Did you know postal service workers aren’t allowed to make U-turns or left turns in their mail trucks because their right-hand drive (or right-sided steering) vehicles have such limited visibility? Think about that the next time your mail carrier drives by your house in one of those slow-moving boxy-looking vehicles with the eagle on the side.
In a previous post, I described the basics of phishing, the most prevalent form of fraud on the Internet. Phishing has been around for more than 20 years and, unlike malware and other exploits that are usually patched with haste as soon as they are identified, phishing shows no signs of going anywhere.
Negative bias against motorcyclists often affects their case if they have been involved in an accident, regardless of the facts. It seems ingrained in us to believe that motorcyclists simply drive too fast, constantly change lanes and are just reckless risk-takers in general.
We’ve all followed drivers who are texting or talking on the cellphone, bouncing off the Botts’ dots or slowing traffic around them. Hopefully, though, we’ve managed to avoid the consequences of distracted driving – injuries, death and property damage that occur when the driver crashes.
Even though passengers would rather fly through clear skies than storms, thanks to modern technology, bad weather is rarely the only cause of a plane crash. That is because modern meteorology generally makes extreme weather predictable, and modern aircraft are designed to withstand most severe weather conditions.
In 2016, nearly half a million people in the U.S. were admitted to hospitals or treated in emergency rooms for burn injuries, reports the American Burn Association. Nearly two-thirds of those incidents occurred in the home, and about 40,000 people were hospitalized for their injuries.
If you are reading this blog, you’ve probably experienced multiple phishing attempts, whether or not you were aware of them.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) or drones are becoming increasingly popular for commercial and private use. If flown without proper care, the dangers they pose to other aircraft – and in some instances, people, are considerable.
