Last month a woman, while driving in Athens, Georgia, crossed the center lane in the road and crashed into a group of cyclists riding on the same roadway. One of the cyclists, a student at the University of Athens, was struck head-on and killed instantaneously. The...
Parenting No-Nos: Texting Teens While They Are Driving
Parents these days are being scrutinized more when they are perceived to be helicopter parents. A helicopter parent is a parent who pays extreme attention to a child’s experiences and problems in order to solve his or her problems or difficulties. The accompanying...
DUI (Prescription Pills) And Teens
Earlier this year, the homecoming queen in Centerville, Virginia died after taking a mix of prescription drugs and alcohol while at a house party. The prescription drugs were alleged to have been provided to the teen by a former student in the high school who...
DWI (Drugs) Crimes And Misdemeanors
The police department of the city of East Liverpool in Ohio posted a picture on the department’s Facebook account of a couple passed out after overdosing in their car. The police were responding to calls that a car was driving erratically and came to an abrupt stop...