This Saturday: Safe Kids Day at the Oregon Zoo
D'Amore Law Group is a proud sponsor of Safe Kids Day at the Oregon Zoo, free with zoo admission on May 4, 2013 - read more
Read moreMost distracted driving deaths don’t involve cell phone use, study says
Only 10% of motor vehicle accidents that result in a death are caused by distracted driving? A new study on 65000 fatal crashes from Erie Insurance
Read moreCome to Safe Kids Day at the Oregon Zoo
Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., the Oregon Zoo will host the 15th Annual Safe Kids Day. Safe Kids Day is a fun and interactive safety event about...
Read moreUse a voice-to-text app while driving? Don’t bother
* This post originally appeared on the Legal Examiner. Yesterday, I spoke to a great group of students at a Beaverton, Oregon high school about distracted driving. As part...
Read morePolice and pedestrians
In Oregon, every intersection is a crosswalk. Many have no signal. Some are unmarked. And drivers complain that it can be difficult to see pedestrians on corners, and to...
Read moreMost distracted driving deaths don’t involve cell phone use
“Lost in thought” was the main cause of fatal distracted driving accidents, according to a new study. Erie Insurance looked at 2 years of U.S. police reports for more...
Read moreSaving lives and saving money: the real worth of injury and violence prevention
National Public Health Week – April 1-7, 2013 Every year, 180,000 people die from serious injuries and violence. Not only are these events tragic and primarily preventable, they cost...
Read morePoison Control: One Thing You Should Know
Car accidents used to be the number one cause of accidental death in the U.S.; now that dubious distinction goes to unintentional poisoning.* Poisonings are a common occurrence –...
Read moreWhy are Americans more distracted than Europeans?
Nearly 70% of Americans ages 18- 64 admit to talking on their phones while driving in the past 30 days. A full 30% admitted to sending text messages. Distracted...
Read moreBlock cellphone signals in cars to prevent distracted driving, researchers say
It’s an extreme idea. To reduce the growing distracted driving death toll, automatically disable cellphones in moving vehicles. Researchers publishing in the Journal of the American Medical Association are...
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