Driving and being a passenger in a car are the most dangerous things that pretty much all of us do.  So we should all be warned about the dangers.  As an employer, I would not single out pregnant women for notification.  The federal civil rights laws are pretty clear that employers should not make suppositions about dangers pregnant women may face.  It can be noted that it wasn't until about ten years or so ago that NHTSA started including female statute/weight/size crash dummies, and "pregnant" crash dummies even more recently than that.  Perhaps someone at NHTSA can fill us in on the history and current progress of the efforts.
Marc Brenman
mbrenman001@comcast.net

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From: "Ed Christopher" <edc@berwyned.com>
To: H+T--Friends@chrispy.net
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 1:43:57 PM
Subject: [H+T--Friends] Should Pregnant Women Be Warned About the Health Risks of Driving?

This was sent to me by someone on our list but it got deleted by our
spam filtering. Seems "Pregnant Women" in the title triggered something
in the spam filter.
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When you tell people you’re pregnant, the first thing you get is advice.
It comes from friends, from relatives, from books, from your doctor,
from random people on the street, from signs and warnings on various
products. Do this. Don’t do that. Avoid drinking alcohol. Steer clear of
second-hand smoke (or god forbid, first-hand). Don’t drink too much
caffeine. Consult a physician on every medication you take, whether
over-the-counter or prescription. Don’t eat sushi. Skip unpasteurized
cheeses. Think twice before you get on a roller coaster.  But one thing
no one says to you is this: don’t drive or ride in a personal motor
vehicle if you can avoid it. Or at least, no one said it to me. No one
told me the proper way to wear a seatbelt while pregnant, either.
http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/03/should-pregnant-women-be-warned-about-health-risks-driving/4970/

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Ed Christopher

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