411 Pain - Effects of speeding

411 Pain - Effects of speeding

Before you put the pedal to the metal recognize that choice puts your life, the lives of your passengers and the lives of your fellow travelers at risk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates excessive speed is a contributing factor to nearly a third of the nation's fatal vehicle crashes.
411 Pain suggests you do the math... For a 5 mile trip via a 35 mile per hour zone, speeding at 45 miles per hour barely saves the driver two minutes.
Is two minutes really worth your life, the lives of your loved ones, or others who you share the road with?

Speed limits are the maximum rate motor vehicles should be able to travel without endangering all drivers sharing the road. Reaction time is a key component in factoring safe speed limits. Speeding diminishes a driver's reaction time in the event of the unexpected pedestrian, mechanical problem, road defect, or inclement weather. 411 Pain reminds for every 10 miles per hour a vehicle travels, there should be one car length between vehicles. For example, a driver traveling at 70 miles per hour should have a space equal to 7 car lengths between it and the next vehicle ahead. That space offers the driver ample time to spot trouble, react to it and potentially avoid a crash. Know also, the faster a vehicle travels the harder the impact it will have when it hits another vehicle or anything else. The force from a speed related accident is also likely to yield serious injuries or death to all involved.

Exercise Restraint

Speeding is a choice and a poor one at that, but throw traveling at a high rate of speed without wearing a seat belt into the mix and you have a recipe for disaster. Surviving a speed induced wreck will likely wreck your vehicle, your body, and your life. 411 Pain warns if you are traveling at 70 miles per hour and have to make a sudden stop, your car stops when brakes are applied; your body is another story. If a two ton vehicle cannot withstand a high speed wreck, imagine what it does to the human body. Your internal organs like your brain move at the same 75 mile per hour rate and slams into your skull with the same force. As a result, you're likely to suffer irreversible brain damage, paralysis, or blindness. Your internal organs also suffer insults and injury from the violent jostling at a high rate of speed. Any or all of these can prove deadly to driver, passenger, and other motorists involved.

Paying the Price

Crashes attributed to excessive speed rack up an estimated $4 billion in health care costs every year. Drivers with lead feet pay millions in fines for breaking the law. Insurance premiums rise as points are assessed against drivers cited for speeding. Then there are the tens of thousands of dollars spent to replace vehicles totaled in high speed crashes. 411 Pain finds no good in exceeding the posted speed limit. It doesn't save time and it doesn't save lives, it puts them at risk. So take your time, obey speed laws, and stay safe. It's better to arrive a little late than not to arrive at all.

411 Pain - Child Safety

  411 Pain - Child Safety

It is a threat small children face every time they take a ride in their car seats in the back seat of a car.
The threat is forgetfulness. Car seats are designed to keep a parent's most precious cargo, children, secure in their seats in the event of an accident. Sadly there is a fatal flaw built into the proper use of the safety device, and that is the legal requirement that demands the car seat be placed in the back seat of the vehicle.  It is this aspect that leaves parent and child vulnerable to oversight.

Every year all over the country parents live the tragic consequence of losing a child simply because in a harried moment they forgot he or she was there, literally leaving them to die. Car temperatures can rise 20 degrees in ten minutes in warm climates windows open or not.  And that drastic change in temperature works in reverse in the cold but brings with it the same lethal threat.  The children victimized are usually small and have been lulled to sleep by the car ride. Their silent state fails to warn their mother or father they are still in the back seat. Compounding their grief of losing a child, some parents have even been charged with crimes after accidentally leaving their children to die in the back seat.

 411 Pain recognizes this tragedy is completely avoidable and offers some crucial reminders...

--When travelling  with small children in car seats, put a personal item in the back seat with them.
That personal item should be something you can't get through the day without like your employee identification, wallet, or even a cellphone.  The cellphone in the back seat works two fold, first as a reminder that a child is in the car, and second as a means of keeping you from using the phone while driving.

--You can also use a child's toy as a gentle reminder of a little one's presence. When the child isn't riding
place the toy in the safety seat in the back seat.  When the child is in the car seat, bring the toy to the front seat where you can see it and be reminded there's a kiddie on board.

--If possible, try to make an arrangement with your little one's daycare or babysitter to call when the child
doesn't' show up as scheduled. Or you can maintain the onus and notify your childcare provider you personally will call should your child ever be absent.  That phone call may also serve as a personal reminder not to forget your child is with you.


MULTI-TASKING CASUALTIES

Remember children's’ body temperatures can rise 3 to 5 times faster than that of an adult. As a result, they are at risk of organ failure, brain damage, and even death if left in a car long enough. So stop, take a breath, take a second, and take note of your most precious cargo sitting feet away in the same vehicle.  Don't multitask your brain into an overload that costs your child his or her life. That's a price too high for any parent or any child to pay.

411 Pain reminds you to stay safe while driving !

411 Pain - The Truth About Clubbing And Driving

Everyone knows that drinking and driving is not only illegal - it can be deadly!
So what to do?  
411 Pain offers the following tips for enjoying yourself while staying safe:

WALK If you're lucky enough to live in a place where you can walk to the clubs, then you're set to go! (As long as you don't drink so much that you can't even walk home...)

CAB When club hopping, take a cab in between. It's actually cheaper than paying for parking - especially in places like SOBE! (South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida) If you choose to stay at one club, take a cab home. Split the cost with your friends and everyone gets home safe.

DESIGNATED DRIVER Not everyone drinks, and not everyone who drinks does so all the time. Maybe one of your friends has something to do the next day and doesn't want to be hungover. See if you can find someone who will not be drinking (at all - not even a sip!) and let them be the chauffeur.

STAY AT A MOTEL Again, this can be cheaper than parking, especially when splitting the cost amongst friends. When you're done with the club, take the party back to the motel!

STAY AT A FRIEND'S Maybe you live far from the clubs, but one of your friends lives in walking distance. Tell your friend you'll buy the drinks if you can stay over at their house after the club. There are many ways to party WITHOUT getting in a car after you've been drinking.

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411-Pain, the leader in road safety awareness reminds you to PLEASE: NEVER drink and drive, NEVER text and drive and ALWAYS wear your seat belt.