You’re out with a friend, and the friend drives into a telephone pole. You crack your head on the dashboard and need to go to the ER. You get bills for $4,000 for surgery, imaging and physical therapy.
Question: What profession is more injury-prone than mining?
Hint: it's nursing.
Cars designed to make drivers unsafe
New research has confirmed the fears of many safety experts regarding new car features. In-vehicle devices intended to entertain or guide drivers are a serious distraction and encourage hazardous behavior. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety conducted an analysis of some of these systems and found that they left drivers distracted for more than 40 seconds for some functions. Previous AAA studies show that a distraction which takes a driver’s eyes off the road for 2 seconds increases the risk of an accident by 100 percent.
