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A recent ruling by a federal appeals court expands the definition of disabilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act to include temporary impairments. The ruling sets an important legal precedent for workers who...

If you’ve been hurt or gotten sick because of your job, you need to understand how the Virginia workers’ compensation system works. Benefits are available for injuries caused directly by work, including injuries from...

Winter weather makes Virginia’s highways and byways dangerous. With extreme cold weather systems bringing ice and other hazards to the state’s roads, it’s important for Virginia drivers to be cautious and make good...

The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute released a study of hand-held cellphone distractions and the findings are clear: Making a phone call on the road with a hand-held device triples the odds of a car crash. The...

The Super Bowl is more than a big game. It’s an annual occasion when people gather with friends and family to eat and drink and watch the game. Alcoholic beverages are common at Super Bowl parties so be careful not to let

Google Glass, the hot new hands-free mobile technology with a head-mounted display, may be outlawed in some states concerned about distracted driving accidents. State lawmakers in Wyoming, West Virginia and New York are all

A recent survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety concluded that adults report texting and driving more often than teenagers do, a finding that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Although AAA found that many...

Although many of us were promised flying cars by now, that technology isn’t yet available.  However, automakers are pressing ahead to produce a self-driving car.  While a self-driving car can drive in traffic and park...

As novice drivers get more comfortable behind the wheel, they are more likely to start performing secondary tasks that divert their eyes, such as dialing a cell phone, texting, or eating, according to a study in the New...

The National Safety Council, a nonprofit safety advocacy group, says that auto crashes involving cellphones are vastly underreported. Its findings are based on an analysis of 180 reports of traffic crashes that involved...