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ADHD TEEN DRIVERS HAVE MORE
ACCIDENTS?
By Chuck Wells
According to a study done for
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, young people
with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have a
higher frequency and more fatal accidents than youths who do not
have ADHD.
Teens who take three daily doses of methylphenidate:
- Have more high-speed
collisions than teens not taking the medication
- Drive off the road more
often
- Cross the midline more
frequently
Researchers also found that
teens with ADHD
- Are 2 to 4 times more likely
to have a motor vehicle accident than those without ADHD
- More than 3 times as likely
to be injured in an accident
- 4 times more likely to be at
fault for accidents
- 2 to 6 times more likely to
get speeding tickets
- Get 4 to 5 times more
tickets of all kinds
- 8 times more likely to have
their licenses suspended
AND YOU THOUGHT YOUR RATES
ARE HIGH?
The cost of liability
insurance only (no collision or comprehensive coverages) on one
car in New York City is about $3,000 for the year.
Only 500,000 of New York City’s 1.4 vehicles carry comprehensive
coverage (fire,theft,vandalism)
New York City auto thefts account for more than three-quarters
of all thefts in the entire state.
FEEL CHAINED TO YOUR DESK?
29-year-old Bobby Northington started his third day as a
temporary production worker at a publishing company in
Nashville, Tenn. He walked 10 feet away from his workbench to
give a stick of gum to a co-worker and then returned to his
station. His supervisor came up to him and “instructed him to
put his right leg adjacent to the table leg.” She “then wrapped
the chain tightly around his leg and locked it.” Another
supervisor spotted Northington chained to his desk and “laughed
and commented they should now be able to get some production out
of Mr. Northington.” After 40 minutes, Northington was released.
He did not come back to work and instead, asked the company for
a cash settlement because they violated his civil rights. The
company refused saying there were conflicting statements.
Northington then hired a lawyer and is suing the company for
$50,000 compensatory damages and $500,000 punitive damages. The
moral of the story? Don’t bring gum to work.
SOME ODDS AND ENDS
Randy Parsons, an inmate serving time on a murder charge in
Michigan, won a $1.17 million lawsuit against the jail because
they did not prevent his attempted suicide. He survived and is
serving the rest of his 30 year term. Now taxpayers are stuck
with a higher insurance bill on the jail because of the claim.
Insurance agency owner Raquel
Garza of Brownsville, Texas was in trouble with the IRS. While
the IRS agents were in her agency to seize her business, she
instructed her employees to leave the building and lock the
agents inside. When agents pounded on the door to get out, one
of the employees shouted to them: “Call a locksmith,” and they
walked away.
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