Just wanted to say that I currently work as a junior orthopaedic
surgeon in a London teaching hospital. My aim is to combine a career in
surgery with one in injury prevention as many of my counterparts in low
and middle income countries do.
On July 7th this year I was working at the Royal London Hospital and
worked alongside many brilliant people in the effort to treat the patients
predomina...
Just wanted to say that I currently work as a junior orthopaedic
surgeon in a London teaching hospital. My aim is to combine a career in
surgery with one in injury prevention as many of my counterparts in low
and middle income countries do.
On July 7th this year I was working at the Royal London Hospital and
worked alongside many brilliant people in the effort to treat the patients
predominantly arriving from the Kings Cross and Aldgate bombs.
There are many things I could write about this first hand experience
but all I wanted to say to you, Editor, and the late Robin Cook is:
"Hear, hear"
Poverty and injuries go hand in hand. I see it daily in my practice.
It is preventable. People throughout the world are terrorised daily by
poverty and feelings of hopelessness and lack of educational and economic
opportunity. When people are disenfranchised it makes them more vulnerable
to manipulation and brainwashing. I say this without excusing the
individual responsibility of the perpetrators.
We do need a war on poverty. Only then will we truly have a war on
terrorism.
I was concerned to see an editorial offering one opinion reduced to
poverty breeds terroism.
Suicide bombing can not be excused on any grounds; moreover, the
suicide killers of civilians are not usually from the poverty cohorts of
London, Iraq, NYC , nor Palestine. Such redutionist viewpoints give aid
to those who would have humanitarian concerns twisted. One can not equate
anything to such killings nor the...
I was concerned to see an editorial offering one opinion reduced to
poverty breeds terroism.
Suicide bombing can not be excused on any grounds; moreover, the
suicide killers of civilians are not usually from the poverty cohorts of
London, Iraq, NYC , nor Palestine. Such redutionist viewpoints give aid
to those who would have humanitarian concerns twisted. One can not equate
anything to such killings nor the killers of civilains.
Young children of terroists are brainwashed in their schools with
hate propoganda enforced with TV hate programs. These groups abuse and
misuse international poverty funds for their own promotion of virgins
in heaven as the only right way to die by killing civilians ( "source" :
where the independent accounting of the international money sent to
Arafat , HAMAS, or the PLO, etc ? )
Better support by the UN and the world community to stop such hate
teachings would go a longer way for promoting injury control, peace and
in imiting 'suffering' .
Les Fisher M.P.H.
Safety / Management Consultant
97 Union Avenue South, Delmar NY, 12054 ,USA; 518-439-0326
While difficult to disentangle what is getting Robertson so enraged, the following four possibilities seem likely candidates.
1. He denies my claim [1, p. 381-388] that US safety policy has been
a dramatic failure.
2. He disagrees with my explanation [1, p 389-408] that the
litigation focus of US safety policy has contributed to this dramatic
failure.
3. He dislikes my book "Traffic Safety" [1]
4. He claims that its author is incapable of clear writing and
technical understanding.
Let me respond in order.
1. The numbers speak for themselves.
2. Readers are encouraged to examine the considerable documentary and
other evidence presented [1, p 389-408] to arrive at an informed opinion.
3. With the sole exception of Robertson's review, the book has
received lavish praise by reviewers in the world's most prestigious
journals. Complete details at
http://www.scienceservingsociety.com/ts/Reviews.htm
I must add to Leonard Evan's "to do" list. After getting his skin
thickened, he needs courses in English comprehension and basic
epidemiology.
In my letter, I said that I gave "far more" than my litigation fees
for scholarships and a professorship, contrary to his claim that it all
came from litigation fees. I doubt that "far more" means something in
England, where Evans apparently learned...
I must add to Leonard Evan's "to do" list. After getting his skin
thickened, he needs courses in English comprehension and basic
epidemiology.
In my letter, I said that I gave "far more" than my litigation fees
for scholarships and a professorship, contrary to his claim that it all
came from litigation fees. I doubt that "far more" means something in
England, where Evans apparently learned to read poorly, than it does in
the U.S. In fact, most of the money I contributed came from investment
income enhanced by the statistical methods that Evans labels as
"unintelligible hocus pocus analyses " when I apply them to motor vehicle
fatality rates. My conscience is clear as to my motives for my gifts, my
litigation work and my statements regarding Evan's book. Anyone who knows
me and my work will laugh at Evan's allegations. Most of my scientific
work preceded any thought of being involved in litigation.
Anyone who knows the behavioral science literature will wonder about
someone who prefers to question his critic's motives rather than address
the points I made in the review. It is not unusual for someone with bad
motives to project them on others. In my review and in my articles and
books, I have praised Evans' work that I consider praiseworthy, but a
substantial part of the book under review is worthy only of condemnation.
Evans again raises the argument that litigation in the U.S. accounts
for changes in simple counts of motor vehicle deaths in the U.S. relative
to other countries. He presents no data on changes in litigation awards or
litigation activity in the various countries in correlation with changes
in death rates to support the assertion. In the book, he states that the
inference is based on his judgement (p. 389). The word “judgement” should
be preceded by “subjective”. In his most recent letter, he makes all sorts
of claims about what drivers are thinking without one shred of empirical
data to support his assertions, similar to the tone of many passages in
his book.
Although he corrects for increases in vehicle registrations in his
book, in his letters Evans relies on the 16 percent reduction in the U.S.
raw number of deaths versus more than 50 percent in other countries, such
as Canada, without specifying the years he is comparing. In the book, the
percentages are for the years 1979-2002. Litigation did not begin in the
U.S. in 1979 or therafter. The reduction in rate per vehicle given by
Evans in the book is 46% for the U.S. and 64% for Canada. Thus, simply
correcting for differential growth in number of vehicles narrows the
difference substantially. As I said in my review, other factors must be
accounted for in such comparisons: "demographic shifts, population and
vehicle density in geographic areas and changing mix of vehicles", any one
of which could close a gap between 46% and 64%. An epidemiology student
would be flunked for making the kinds of inferences that Evans makes,
without empirical analysis of the effects of such factors.
Anyone who is interested in how to reduce road-related injury should
download the recent WHO report on the subject (free on the web at
http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2004/en/) and save yourself the
outlandish $99 that Evan's wants for a book substantially full of
misinformation.
Once again I am indebted to Robertson for adding support to my
central thesis. The fact that a chair bearing his name is endowed with
his litigation profits underlines the unique influence of litigation in
the US approach to traffic safety. In what other country does this
happen?
In some states, such as Texas, it is illegal for juries to know that
an injured plaintiff was not wearing a safety...
Once again I am indebted to Robertson for adding support to my
central thesis. The fact that a chair bearing his name is endowed with
his litigation profits underlines the unique influence of litigation in
the US approach to traffic safety. In what other country does this
happen?
In some states, such as Texas, it is illegal for juries to know that
an injured plaintiff was not wearing a safety belt, as required by law.
Testimony cannot therefore be presented demonstrating that obeying the
belt-wearing law would have prevented or mitigated the injury
(particularly true in rollovers). The incessant message to the American
public is that injuries result from malfeasance by institutions with deep
pockets. As ordinary citizens do not make roads or vehicles, they are led
to believe that safety has little to do with them, whereas in fact the
greatest reductions in risk are from small changes in behavior (such as
wearing a belt). In what other country would a case about an injury
prohibit mentioning safety belts?
While traffic deaths in Canada (and other countries) declined by 50%,
U.S. traffic deaths declined by only 16%. My 2004 book Traffic Safety[1]
associates this huge difference with an enormously powerful U.S.
litigation industry pursuing money rather than safety. Critics of this
thesis need to offer a more convincing alternative explanation than that
U.S. legislators simply make different decisions from those in Canada.
Such decisions have antecedents, including massive campaign contributions
from litigators. The U.S. is a world leader in many public health areas
(smoking, air safety), but its emphasis on vehicle rather than driver
factors assures an ongoing catastrophe in traffic safety.
Leonard Evans obviously dislikes my less than totally favourable
review of his book. My review noted several sensible sections in the book,
but several nonsensical ones as well. My reference to self-publication of
the book was only to point out that it would have benefited from peer
review. His assertions in his letter regarding me and my income are
patently false. He needs a skin transplant. His is t...
Leonard Evans obviously dislikes my less than totally favourable
review of his book. My review noted several sensible sections in the book,
but several nonsensical ones as well. My reference to self-publication of
the book was only to point out that it would have benefited from peer
review. His assertions in his letter regarding me and my income are
patently false. He needs a skin transplant. His is too thin.
Evans notes favourable reviews of his book which I find astonishing in
some respects. Inury epidemiology and prevention will not be a viable
science if we stop being critical of one another's work. When I sent my
review to Dinesh Mohan, who reviewed the book favourably for the British
Medical Journal, he wrote back, “Leon, I agree with you! I should have
read the book a little more carefully. Your review is much more detailed
and sound technically.”
Evans attributes an alleged lag in adopting injury prevention in the
U.S. to a "giant litigation industry" from which I "greatly profited",
leading to my critique of his book. Although the U.S. led the world in
requiring improved vehicle crashworthiness and laws requiring the use of
child safety seats, it did lag in adoption of seat belt laws. That was not
the doing of the Insurance for Highway Safety, where I was employed in the
1970s, or personal injury lawyers. At the Insurance Institute, we financed
research by Australian researchers on the first law in Australia [1] and I
did research which documented the success of that law.[2] I know of no
involvement of personal injury lawyers in the debate regarding seat belts
in state legislatures. Both motorcycle helmet use laws and seat belt use
laws in the U.S. were delayed by debates regarding personal freedom,
mostly by state legislators who were trying to make political hay with
their constituents. Opinion polls indicated that most people opposed
belt use laws at the time. I favoured such laws as any of the students who
took my courses, and others who heard me lecture, can attest.
I did, for a period of time before my retirement, testify in personal
injury lawsuits but I did not profit one penny from that activity. I
donated all the fees I received, indeed far more (some $500,000 in total),
to Johns Hopkins University, the University of Minnesota and the Trauma
Foundation for injury prevention research and advocacy. If you want to
call the satisfaction that I get from giving away money to support the
field in which I laboured "great profit", fine. I noted in my book on my
work with lawyers, free on the web at www.nanlee.net, which Evans
apparently has not read, that I gave the money away and that my motivation
for that work was to hold the manufacturers feet to the fire when the
government stopped most of its regulatory activity in the 1980s.
Evans dismisses my analyses of safety regulation [e.g. 3] as
"unintelligible hocus pocus analyses that somehow manage to find effects
that support the analyst’s prior beliefs." Since Evans and I have never
had a conversation, much less discussed my beliefs, he has no basis for
such a charge. Indeed, I am sure the thousands of users of multiple
regression analysis throughout the sciences would be surprised to see that
method described as "untelligible hocus pocus". I reported what the data
showed me. Indeed, I noted in my 1998 book that the regression coefficient
on seat belt use in relation to fatality rates fit Evan's effectiveness
estimate from his useful double-paired comparison method.[4]
It is sad that, since Evans doesn't have the facts on his side, he
resorts to falsehoods in an attempt to impugn my motives.
Leon S. Robertson, Ph.D.
Retired Injury Epidemiologist
Yale University
References
1. Foldvary, L.A. and Lane, J.C. The effectiveness of compulsory
wearing of seat-belts in casualty reduction. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS ANS
PREVENTION, 6:59-81, 1974.
2. Robertson, Leon S. Automobile seat belt use inselected countries,
states and provinces with and without laws requiring belt use. ACCIDENT
ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 10:5-10, 1978.
3. Robertson, Leon S. Reducing death on the road: The effects of
minimum safety standards,
publicized crash tests, seat belts and alcohol. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH, 86:31-34,
1996.
4. Robertson, Leon S.: INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: RESEARCH AND CONTROL
STRATEGIES, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
David Huff[1] either didn’t read our article carefully or didn’t
comprehend it. Besides mischaracterizing us as “experts at crash tests”
(we are behavioural scientists, while engineers at the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety direct crash testing), Huff misstates what we say,
claiming we are “at a loss” as to how to improve driver education and want
it eliminated from high schools.
David Huff[1] either didn’t read our article carefully or didn’t
comprehend it. Besides mischaracterizing us as “experts at crash tests”
(we are behavioural scientists, while engineers at the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety direct crash testing), Huff misstates what we say,
claiming we are “at a loss” as to how to improve driver education and want
it eliminated from high schools.
What we did say is this: Despite worldwide evidence that driver
education does not produce safer drivers and in some cases increases the
crash problem, it has enduring appeal. Many new driver education programs,
often using computer-based technology, have been introduced in recent
years. There is a program in Australia combining professional driving
instructors and parents that we describe as promising. However, given what
research studies have told us about prior programs thought to be state-of-
the-art, we argue that scientific evaluations of the effects of new
programs are essential. We also need to be alert to programs that may do
harm. In this regard it is noteworthy that programs teaching skid control
and other emergency manoeuvres are becoming increasingly popular in the
United States; yet studies have shown that they can increase rather than
decrease the crash problem.[2]
This explains the title of our commentary (“Driver Education
Renaissance?”).[3] Yes, there has been a proliferation of new driver
education programs, but are they making a difference? We won’t know
without rigorous scientific evaluations to guide us. We don’t expect this
view to be appreciated by someone who declares that “we must respect what
is unscientifically ‘known’ by the public;” but as behavioural scientists
who have spent many years addressing the young driver problem, we think
this is the rational way to proceed.[4]
Allan F. Williams, Ph.D.,
Susan A. Ferguson, Ph.D.,
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
References
1. Huff DC. A rebuttal to skeptics of teen driver education. Inj
Prev, eLetters, 20 April 2005.
2. Jones B. The effectiveness of skid-car training for teenage
novice drivers in Oregon. Salem, OR: Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles,
1993.
3. Williams AF, Ferguson SA. Driver education renaissance? Inj Prev
2004;10:4-7.
4. Williams AF. Barriers and opportunities in reducing motor vehicle
injuries. Inj Prev 2001;7:83-84.
While it is not customary for an author to comment on a review, a
response seems appropriate to L.S. Robertson’s review [1] of my 2004 book
"Traffic Safety."[2]
Another reviewer writes "Evans' work covers in remarkable detail the
full range of important topics in traffic safety…but his chapter 'The
Dramatic Failure of U.S. Safety Policy' is the showstopper."[3] This
"showstopper" shows that wh...
While it is not customary for an author to comment on a review, a
response seems appropriate to L.S. Robertson’s review [1] of my 2004 book
"Traffic Safety."[2]
Another reviewer writes "Evans' work covers in remarkable detail the
full range of important topics in traffic safety…but his chapter 'The
Dramatic Failure of U.S. Safety Policy' is the showstopper."[3] This
"showstopper" shows that while Britain, Canada and Australia reduced their
traffic fatalities by 50%, US fatalities declined by only 16%. If the US
had matched their performance, about 200,000 fewer Americans would have
died in a two-decade period. The explanation I offer is that the US,
instead of pursuing a balanced mix of interventions, obsessively focuses
on vehicle factors. This focus originates from a giant litigation
industry devoted to its own financial interests rather than reducing harm.
As one who supported and greatly profited from that industry, it is
understandable that Robertson should seek to discredit my book. The fact
that all he could come up with were extraneous trivia only adds support to
my thesis.
Unable to discredit the core content, Robertson attacks the
publisher. My preface [2, p.xiv] states that by not using a major
publisher, "Traffic Safety" was available a year or so earlier. Given the
success my 1991 book,[4] and the 27 glowing reviews it received, the
present text would have been welcomed by major publishers. The six
reviews to date (excusing Robertson’s!) of "Traffic Safety" have been
likewise glowing. For information on reviews of both books, visit
http://www.scienceservingsociety.com.
Robertson's implication that I was unaware of the stability factor
equation underlines his desperation. Its creator was, like myself, a
former General Motors employee. I discuss it my 1991 book, [4, p. 76] but
do not included in "Traffic Safety" because more pressing material
(including factors more affecting rollover deaths) claimed each of its 445
pages. For similar reasons, I do not devote scarce space to demonstrating
massive flaws in published studies as I did in the earlier book.
Robertson is not cited in the present book, but often in the 1991 book.
Robertson objects to inferences from raw data, suggesting that
demographic or vehicle factors can explain away the differences. Not so -
- growth of vehicles, travel, etc. was similar. The vehicle mix in US and
Canadian fleets is not all that different, so how can a vehicle factor
explain enormous differences in safety performance?
When raw data show no indication of an effect, I have vigorously
opposed unintelligible hocus pocus analyses that somehow manage to find
effects that support the analyst’s prior beliefs. I have illustrated this
using two frequently cited analyses of the same data (one by Robertson)
that somehow ended up supporting diametrically opposite beliefs,
characterizing both as "the triumph of zeal over science, or perhaps even
common sense." [4, p.83].
Another reviewer writes "Evans has a clear passion for getting the
right answers. For all the strong opinions he lays out, one senses that
his agenda is simply to understand how to improve traffic safety."[3]
It is common in data analysis to discard a point that departs widely
from the trend when there are additional reasons for considering it
suspect. Robertson’s review meets such a standard.
References
1. Robertson LS. Review of "Traffic Safety" by Leonard Evans. Inj
Prev 2005 11:256.
2. Evans L. "Traffic Safety." Bloomfield Hills, MI: Science Serving
Society; 2004.
3. Eisenberg, D. Review of "Traffic Safety" by Leonard Evans. JAMA
2005 294(6), 746–747.
4. Evans L. "Traffic Safety and the Driver." New York, NY: Van
Nostrand Reinhold; 1991.
I am 42 years of age and believe it or not I used to play that "game"
when I was a child in the suburbs of Chicago. From vague memory it was
somewhere around 1974 and I was around 10-12 years old? This story really
caught my attention. I thought "oh my god I used to do that!"
My older brother would have all the kids line up and he'd pick us up by
the neck (literally) for maybe 10 seconds and let us p...
I am 42 years of age and believe it or not I used to play that "game"
when I was a child in the suburbs of Chicago. From vague memory it was
somewhere around 1974 and I was around 10-12 years old? This story really
caught my attention. I thought "oh my god I used to do that!"
My older brother would have all the kids line up and he'd pick us up by
the neck (literally) for maybe 10 seconds and let us pass out on the bed
while my sisters stood around laughing waiting for their turn. I remember
it feeling "really cool" it was a game it was "fun" to feel all tingly and
it was similar to happy gas at the dentist. We are all educated normal
successful adults today however at the time I had no idea how dangerous it
was.
I guess I just wanted people to know this "game" is not NEW by any means.
Unfortunately its been going on for a lot longer than people know. I hope
my info can help families know this is not new.
My deepest condolences for anyone who has lost a child from this.
Parents need to know this is really happening and it is happening
more than America and the world knows because it is not talked about! My
boy was the 2nd child this month at Kaiser No. hosp. in Sac. Ca. to
die from this! The other I heard was 12 yrs. Old. Accidentally they died!!!
Feeling helpless and still loving all four of my children,
Parents need to know this is really happening and it is happening
more than America and the world knows because it is not talked about! My
boy was the 2nd child this month at Kaiser No. hosp. in Sac. Ca. to
die from this! The other I heard was 12 yrs. Old. Accidentally they died!!!
Feeling helpless and still loving all four of my children,
Blacking out: Choking: Passout: Fainting: Spacemonkey
The above titles are the names of a game that's becoming popular among some junior and senior high school students. It involves one person hyperventilating then holding the breath while another person bear hugs them from behind. This hug and breath holding enhances an effect called Valsalva Maneuver (VM). VM is the technique that weightlifters instinctively employ when lifting heavy weights. They hold their breath and squeeze their abdominal muscles as they lift. The net effect of VM is an increase in intrathoracic pressure (inside the chest cavity) which creates high pressure on the great veins (superior and inferior vena cava). This high pressure on the great veins reduces blood return to the heart which in turn, reduces blood output from the heart. When blood output to the brain is reduced, brain oxygen is reduced (cerebral hypoxia) and the person faints or passes out.
Are these games dangerous?
It can be. Repeated bouts of cerebral hypoxia has the potential to cause brain damage. For individuals with heart disease or certain vascular diseases Valsalva Maneuver can cause heart attack, stroke, or other cardio vascular damage.
Most of the time as soon as the person faints they return to normal breathing and recover in a few minutes. Headaches may follow.
Are these games autoerotic asphyxia?
Only if it is combined with masturbation--that's the auto (self) erotic (sex) part.
Below is a link to an article published in our local paper regarding
the death of my boy Gabriel Harry Mordecai, age 13, 3 weeks from his 8th
grade graduation. http://www.paradisepost.com/Stories/
Gabriel Harry Mordecai
Gabriel Harry Mordecai of Paradise, Ca, entered into eternal rest on
May 6, 2005, surrounded by his loving father, mother, grandmother,
brothers, sister, numerous family members and friends.
Born on July 31,
1991 in Quincy, Gabriel lived in Paradise for 10 years and attended
Paradise Elementary School, Evergreen Academy, and Paradise Intermediate
School, where he would have graduated eighth grade this June. Gabriel was
and will always be a precious gift who blessed us. Gabriel was unique in
so many ways. He was loyal to his family without fail; he showed empathy
beyond his years to those less fortunate than himself, and he was a very
forgiving young man.
Gabriel's passions were the outdoors, camping, skiing
with his father and brother, target shooting, hunting, archery, aircraft,
reptiles, especially his ball python 'Monty' otherwise known as 'Julius
Squeezer' and the family dog 'Ezra. Gabriel always looked forward to his
visits with his father and grandmother every two weeks and the adventures
they provided for him.
Gabe was an excellent student, who worked hard to
achieve the goals he set for himself, especially a high GPA so he would do
well in high school and go on to a good university.
Gabriel is survived by his father, Blair Mordecai of Berkeley, Ca, mother,
Sarah Pacatte and twin brother, Samuel Mordecai, both of Paradise, brother
Gregory Mordecai, of Boulder, Co., brother Arthur Golden III, of Chico,
sister Elizabeth Golden of Long Beach, grandmother, Adrienne Mordecai of
Berkeley.
Gabriel had many, many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends that he loved
and who loved him. (m. e. o.) Gabriel brought such life, joy and awe to
our family, always curious, adventurous, and fearless. We thank you God
for blessing us with such a precious gift. Gabe, we will miss you, and
cherish you, until the end of days....
"It is no slight thing when those, so fresh from God, love us".
Published in the Paradise Post from 5/10/2005 - 5/12/2005.
Dear Editor
Just wanted to say that I currently work as a junior orthopaedic surgeon in a London teaching hospital. My aim is to combine a career in surgery with one in injury prevention as many of my counterparts in low and middle income countries do.
On July 7th this year I was working at the Royal London Hospital and worked alongside many brilliant people in the effort to treat the patients predomina...
I was concerned to see an editorial offering one opinion reduced to poverty breeds terroism.
Suicide bombing can not be excused on any grounds; moreover, the suicide killers of civilians are not usually from the poverty cohorts of London, Iraq, NYC , nor Palestine. Such redutionist viewpoints give aid to those who would have humanitarian concerns twisted. One can not equate anything to such killings nor the...
Dear Editor
While difficult to disentangle what is getting Robertson so enraged, the following four possibilities seem likely candidates.
1. He denies my claim [1, p. 381-388] that US safety policy has been a dramatic failure.
2. He disagrees with my explanation [1, p 389-408] that the litigation focus of US safety policy has contributed to this dramatic failure.
3. He di...
Dear Editor,
I must add to Leonard Evan's "to do" list. After getting his skin thickened, he needs courses in English comprehension and basic epidemiology.
In my letter, I said that I gave "far more" than my litigation fees for scholarships and a professorship, contrary to his claim that it all came from litigation fees. I doubt that "far more" means something in England, where Evans apparently learned...
Dear Editor,
Once again I am indebted to Robertson for adding support to my central thesis. The fact that a chair bearing his name is endowed with his litigation profits underlines the unique influence of litigation in the US approach to traffic safety. In what other country does this happen?
In some states, such as Texas, it is illegal for juries to know that an injured plaintiff was not wearing a safety...
Dear Editor,
Leonard Evans obviously dislikes my less than totally favourable review of his book. My review noted several sensible sections in the book, but several nonsensical ones as well. My reference to self-publication of the book was only to point out that it would have benefited from peer review. His assertions in his letter regarding me and my income are patently false. He needs a skin transplant. His is t...
Dear Editor:
David Huff[1] either didn’t read our article carefully or didn’t comprehend it. Besides mischaracterizing us as “experts at crash tests” (we are behavioural scientists, while engineers at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety direct crash testing), Huff misstates what we say, claiming we are “at a loss” as to how to improve driver education and want it eliminated from high schools.
What...
Dear Editor,
While it is not customary for an author to comment on a review, a response seems appropriate to L.S. Robertson’s review [1] of my 2004 book "Traffic Safety."[2]
Another reviewer writes "Evans' work covers in remarkable detail the full range of important topics in traffic safety…but his chapter 'The Dramatic Failure of U.S. Safety Policy' is the showstopper."[3] This "showstopper" shows that wh...
Dear Editor,
I am 42 years of age and believe it or not I used to play that "game" when I was a child in the suburbs of Chicago. From vague memory it was somewhere around 1974 and I was around 10-12 years old? This story really caught my attention. I thought "oh my god I used to do that!" My older brother would have all the kids line up and he'd pick us up by the neck (literally) for maybe 10 seconds and let us p...
Dear Editor,
Parents need to know this is really happening and it is happening more than America and the world knows because it is not talked about! My boy was the 2nd child this month at Kaiser No. hosp. in Sac. Ca. to die from this! The other I heard was 12 yrs. Old. Accidentally they died!!! Feeling helpless and still loving all four of my children,
Sarah A. Pacatte
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