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A recent fatal trucking accident in Sandy Springs, Georgia serves as a sad reminder of the dangers posed when 80,000 pound fully loaded commercial trucks share the roadways with 3,000 pound passenger automobiles. Rosario Velez, 44, had stopped in the emergency lane of I-285 at Riverside Drive.

Cell phone use in the U.S. has exploded with over 260 million people now using their cell phones for such diverse tasks as making calls, texting, GPS navigation and surfing the web. Unfortunately, cell phone use while driving is now one of the leading causes of auto accidents in Georgia, as well as nationally. Cell phones are a major cause of driver distraction leading to accidents causing 6,000 fatalities and 500,000 more people being injured annually.

Since 2007, an alarming increase has been reported in infant deaths due to drop-side crib-related accidents. If the cribs break or parts become loose, under some circumstances children can suffocate by getting trapped in the cribs’ drop-down latching mechanisms.