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Whitney Houston’s Death and Bathtub Accidents

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Whitney Houston in one of her concerts . It was reported that the famous American singer Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub on Saturday night of February 11, 2012 , at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The coroner’s report did not show any foul play and that made me to conclude that a bathtub accident could have caused her death whether she was on drugs and drunk or not. A Bathroom in Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Bathtub injuries are included in the most common causes of death due to injury in the United States and often from drowning and submersion while in or falling into bath-tub after slipping or falling while bathing. The bathroom is one of the most hazardous places in the home for accidents; as a matter of fact the majority of broken hips are the result of slipping in the bathtub. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that there are more than 300,000 bathroom accidents each year and that 2.5 million adults over the age of 65 need special as...

More Stupid People Are Texting and Driving

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Without apologies or regrets I have to call all those who cannot stop texting while driving as STUPID! And the following report has confirmed that the population of stupid people texting and driving is increasing. Why should stupid people continue to text while driving when there is a cheap and easy to use device for hands free voice texting in motion? See the demo video below. Young drivers are most at risk of having an accident as a result of using a mobile phone WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Distracted driving is a dangerous and common practice —and it's becoming an even bigger problem on the nation's roads as more drivers are text messaging while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the percentage of drivers who text messaged or manipulated their mobile devices while driving went up significantly, from 0.6 percent in 2009 to 0.9 percent to 2010. The latest federal figures show more than 3,000 people died ...