Let me be amongst the first to say this winter - SNOW BLOWS! We aren't even 24 hours into the first significant snowfall of the season and I am already ready to go on record as saying I am over it. Unfortunately, the word is that there is much more of this to come this [...]
Tag: safety
The messenger matters…
I support and applaud Fargo Police Department's efforts to address traffic safety concerns with its "Getting it now?" campaign; however, I feel obliged to note that in safety messages - the messenger matters. Safety messages should be pitched and supported by the agency promoting them and/or by a party that has been directly affected by [...]
Get the picture?
Whenever I see reports of head-on crashes these days I immediately think one thing - texting while driving. Now I know the accident could have happened because of a thousand other things, but more and more I suspect texting played a part. Texting annd driving has become the harbinger of doom in my mind. I [...]
National No Phone Zone Day
Today Oprah featured National No Phone Zone Day on her show. It appears that across this country more and more folks are realizing what a dangerous behavior texting and talking on the phone is while driving. If you still believe talking or texting on a cell phone while driving are innocuous behaviors I challenge you [...]
Reformed and dangerous…
They say that reformed smokers are the worst (in regard to being critics of those who continue to smoke). I am not so sure about that. In the last couple of weeks I have concluded that reformed automobile cell phone users are a bit more obnoxious than reformed smokers. I base this on my personal [...]
SEATBELTS – CHILDREN – WINDOW – OUT
Please allow me this opportunity to deliver a quick public safety message. Before I get to my primary message, allow me to reiterate the often stated message in regard to flood waters - "Turn around, don't drown." Do not attempt to walk or drive through flood waters - the power of the current can be [...]
THE NEW FORTY 