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May is National Walking Month. Walking is a fabulous form of exercise. It also helps reduce carbon emissions, allows you to see a city or area more closely, decreases road congestion and saves money. But, walking can also be dangerous. Pedestrian fatalities have increased every year for more than a decade and pedestrians now account for 17% of all fatalities involving cars and trucks. In 2021 (which is the most recent data-analyzed year) there were 1,512 pedestrian involved crashes in the State of Ten
Donald J. Trump is currently the defendant in a civil case involving allegations of sexual assault. Perhaps not surprisingly, he has been tweeting his thoughts about the trial. The judge has warned him about doing so and has also admonished Trump’s lawyer about “having a conversation with [his] client” and the implications of obstruction of justice statutes. After reading the news about this issue, we thought it might be a good time to write about how social media use can affect your case and a trial.
Drivers are using their cellphones during 58% of trips taken, an 8% increase from just 3 years ago. Just as alarming, the amount of time drivers are interacting with their phones while driving increase by 23% during that same time period. In 2020, drivers would interact with their phone while driving for 1 minute and 47 seconds. A recent report indicates that has now increased to 2 minutes and 12 seconds. Not surprisingly, all of this distracted driving is literally killing people. Accidents involving
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