Personal Injury
Dangers of Using Cellphone While Driving Worse Than Feared
Despite public awareness campaigns about the dangers of using a cellphone while driving, industry experts report American drivers are ignoring the cautions. People love their smartphones. You can talk on the phone, you can text, check emails, take photos and videos, even go on the internet and do pretty much […]
Motor Vehicle Accidents Don’t Just Happen
Motor vehicle accidents don’t “just happen”, contrary to the old saying. For the most part, motor vehicle accidents happen because someone is at fault. If everyone behind the wheel always drove safely and followed the rules, there would be few if any accidents on the highways. Even good drivers make mistakes. […]
Wrong Way Accidents: Why They Happen
Wrong-way accidents cause between 300 and 400 fatalities every year according to the Federal Highway Administration. FHA defines wrong way driving as a driver who drives a vehicle in the opposite direction of travel on a freeway or highway and collides with a vehicle traveling in the correct direction. Wrong […]
Aggressive Driving: Avoiding Bad Drivers and
Aggressive driving causes approximately two thirds of all fatalities on U.S. highways. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) research also links a full 94% of motor vehicle accidents to driver error. Motor vehicle accidents rank number one among all accidental deaths in the United States. Highway experts believe many of […]
Driving Defensively: 5 Tips to Avoid Accidents
Driving defensively means operating your vehicle in a constant state of awareness of all other vehicles around you and knowing what you can do to prevent accidents. In a previous blog article we focused on 10 defensive driving techniques that, if followed by everyone, would greatly reduce the number of […]
Defensive Driving: Top 10 Skills for Accident Avoidance
Defensive driving reduces the risk of highway accidents and increases driver safety. A defensive driver follows certain rules and avoids bad driving habits. Defensive driving involves constant awareness of other drivers and their bad habits. Driving defensively can be one of the best ways to prevent accidents. Sometimes hazardous driving […]
Winter Driving Conditions: Why Snow Accidents Happen
Winter driving conditions challenge even the most experienced drivers. From multi-car pileups on the interstates to the slipping and sliding fender benders on local roads, snow and ice present collision dangers, unlike any others. With the exception of brand new drivers who have never ever driven in snow and ice […]
Top 5 Reasons For Teen Car Accidents
Teen car accidents kill, on average, approximately 6 teenagers each day in the U.S. That number, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention makes motor vehicle crashes the leading cause of teenage deaths. Overall, more than 30,000 people die in car accidents every year in the U.S. National […]
Teen Drivers: Knowing What to do After a Car Accident
Teen Drivers – those between 16 and 19 – are three times more likely to get involved in a car accident than those 20 or older. One in four teens will be in a collision during their first year of driving. U.S. Department of Transportation Statistics confirm 963 thousand teen […]
Bicycle Accidents: Recovering for Injuries
Bicycle accidents kill over 700 people a year in the U.S. Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also show some 50,000 injured each year in bicycle accidents involving motor vehicles. The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) confirms that approximately 33% of all bicycle accidents involving motor vehicles result […]
