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Suicide barriers have been employed to prevent trauma in neighbors who live in close proximity to jumping suicide hotspots, as has been done in cities such as Seattle. Media attention associated with jumping has also figured into the decision to install barriers in certain locations that wish to avoid association of their building or landmark ...
Another factor in reducing jumping deaths is to avoid suggesting in news articles, signs, or other communication that a high-risk place is a common, appropriate, or effective place for dying by jumping from. [32] The efficacy of signage is uncertain, and may depend on whether the wording is simple and appropriate. [32]
Consequently, Marin County coroner Ken Holmes asked local media to stop reporting the total number of jumpers. [13] By 2012 the unofficial count exceeded 1,600 (in which the body was recovered or someone saw the jump) [1] and new suicides were occurring about once every two weeks, according to a San Francisco Chronicle analysis. [14]
Hot car deaths happen year-round and can happen to anyone. Here's what parents need to know to prevent them. Hot car deaths: Why they happen and how to prevent them
Video shows a woman on a car's hood as it picks up speed in downtown L.A. She said she thought 'they wouldn't drive if I was on the car.' They did.
The terms "active" and "passive" are simple but important terms in the world of automotive safety. "Active safety" is used to refer to technology assisting in the prevention of a crash and "passive safety" to components of the vehicle (primarily airbags, seatbelts and the physical structure of the vehicle) that help to protect occupants during a crash.
Police on Sunday identified a 32-year-old Long Island woman as the Uber passenger who was killed after she apparently jumped from the moving rideshare car and was struck by another vehicle on the ...
Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...