Archive for August 2015
What is Distracted Driving? North Dakota Laws and Statistics
Distracted driving is not unusual. Some people just lose focus when they get behind the wheel. Here is an interesting fact from The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety: 88% of drivers 16 years old and older report that they feel threatened by others who talk on cell phones, and 96.1% feel threatened by drivers who…
Read MoreDeath on the Oil Derricks
According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), more than 38 workers have lost their lives in oil-field accidents during the period between October 2014 and February 2015, eight of whom were working on North Dakota oil fields at the time. This statistic is alarming, particularly considering that it does not include car accidents, which are…
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