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What to Do When Injured in a Car Crash on Vacation
Vacationing is an exciting time; you get to explore new places, relax, and leave your worries behind. Each vacation comes with its own brilliant memories that will stay with you and keep you going during those long hard hours at work or school. Every once in a while, though, a car accident can occur that can disrupt your relaxation time and ruin your vacation to some extent. In order to avoid this from happening, be sure to know what to do if you happen to get injured in a possible car crash when on vacation; read on to find out the necessary steps to take below.
Before Traveling
1. Understand the Traffic Laws
Before you travel, be sure to understand the traffic laws of the location you are going to. Each region has its specific traffic laws, even if you are going from state to state, or from city to city. You must follow particular rules and regulations, so be sure to educate yourself on them before you go.
2. Understand Your Vehicle
If you happen to go to a location where driving is on the left side instead of the right, or vice versa, and you are renting a vehicle, be sure to drive it around the block a few times. Test out the car before officially going on the road. It can get quite tricky learning how to drive on the opposite side of the road. If you happen to go to a location where driving is on the same side, get to know your vehicle regardless, in case your foot is not used to the intensity of the brake or gas pedals. Take it out for a test drive just like you would any other new car.
After the Incident
1. Seek Medical Attention
The first step you must take is to seek medical attention. If you are badly injured or wounded, call an ambulance or have someone near you contact them for you. Everything else can be dealt with later on, including insurance and the state of the vehicle. Yet if you and/or someone else is injured, then take the essential step of calling an ambulance.
2. Call the Police
If the police have not shown up already, make sure you had previously known or inputted the vacation spot’s police or emergency number. Generally, if you are going to any US state, Hawaii, for instance, the emergency number is still 911, but there is a more specific one for non-emergencies: (808) 935-3311. You must understand the nature of the incident before calling the police so that you have your story straight. After a traumatic experience, it can be challenging to give an accurate or official statement as some small details can get lost in the chaos. Call the police immediately, but take some time to understand what happened to the best of your ability.
3. Consult with a Personal Injury Lawyer
Personal injury lawyers are hard to come by if you are not previously aware of them in the location you are going to. After calling the police, Honolulu Police Department can suggest a honolulu car accident lawyer for you, or you can do your research before going to Hawaii. Each region will have a different car accident or personal injury laws, so if you have the traffic laws understood, it will be easier to discuss the necessary steps to take with the lawyer.
4. Collect Relevant Information
An essential step to take as well is to collect relevant information about the accident. It may be difficult at first if you have been injured, but after you get better, consult with your lawyer on the documents and forms you need to collect. Depending on the lawyer’s diligence, they can aid you in managing these forms. These would include all the information about the incident itself if there were other parties involved, your personal standpoint, insurance information, license plate number(s), contact information, the car rental insurance policy, the model and verification number of the other vehicle, if available.
When creating vacation packing lists, extra precautionary injury lists are not usually thought of. Vacations are about extended periods of worry-free activities, and precautionary plans can be a buzzkill. Unfortunately, though, since it is quite possible to get into an accident, create a one-time packing list to take with you anywhere you go, with the added research of the location, you happen to be going to. Research possible lawyers and check whether your insurance is valid in that area or not. If the accident happened while you were in a rental car, check the insurance policies the rental agency has on the vehicle itself.
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By: Marina Villatoro
Title: What to Do When Injured in a Car Crash on Vacation
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Published Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 16:36:22 +0000
The shrimp stop swimming at dusk and gather near the river’s edge. After sunset, they begin to climb out of the water. Then they march. All night long, the inch-long crustaceans parade along the rocks.
The parading shrimp of northeastern Thailand have inspired legends, dances and even a statue. (Locals also eat them.) During the rainy season, between late August and early October, tourists crowd the riverbanks with flashlights to watch the shrimp walk.
Watcharapong Hongjamrassilp first learned about the parading shrimp, and the hundred thousand or more tourists who come each year to see them, about 20 years ago. When he started studying biology, he returned to the topic. “I realized that we know nothing about this,” he said: What species are they? Why and how do they leave the safety of the water to walk upstream on dry land? Where are they going?
Mr. Hongjamrassilp, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, decided to answer those questions himself. His findings appeared this month in the Journal of Zoology.
Working with wildlife center staff members, Mr. Hongjamrassilp staked out nine sites along a river in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province. They found shrimp parading at two of the sites — a stretch of rapids, and a low dam.
The videos they recorded revealed that the shrimp paraded from sundown to sunup. They traveled up to 65 feet upstream. Some individual shrimp stayed out of the water for 10 minutes or more.
“I was so surprised,” Mr. Hongjamrassilp said, “because I never thought that a shrimp can walk that long.” Staying in the river’s splash zone may help them keep their gills wet, so they can keep taking in oxygen. He also observed that the shells of the shrimp seem to trap a little water around their gills, like a reverse dive helmet.
DNA analysis from captured shrimp showed that nearly all belonged to the species Macrobrachium dienbienphuense, part of a genus of shrimp that live mostly or fully in freshwater. Many Macrobrachiumspecies spend part of their lives migrating upstream to their preferred habitats.
Most parading shrimp that Mr. Hongjamrassilp captured were young. Observations and lab experiments showed that these shrimp probably leave the water when the flow becomes too strong for them. Larger adult shrimp can handle a stronger current without washing away, so they’re less likely to leave the water.
Walking on land is dangerous for the little shrimp, even under cover of darkness. Predators including frogs, snakes and large spiders lurk nearby, Mr. Hongjamrassilp says. “Literally, they wait to eat them along the river.”
And the shrimp can survive on land for only so long. If the parading crustaceans lose their way, they may dry out and die before they get back to the river. A few times, Mr. Hongjamrassilp came across groups of lost shrimp dead on the rocks, their once-translucent bodies baked pink.
Yet most navigate upstream successfully, and scientists have spotted other freshwater shrimp around the world performing similar feats, scaling dams and even climbing waterfalls.
Leaving the water when the swimming gets tough may have helped these animals spread to new habitats over their evolutionary history, Mr. Hongjamrassilp said. Today, the number of parading shrimp in Thailand seems to be declining. He thinks tourist activity may be a factor, and learning more about the shrimp might help protect them.
The study’s authors made “some really excellent observations,” said Alan Covich, an ecologist at the University of Georgia who was not involved in the research. But understanding why the Ubon Ratchathani shrimp move upstream, and how far they travel, will require more research, he said.
“The most surprising thing to me was that it attracted so many tourists,” Dr. Covich said. He doesn’t know of any other example of people gathering to appreciate a crustacean in quite the same way.
“We have crayfish festivals, we have all kinds of things,” Dr. Covich said, “but generally it’s people eating them, not watching them move.”
By: Elizabeth Preston
Title: These Shrimp Leave the Safety of Water and Walk on Land. But Why?
Sourced From: www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/science/shrimp-parade-thailand.html
Published Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:02:07 +0000
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There are reports that Aer Lingus have applied for 1,500 slots at Manchester Airport for the Summer 2021 season. This will allow the airline to base four aircraft there and service flights to the United States.
At present, there have been no press releases from the airline stating what is going on. Even so, it probably makes sense for the Irish airline to do this in the current market.
Aer Lingus And Manchester
From what is known, there will be three Airbus A321LRs and an A330 based at Manchester. These will operate non-stop services to New York JFK, Boston, Chicago and Orlando, and the season starts on 28 March 2021.
With Thomas Cook having gone out of business, there is likely space for another competitor. New York and Orlando will see competition from Virgin Atlantic, while the other two routes have no airline flying at the moment.
Aer Lingus has been connecting passengers over Dublin very successfully from the UK regions for a while now. Due to this, they will have visibility on traffic patterns, potential yields and more, making this an informed decision.
I imagine they also hope to cream off some of the connecting traffic that routes through London Heathrow on British Airways and Amsterdam on KLM among others. It would prove to be quite successful.
Transatlantic Joint Venture Approval
The US Department of Transport has tentatively given its approval for Aer Lingus to join the oneworld transatlantic joint business. This is operated by American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia and Finnair.
These airlines coordinate schedules and pricing, share revenues and expenses. For the consumer, it means more choice – those making a booking on British Airways across the Atlantic will also see options on American Airlines on the BA web site as one example.
Theoretically, it would allow people seeking flights on the British Airways web site to automatically be given options to fly non-stop with Aer Lingus, along with the Manchester-London Heathrow-US city connecting itinerary.
Whether Aer Lingus will join the oneworld alliance, even in a oneworld connect capacity remains to be seen. Frequent flyers would welcome it, especially those in Ireland.
Overall Thoughts
No doubt the boffins have been working behind the scenes to see if the business case for transatlantic flights from Manchester stack up. As things have proceeded as far as a slot application, I would guess chances are good that it will go ahead.
Either way, let’s see if this happens and if it does, whether Aer Lingus will stay for the long haul. If they can make more money elsewhere, they’ll up sticks and leave. Regardless, it is an interesting development in European aviation.
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By: The Flight Detective
Title: Will Aer Lingus launch transatlantic flights from Manchester?
Sourced From: travelupdate.com/aer-lingus-manchester/
Published Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:03:48 +0000
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