Through the evaluation of traffic accident data, in addition to emergency room records, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has calculated that roughly 220 fatalities occur annually due to nontraffic backover accidents, with 14,000 recoverable injuries also occurring on average. What is a Backover Accident? Backover crashes involve hitting a pedestrian or bicyclist. In…
It may come as a surprise to learn that concussions are becoming more of a risk among youth and student-athletes, but these injuries are plentiful and instances of them are on the rise. To put the problem in perspective: of the 12 high schools in Philadelphia’s Central Athletic League, 223 concussions were reported among students…
As the popularity of Facebook, Instagram and other social networks have increased exponentially over the last few years, we have been made increasingly aware of the potential dangers of displaying personal information about ourselves- what we did this weekend, photos of parties we attended, etc. But the ease with which we tell our friends and…
