Riding Lawnmowers
While homeowners generally use walk-behind power lawnmowers to cut small plots of grass, many residents with large lawns have come to rely on riding mowers, lawn tractors, and garden tractors as indispensable machines for maintaining the ... [... more]
US Consumer Product Safety Commission |
When Is My Child Old Enough to Mow the Lawn?
Each year many children are injured severely by lawn mowers. Power mowers can be especially dangerous. However, most lawn mower-related injuries can be prevented by following these safety guidelines. Before learning how to mow the lawn, your ... [... more]
Medem |
The Keys to Defensive Driving
These defensive driving skills can help you avoid the dangers caused by other people's bad driving. If you've been out on the roads, you know that not everyone drives well. Some people speed aggressively. Others wander into another lane because ... [... more]
Kids Health |
Driving when you have had a stroke.
A stroke occurs when the blood supply is cut off from a part of the brain. This hurts the brain cells, and can cause you not to be able to speak, to think or see clearly, or to control your body. Stroke may cause temporary or permanent weakness ... [... more]
Highway Traffic Safety |
All Vehicles Have Blind Spots
Vehicle backover injuries and deaths occur when someone, without a driver's knowledge or awareness, is positioned behind a vehicle as the driver is backing out of a driveway or other parking spot. Most victims of backovers are the elderly and ... [... more]
Highway Traffic Safety |
DOT HS 810 652
Isn't it unfair to restrict all teenagers' driving privileges? Why not just penalize the problem drivers? Are nighttime restrictions critical components of graduated licensing? What guarantees that beginners will get more supervised driving under ... [... more]
Highway Traffic Safety |
Driving when you have cataracts
Having a cataract can make it harder for you to see the road, street signs, other cars, and people walking because a cataract clouds the eye’s lens. Among the signs of a cataract: Having a cataract also can mean that you need to change your ... [... more]
Highway Traffic Safety |
Traffic Safety Facts - 2005 Data
Alcohol - DOT HS 810 616 Bicyclists and Other Cyclists - DOT HS 810 617 Children - DOT HS 810 618 Large Trucks - DOT HS 810 619 Motorcycles - DOT HS 810 620 Occupant Protection - DOT HS 810 621 Older Population - DOT HS 810 622 Overview - DOT HS ... [... more]
www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov |
U.S. Department of Transportation
The Official Website of the United States Department of Transportation Find information on a local issue (Find your state transportation department) National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission National Surface ... [... more]
dot.gov |
DOT HS 808 096, September 2004 (revised)
before you take to the road... when you're on the road.. check your cycle savvy DOT HS 808 096 September 2004 cycle safety pdf version [... more]
nhtsa.gov |
What You Need to Know About Air Bags, DOT HS 809 575
DOT HS 809 575 PDF Version Download Continue d [... more]
nhtsa.gov |
Parental Rules Linked To Safer Teen Driving
Parents can play an important role in promoting safe driving habits in teens, according to the results of a study published in the April issue of Health Education & Behavior. The results of this study also showed that teens were more likely to ... [... more]
cfah.org |
