Between decorating, shopping, school performances and parties, things can get pretty crazy in December. Here are some tips to help you avoid the most common holiday injuries. 1: Decorate safely. The most common holiday injuries involve falls from roofs and ladders. Make sure someone is available to help you if you fall. Keep children on [...]
Well, maybe not an entire generation. But if you were blessed with one or more teenagers at your Thanksgiving table, you probably heard about the (apocalyptic!) changes YouTube is about to make due to the FTC’s recent $170,000,000 fine. Comments likely included: Does anyone at the FTC even Internet? Do they use cell phones? Paper [...]
In America, we have a certain dissonance when it comes to the idea of nice. While schools teach our children that they must be nice (or be punished) even kindergarteners can see that being nice can get you tripped on the playground. Our government doesn’t exactly run on niceness, and our laws aren’t always enforced [...]
Vision Zero. It’s a cool name for a radical goal: to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries for all drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians to zero. The concept began in Sweden in the 1990s, has proven successful across Europe, and was adopted by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock in 2016. Vision Zero goes beyond the traditional, piecemeal [...]
Hate red light cameras? You’re not alone. In February of this year, Colorado’s legislature considered the fourth bill in a decade that would have repealed the rights of local jurisdictions to use automated vehicle identification systems, including red-light cameras. The bill’s sponsors argued the cameras erode civil liberties, do nothing to promote public safety, and [...]
Maybe it’s the elderly gentleman going 50 on the highway. Maybe it’s the sweet old lady who slows…way…down…to…turn. Maybe your mother has trouble distinguishing red lights from brake lights at night, or maybe you do. The point is, driving requires certain physical abilities that tend to diminish with age. Most of us will eventually ask [...]
Tornado! Fire! Rampaging dinosaurs! Multiple disasters are great for the movies. But real life, not so much. That’s why homeowner’s insurance exists: to protect you from real disasters you don’t even want to think about, typically fire, windstorm, hail, rain, riots, explosion, or theft. It also provides liability coverage if someone gets hurt on your [...]
Let’s say you’re a homeowner. An enterprising one. But it’s been a few years since you bought that four bedroom place in the ‘burbs, and the kids are launching fast. Enterprising person that you are, walking by junior’s empty room makes you twitchy. If you have tuition bills, you may even be developing a facial [...]
If you keep an eye on environmental laws, you saw it coming. In November, Colorado adopted California’s Low Emission Vehicle standards. In January, Governor Polis signed an executive order directing CDOT to study and report on the best way for Colorado to increase electric vehicle use. And on Friday, August 16 2019, Colorado became the [...]
It’s Summer. Drink Water! Here’s a riddle for you. What rhymes with safe driving? Hydration! OK, not really, but it should. Because summer is not just the season for vacations, barbeques, and showing off your funky tattoos. It is also the season for car accidents. There are more car accidents in summer than any other [...]