The thought of getting into a car accident is scary. You want yourself and your loved ones to be safe every time you get on the road. To help ease your worries, take the time to educate yourself on what to do in a car accident. You should know what
Thousands of people are injured in truck accidents annually. There are basically impact and penetration injuries. You can have an impact injury when one part of the body hits some interior of the vehicle, such as the head hitting a window or seat rest, or the knee hitting the dashboard.
News reports are always full of semi trucking accidents. Such accidents occur more than 500,000 per year, according to statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This information is quite alarming since commercial drivers are supposed to have a reputation for being safe. The following are the top causes of
Countless trucks rumble down the roads and highways of the United States on a daily basis, transporting a variety of goods and, in the process, creating a variety of threats to other motorists, to bicyclists and even to pedestrians. The victims of truck accidents and their families will probably require
When analyzing road traffic, it's a statistical reality that there is more traffic on the country's highways during the warmer months than there is in the winter. Granted, a minimum level of shipping has to get through at all times, but far more commercial movement happens when the roads are
Due to their size and weight, truckers must play by a different set of rules than motorists. Truckers who are driving too fast and who misjudge their speeds may be unable to slow down and avoid colliding with motorists. Unfortunately, many truckers do not take the size of their vehicles
Accidents on the roads and highways of Texas kill or injure thousands every year. In 2014 alone, traffic crashes in the state claimed the lives of 3,534 drivers, passengers, motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians. Somewhere in the state, a significant traffic mishap occurs every 66 seconds, one resulting in an injury