Millions of vehicles from a variety of manufacturers are currently under recall for risk of catching fire, which can cause property damage and tragic loss of life. The most newsworthy recalls of late are electric vehicles, specifically some Tesla, Chevy, and Hyundai car models. Between [...]
As more and more “Help Wanted” signs appear on windows and doors of businesses across the country, the workers who continue to show up each day face increased dangers. A labor shortage has a ripple effect on the employment sector. It can be felt throughout [...]
The popular social media platform TikTok has banned users from posting videos of the dangerous “milk crate challenge.” If you haven’t seen these videos yet, the basic premise of the challenge is to stack milk crates as high as you can and then climb to [...]
Over the past decade or so, there has been a shift by American drivers toward electric vehicles. The Chevy Bolt is one of the more popular models: it is not terribly expensive (and it is eligible for a federal tax credit), it gets good mileage, [...]
For North Dakota natives, it’s almost that time of year. September kicks off not only the fall season but the sugar beet harvest. Although the sugar beet season is financially beneficial for thousands of farmers across North Dakota, it is also one of the most [...]
Driving at night is more dangerous than driving during the day. That is not an opinion; it is a fact. The National Safety Council reports that 50 percent of traffic fatalities occur after dark. What makes that statistic even more concerning is that for all [...]
There’s nothing quite like hopping on a motorcycle and hitting the open road – so long as you don’t actually HIT the road. If you do, and if you want to survive a motorcycle crash, you had better be wearing the right helmet. But selecting [...]
From Tesla to Mercedes-Benz, major automobile brands are working feverishly to develop and implement new advanced levels of semi-automated vehicle technology. Proponents of this technology tout the safety of self-driving cars, where the vehicle’s computer all but eliminates the driver error that so often causes [...]