After Dinner Night Walks? Make Sure You Have the LED Light Arm Band, Available in 6 Colors!

Many of us walk after dinner to feel less full or bloated. But have you considered that walking at night makes it hard for drivers to see you? Dangerous is for sure an understatement!

Did you know that WomenOnGuard.com has safety units for those casual after dinner walks? It’s called the LED Light Arm Band. They are very convenient to have, since drivers will notice the small lights moving and know you are present. Plus, you can also make the LED light "flash" at the same time, which makes it even more obvious that you’re around. Great for walking, jogging or running at night!

Unfortunately many neighborhood streets don’t have sidewalks anymore! Making it dangerous for pedestrians to enjoy an after dinner walk.

So, if you want to take a night stroll around your block, consider buying the LED Light Arm Band unit to place on your arm. It will allow drivers to notice you, preventing accidents. Perfect for walking, jogging or running at night and available in 6 colors: White, Blue, Red, Green Yellow and Pink!

New York Taxis Just For Women!

Well men can ride in them too, but only if they're accompanied by a woman passenger. Starting Sept. 16th there will be a new taxi service, catered exclusively for women and driven by women.

This whole thing started because sometimes, women feel intimidated by male drivers, especially when taking a taxi by themselves. The women driver service will be called "SheTaxis". The idea came from Stella Mateo. She is the wife of Fernando Mateo, who started the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers.

SheTaxis will not only cater to women passengers, but it will also employ only women drivers. This will help make more jobs for females in New York! Presently, 5 percent of New York's public transportation drivers are women. To request for a SheTaxis service, it will require an app that only Apple cell phones have, but Android cell phones are supposedly going to include it as well. If all goes well, this service for women will expand to Miami, Chicago and Washington. Plans are to eventually have them in other cities, too!

What do you think about this new transportation service catered for women? Will you request a woman driver, next time you need transportation?

Source: Copyright Associated Press
Photography: Tina Fineberg for The New York Times

National Safety Council wants to ban drivers from using cell phones, PERIOD.

The Council states that drivers using cell phones are as dangerous as drunk drivers. This is hard to believe but when you refer to the Harvard Center of Risk Analysis who put these figures out, it kind of makes you think... 6 percent of all crashes are caused by cell phone use which is equivalent to 636,000 crashes, 12,000 serious injuries and 2,600 deaths each year, plus a financial cost of $43 billion! I did not know it was this bad! They also mentioned that research is finding that hands-free cell phones have not improved the crashes issue at all. As a matter of fact, hands-free cell phones gives the driver a sense of security and therefore makes them make even more cell phone calls while driving. This is a very serious problem and they aim to ban ALL cell phone use from drivers. The National Safety Council mentioned that it took many years to pass the seat belt laws and drunk driving laws. Some states passed the laws and others eventually followed. The law against cell phone use by drivers might take years but they believe their goal to stop cell phone driver crashes, will happen sooner or later.

Well I don't know if forbidding cell phone use while driving law is going to happen, especially when kids might want to contact a parent picking them up from school, etc... But ANOTHER issue lately against cell phone is something that was talked about years ago and has resurfaced, which is that they may cause brain tumors. Studies are beginning to show up where tumors are appearing near the ear of some patients that use cell phones frequently. Manufacturers have always posted in their manuals to keep cell phones a certain distance from the ear, but most people use the phones right against their ears... This is believed to be worse for children's brains, that are less developed.

Hmmm, makes you think twice before using a cell phone!