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The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) has released its free driver safety materials, which are available through this link: http://trafficsafety.org/dsww-2011-materials-now-available-for-free.
Drive Safely Work Week Toolkit Now Available in Spanish
The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) today announced the 2011 Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW) tool kit is now available in Spanish. The Spanish-language translation was made possible through NETS’ partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Injury kills more 11-year-olds in the United States than all other causes combined, and a new study from University of Alabama at Birmingham reveals ADHD almost doubles the risk of serious injury among this age group.
“We found that children with more ADHD symptoms, those in the 90th percentile, are nearly twice as likely to get hurt as those with symptoms in the 10th percentile,” says David Schwebel, Ph.D., director of the UAB Youth Safety Laboratory and lead author. Boys, he said, are nearly twice as likely to be injured as girls.
Demographic Perspective of Fatal Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Crashes
Alcohol-impaired driving continues to be one of the major problems on our Nation’s highways. Midnight to 3 a.m. is the time period that fatal crashes are most likely to involve an alcohol-impaired driver. Various demographics, such as driver age and vehicle type, are explored in relation to alcohol-impaired driving crashes.
San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon Rochelle Dicker has treated many pedestrians who ended up in the emergency room after being struck by vehicles. She never refers to those collisions as accidents. “An accident implies there is nothing we can do about it. Like it’s an act of God. But an injury or crash implies that there is something we can do to potentially reduce risk and prevent harm,” said Dicker, MD, one of the directors of the San Francisco Injury Center and associate professor of surgery and anesthesia at UCSF.