by PediaBlog | Jul 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
The good news in the graph above is that U.S. teenage motor vehicle crash deaths have declined dramatically over the past 40 years. Still, motor vehicle accidents remain the number one cause of unintentional death in the pediatric population. (The most common...
by PediaBlog | Oct 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported last week that traffic fatalities increased 9.5% (9,600 people) the second quarter of 2016 compared to the same period last year. The number of teen-involved fatalities increased 10% in 2015...
by PediaBlog | Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Okay, so maybe taking her 3-week-old baby on a “Target run” wasn’t the best idea to begin with, but Shaun Dreisbach’s “bad mommy moment” was about to get worse: I started down the aisle, ticking off my list, when I realized: Oh my...
by PediaBlog | Apr 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Texting behind the wheel, drinking while driving, not wearing a seatbelt, exceeding the speed limit. Now add one more risky behavior in teenagers: not getting enough sleep. A new report published last week in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
by PediaBlog | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yesterday on The PediaBlog, I mentioned five things that teen drivers need to promise if they want me to sign their driver’s permit forms: Don’t drink and drive. Don’t ride in a car where the driver has been drinking. Drive slow in residential...
