Archive for September, 2011
By JIM DANKO An 80-year-old woman died and several others were hospitalized after exposure to toxic fumes at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pooler, Ga., just west of Savannah, on Sept. 7, according to a report in CNN. Emergency personnel responded to a call and found two women unconscious in a McDonald’s restroom. The first responders [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Are older drivers safer drivers in Massachusetts? There’s no easy answer. The rate of nonfatal and fatal auto accidents has fallen faster among elderly drivers than among younger drivers nationwide, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. But reports of auto accidents involving older Massachusetts drivers regularly make the news. Recently, a 76-year-old driver [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
The debate over whether older drivers are safe drivers has been topic of conversation for years. Nationally, the odds of getting in a fatal accident increase each year for drivers over 75 years old, according to statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). And reports about auto accidents involving elderly drivers routinely make [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
News involving drivers over 65 years old used to focus on their high accident rate. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported, “In 1997, older people (over 70 years old) made up 9 percent of the resident population but accounted for 14 percent of all traffic fatalities and 17 percent of all pedestrian fatalities.” But [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
