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Less Traffic – More Fatal Accidents
With less traffic on the roads, more fatal accidents? What? When traffic volume goes down on the roads, you’d think the number of car accidents would also go down. Unfortunately, that common-sense thought proved wrong. While the amount of traffic went down due to “stay-at-home” orders during the height of […]
Serious Injuries: Car Accidents & Highway Dangers
Serious injuries result from car accidents every day. Agencies that keep track of such things report an average of 6 million car accidents each year in the USA. 3 million people suffer injuries in U.S. car accidents each year. Approximately 2 million of those injuries end up being permanent. An […]
Ride-Sharing: Traffic Solution or Accident Nightmare?
Ride-sharing started out as an idea aimed at least in part at reducing heavy traffic. But that goal eludes reality. In fact, traffic worsens nationwide despite lofty goals. Ride-share inventors thought people would happily give up their own personal battles with traffic jams and “share” a ride with other people […]
Massachusetts Hands Free Law: Get off the Phone and Drive!
The new Massachusetts hands free law bans drivers from using any and all hand held devices while driving. The new law, passed before the 2019 holidays actually goes into effect February 23, 2020. It prohibits drivers from using cell phones or any other electronic devices while holding them and driving. […]
Intersection Accidents: Determining Fault After the Crash
Intersection accidents happen for various reasons. Often one driver blows through a light or stop sign. Sometimes a driver speeds into an intersection, so others have little time to get out of the way. Accidents often happen when drivers attempt to “beat the light” continuing even after the yellow turns […]
Car Strike Accidents & Negligence: Foreseeability
Do you remember when you rarely if ever heard about a car driving into a building? Now, if you watch the news, you see cars driving into buildings quite often. What’s with that? Are people so side tracked by cell phones and other distractions they forget they’re driving a car? […]
Before an Accident: What Are Drivers Doing?
Before an accident drivers text, drive impaired, spill coffee and look down or do any one of a number of things other than pay full attention. The same federal agency that investigates plane crashes with the goal of preventing future aviation disasters also studies highway accidents. Fatal motor vehicle accidents […]
Unique Massachusetts Law – No Fault Car Insurance
Unique Massachusetts Law challenges those injured in car accidents. Called “No-Fault”, people injured for the first time after a motor vehicle accident often find their jaws dropping as they face the system. “No-Fault” insurance law in pure form is not unique. Twelve U.S. states at this writing – and we […]
Red Light Accidents: Fatal Accident Rate Reaches 10 Year Record
Red light accidents kill far more people than necessary. This alarming trend sees drivers barreling into intersections even after the traffic signal turns red. The number of people killed by red light runners hit a 10-year high in 2017, the latest year in which statistics have been released. A study […]
New Cars: Any Better? Safer? Better on Gas?
New cars usually bring a sense of excitement and achievement. At the same time, will massive new regulations push car prices beyond the reach of average Americans? Will new cars be any safer and reduce highway fatalities and car accident injuries? Go back to 2018 when the federal government proposed […]
