The answer to that particular question can depend a lot on whom you ask. According to ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft, ride sharing is a service that takes advantage of modern technology to provide a more casual approach to getting a ride....
VW had to know that it was in for some stormy months or even years following the EPA’s accusation that it was using defeat devices to fool pollution regulators. The company at least had the sense to admit what they had done right away and to air out...
Brain injuries are hard to catch at the best of times, but at least there’s usually a specific instance you can point to that created the problem: a hard fall, a car accident, a nearby explosion. However, under the right circumstances, there’s one...
Exercise is hard. That’s why a lot of people have trouble getting started with exercise and with settling into a routine even after they manage to figure out which fitness program works best for them. You may wind up with lingering pain and sorenes...
Few businesses have as many patrons per day per square foot as a restaurant or a café. Partly this is thanks to their ability to attract repeat business, and partly it’s thanks to how restaurants can’t be replaced even in an age of online shopping....
America sometimes has the reputation of being a litigious society, a place where a person will sue you at the drop of a hat (and then sue the hat for good measure). But aside from the fact that this is clearly an exaggeration, is it really so bad to...
As part of his last year in office, President Obama announced his intention to help the future of personal transportation arrive a little faster. He is committing four billion dollars to the research and testing of self-driving cars, as an attempt to...
No one wants to think about what may happen in the event of a car crash, or other automobile accident, but when things like this occur, that’s when insurance companies step in. Except when they don’t. Unfortunately, it’s far more common than peopl...
If you become ill due to your work or were injured on the job, you may entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Workers’ compensation is an insurance program that is required by state law that ensures employees who have suffered work-related injur...
Though pesticides are designed to kill bugs and rodents, their mode of action is not specific to one species including humans. The World Organization estimates that there are 3 million cases of pesticide poisoning each year and around 220,00 deaths a...
You have probably already seen countless cartoons and adult comedies where someone was given a blow to the head and had some form of a concussion. Though concussions are the most common and least serious type of traumatic brain injury. However, that...
With the holidays around, many are traveling to see their friends and family over the holiday seasons. For some of us, that is just a simple half an hour trip. However, for others this may be quite a few hours or even a day’s trip to see them. If...
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