Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
There are a number of web sites and tools that can be used to calculate the distance between cities in the United States. Finding out the general distance between cities is helpful in planning trips, finding a doctor, finding an attorney / lawyer, and for many other tasks. I found that the web site Geo Bytes has an easy to use format / tool that makes it easy to find the distance between two cities. Wherever you travel when you drive, make sure to buckle up, obey the speed limits, and be alert. Text messaging and e mails can be used by passengers but not the driver. Get to your destination safely and then text message and e mail your friends and family.
Texting while driving has become a major safety issue for teens and adults alike glued to their telephones while driving. Talking on a mobile phone can be distracting in that the driver’s mind is occupied with the conversation rather than the road, other drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Texting is a bigger problem because drivers are looking at the mobile phone screen. Texting can be blamed for a number of deadly automobile crashes during the past few years including the following:
Kepa Kahakauwila recently died from automobile accident injures. Kahakauwila was driving a truck that hit a guard rail and then landed in a gulch off of Hana Highway in Haiku, Hawaii according to police. Kahakauwila was taken to a nearby hospital but later died from the injuries. One passenger was treated at a hospital and then later released. The other passenger was flown by to Oahu, Hawaii for evaluation and treatment for the automobile accident related injuries.
In New York, a bizarre accident occurred involving three vehicles. A man was driving his car on a relatively narrow one way street. Another vehicle was backing out of a driveway on the right side of the road, when the operator of the car on the street noticed him. The driver swerved to the left to avoid being struck by the car backing out of the driveway. At the same time, on the left side of the street and man had just completed buckling his small child into the back seat of an SUV. His wife was seated in the front passenger seat. Unfortunately, one of the mans legs was outside of the SUV when the operator of the moving vehicle swerved to avoid the car backing out of the driveway. When the car swerved to the left, it struck the passenger side of the SUV, traumatically amputating the leg of the father, causing injury to the mother, but thankfully, the baby was unharmed.
In Illinois and other States, day care centers have the duty to properly supervise and protect children while in the facility, while outside the facility, and while transporting the children to and from home, activities, and field trips. Pursuant to Illinois Administrative Code, Title 89 – Social Services – Chapter III Department of Children & Family Services Rules (including licensing standards) 
In Alabama and other states, roads are filled with teenage drivers. It is a big responsibility to get behind the wheel of a car. The teen driver is not only responsible for his or her own safety but also the safety of the passengers, other drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists. An automobile is a “dangerous instrument” that can and does cause wrongful death and personal injuries on a daily basis. In Alabama, one out of every eight teenage drivers in an automobile accident according to 2007 statistics. This amounts to 30,000 teens out of 250,000 teens according to the Alabama Safe Teen Driving Coalition.
In Louisville, Kentucky, a Jeep ran into a school bus at an intersection. The Jefferson County school district reported that 15 people suffered personal injuries, 13 of the 15 injured were students from the Brandies Elementary School and Foster Academy.