Issue #1, dated July 1, 2006, was 240 issues ago. 24 issues per year x 10 equals 240. That makes this issue #241, the first issue of our second decade. Even though we use a fair amount of ink talking about our first ten years, we still had enough left over to cover important topics like avoiding prescription errors, beating …
Here’s a PSA
It’s kind of amazing how lethal speed can be. And how ineffective it is in getting people to their destinations quicker. Seconds may count in basketball, but in real life getting to work or home or to the store 30 or 60 seconds early or late does not matter. And that’s all a speeder might gain – if that. So …
Best headline ever
Indeed, as it states below, we are not too proud to beg. The quest? Once upon a time, the Medical Examiner regularly ran stories written by readers, detailing their assorted medical adventures. Some were hilarious. Others absolutely tragic. The feature was called Medicine in the First Person. It would be great if we could once again say the feature is …
Check out this week’s PSA
It’s the true story of a young down-under physician in New South Wales, a jogger in Los Angeles, a cantankerous old lady half a world away, an unborn baby and an unfit driver, and how their lives all intertwine with tragic consequences. All that in just six and a half minutes. But there is a positive moral to the story, …
The PSA of the Week
Blizzards. Flooding. Mud. Snow. Ice. Slippery conditions. You need this Public Service Announcement, courtesy of The Art of Manliness. But even more than this, you need to drive carefully. The best way to get your car unstuck, after all, is not to get stuck in the first place.
Driving time is dead time
So why not use it to catch up on phone calls, right? Wellllll… even though you’re probably already doing it regularly (driving and talking on the phone, that is), you might want to rethink that after watching this little Mythbusters video. Oh, and see that guy behind the wheel? That’s you! And me! And we are in denial! That’s why, …
PSA of the Week
This infographic boils down to people saying this: texting while driving is a problem when other people do it. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. It’s a problem when anyone does it – and lots of people are doing it. Accident statistics and traffic studies say that a texting driver is 23 times more likely to crash than a non-texting …
3 BOYS DIE
I hope you’ll read at least this issue’s cover story. It contains a message we all need to read. On June 1, three boys were killed in a violent collision that police say happened when both vehicles involved ran a red light. With all the publicity that surrounded this tragic event (it can’t really be called an accident), one would …
AUTO CORRECT (get it?)
Texting and driving is illegal. So that’s put a complete stop to it, right? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. LOL! That is so funny! This is a great PSA from das people at Volkswagen. Good job, AutoCorrect!