A school district in Arizona has outfitted one of its school buses with a $200 mobile 3G Wi-Fi router and $60-per-month access. And guess what? Instead of punching each other and yelling all the way to school, the kids quietly tap, tap, tap away on their laptops.
If you’ve ever been on a JetBlue flight, you can imagine that’s a similar kind of blissful silence. JetBlue’s planes are all outfitted with DirecTV, which placates the drooling masses like me on the three hour flights between Boston and Fort Myers.
The same principle applies on the internet-enabled school bus in Vail, Arizona. Granted, this school district’s particular bus ride is over an hour but according to the New York Times, “Wi-Fi access has transformed what was often a boisterous bus ride into a rolling study hall, and behavioral problems have virtually disappeared.”
Wi-Fi Turns Arizona Bus Ride Into a Rolling Study Hall [New York Times]
With more people driving it is better to do all that you can do within you power to prevent an accident happening to you than if you are just careless and wait until you have already had the collision and then just calling a Florida personal injury lawyers or a Fort Myers personal injury lawyer.
One of the most frequent causes of accidents on the road is the use of cell phones or car phones, and this is because the use of a cell phone while driving is distracting, and research has shown that people cannot concentrate on driving and using the phone at the same time, because their brains have to switch rapidly between the two functions and when this happens it is hard to concentrate on both. That is why it is better to just tell someone that you will call them back or pull over and that way you will not be endangering yourself and everyone else in your car as well as other people on the road by trying to do two incompatible things at once. Eating is another danger because you will be distracted and one of the most important things that keeps people safe from potential accidents is awareness and reaction time, which is affected when you are trying to do more than just drive, which already involves a lot of activities. If you use your mirrors and don’t turn around you will be more aware and have faster reactions. Keep both of your hands on the wheel so you can react and turn faster too.
When we think about car accidents we don’t think of them happening close to home, but most do. So instead of waiting until after an accident happens and then hiring a Fort Myers accident lawyer or a Fort Myers injury lawyer, you can take precautions beforehand so that you and your children or other people’s children, who are involved in many serious accidents.
Protecting kids depends on you being aware of thee they are at all times so that you do not assume that they are inside when they could be playing or running around near your vehicle or near the street. Sadly, many times people back out of their driveway, they don’t see the children or a child who has been playing behind their car because they can not see things that are below the window in the back and if a child is small or sitting down they can not be seen out of the back window. A good way to avoid this is to walk around to the back of the car before you get in to make sure there are no kids around and to make sure your kids are not playing near the vehicle and that they know that they should not go near cars because they are dangerous, and if you want to be extra cautious or just want to be certain there aren’t any kids behind your car you can get a rearview camera or sensors which are now becoming more and more available on newer models of cars. Another danger that children especially young children fall victim to is the danger of overexposure to the elements, so don’t leave the kids in the car because they are going to be much more vulnerable than you or I would be to the elements but also they will be unable to help themselves if they are in danger. Power windows can also be a big danger for kids so make sure that you lock your windows when the kids are in the car.
