body is not able to dissipate the heat. Leaving children in an unattended car is a common cause of heatstrokes. It doesn’t have to be necessarily hot outside either.  A car In 60 degree weather can reach an inside…

In 2012, a woman, age 83, was shopping in Goodwill when she pushed a cart over a floor mat at one of the cash registers. The Mat turned up and buckled causing her to trip and fall over it. She sustained serious and permanent injuries due to the fall. The company, Cintas, owned the mats…

Fireworks can be a fun and beautiful way to celebrate during the summer months. However if you don’t take caution they can become extremely dangerous. According to the National Fire Protection Association , “In 2017, U.S. hospital emergency rooms treated an estimated 12,900 people for fireworks related injuries; 54% of those injuries were to the…

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about ten people die everyday from unintentional drowning. In the summer day of 2005, Yoni Gottesman was one of those 10 to drown. He was only four years old and was attending his first day of summer camp. The incident was caught on surveillance video. Yoni can…

As summer picks up so does the amount of road construction going on. These few months are the busiest time of year for roadway construction. Often times now, people are in a hurry to get where they want to go. Work zone situations can be frustrating but it is important to be patient and follow…

Miranda Cosgrove, ‘iCarly’ star, was traveling through Vandalia, IL in 2011 during her “Dancing Crazy Summer Tour” when her tour bus struck an overturned tractor trailer on the highway. There were five people on her tour bus at the time of the accident. Miranda Cosgrove suffered a broken ankle. Miranda’s mother, one of the five,…

There are many excuses we all hear from people for not wearing their seat belts. Including: “Its’ uncomfortable” “Seat belts wrinkle clothes” “I’m a good driver” “The trip is short” “I forgot to put mine on” “I don’t need one because my airbag would go off” Anyone using these excuses for not using a seat…

It is 2018 and many new features are constantly coming out to ensure driver’s safety. However, the most protective device is one that has been around since 1959: the seat belt. When you’re driving down a highway, “Click it or Ticket” is a common sight. The use of seat belts is more than suggested, and…

A semi-truck can weigh up to 80,000 pounds and is 70-80 feet long. If involved in an accident these massive vehicles can create extensive damage. For this reason, it is important to understand the difficulties of driving a semi for those driving them and for those driving alongside them. According to Mark Baumgartner, Writer for…