Automobile Accidents

• Drunk Drivers, Suspended Licenses, and Fatal Crashes: Does Maine Need the Ignition Interlock System?

  Don Briggs | March 19, 2008 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Every ten hours, a driver with a suspended license gets into a crash in Maine. That's according to a recent article from the Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinel. More concerning, still, is that one quarter of these drivers has been drinking or using drugs before the crash.This comprehensive report offers a detailed analysis of the problem and reveals that, not only are suspended drivers getting...

• Use helpful tips to maximize your personal injury

  Anneke Kurt | March 18, 2008 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Help yourself maximize your recovery in the event of a personal injury accident. Our Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys have compiled ten tips to help you avoid insurance company traps and receive fair compensation for your personal injury. If you've suffered personal injury in an accident, the initial steps you take can make a big difference to the outcome of your case. Here are the first...

• Long Term Pain In Personal Injury Cases

  Joseph Bernardo | March 18, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  Trauma patients in America's hospitals are not necessarily "all better" just because they are released from the hospital. A large number of those hurt in accidents and falls and are treated at hospitals are not pain free upon their release.62.7% of patients in hospital admissions from trauma had pain 12 months llater. The pain was characterized as moderately severe. More than half of these...

• Norman Firefights Involved in Rollover Accident

  Jeremy Thurman | March 18, 2008 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Newsok.com is reporting that two Norman firefighters are recovering after their engine rolled over north of Little Axe early this morning (Tuesday) while responding to another rollover accident. The engine was responding to an accident at 156th Avenue NE and Nelson Road just after 5:30 a.m. when it slid onto the soft shoulder of the road near 156th Avenue NE and American Legion Road. The engine...

• Two Men Hurt When Intoxicated Driver Hits Parked Car

  Beth Janicek | March 18, 2008 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Two men were stopped on the shoulder of I-37 early Sunday morning to change a flat tire. Jonathon Gutierrez struck the men's parked vehicle injuring them. Jeremy Sanchez was thrown over the guardrail and broke his right thigh bone and Andrew Borego broke his left leg. Bond was set at $10,000 for Jonathon Gutierrez, 22. At the scene, Gutierrez appeared "dazed and confused," had bloodshot eyes...

• Motorcyclist Loses Life, Wife Has Critical Injuries

  Sandy Grinnell | March 18, 2008 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A 60 year-old motorcycle driver crashed his bike into the back of a car as it was turning into a driveway on Sunday near Middleburg Florida. The motorcylce accident threw his wife and him from the bike. They were taken to the Shands hospital in Jacksonville by helicopter where the driver died, but the condition of his wife was not reported. Neither had been wearing a helmet.While the...

• Dallas Plagued by Drunken Driving Accidents

  RLF Staff | March 17, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A 4-year-old girl. An 18-year-old man. A 60-year-old man. Someone's baby girl. Someone's brother. Someone's dad... All victims of fatal accidents involving suspected drunken drivers in the Dallas area.The 4-year-old Haltom City girl, Kaitlyn Sanchez, died about 10 p.m. March 14, an hour after a 32-year-old drunken driving suspect rear-ended the Ford station wagon in which she was riding. Marcial...

• Study Shows Weak SUV Roofs Have Led to Unnecessary Deaths and Injuries

  Alison De Villiers | March 17, 2008 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released a report last week that shows stronger SUV roofs could have prevented many unnecessary deaths and injuries in auto accidents. The institute estimates that people in SUVs with the strongest roofs face up to 57% less risk of serious injury or death in a single-vehicle rollover than those in other SUVs. The Nissan Xterra was the top-rated SUV for...

• Dangerous Drivers and Suspended Licenses: Who Will Keep Them Off Maine's Roads?

  Don Briggs | March 17, 2008 1:02 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  A recent article published in the Portland Press Herald reports that, every day, thousands of Mainers get behind the wheel with suspended licenses, but according to court records, law enforcement catches about only about a dozen of them. The chances of getting caught are slim unless the driver is pulled over for some other reason, and many people simply decide it's worth the risk. For others,...

• Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Rolls Out New Traffic Signals

  David Mittleman | March 16, 2008 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Michigan drivers should be on the lookout for a new type of traffic signal: the flashing yellow left-turn arrow. The new signal will eventually replace all current flashing red left-turn signals. Many of the new signals are already installed, and unprepared drivers may be caught off guard and become confused about who has the right of way at an intersection.The Michigan Department of...