Automobile Accidents

• Did You Know... One-Quarter Of Car Crashes Involve A Gadget?

  Brett Emison | July 25, 2011 11:32 AM | 4 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Drivers take distracted driving dangers for granted thinking it can't happen to me. Chances are you've probably done it yourself. Sam Biddle at Gizmodo reports that a study by the Governors Highway...

• Frivolous Defense Causes 3 Year Wait for Justice and $4.9 Million Award in Hilton Drunk-Driving Case

  Mark Bello | July 25, 2011 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  If you peruse the Internet, you will read a lot of nonsense about so-called “frivolous lawsuits” and/or “lawsuit abuse”. These terms are inventions of the U.S. Chamber of...

• Do Increased Speed Limits in Virginia Mean More Accidents?

  Kevin Duffan | July 25, 2011 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Not necessarily. About a year ago, the speed limit on several interstates throughout Virginia jumped from 65 mph to 70 mph and now there are reports about an increased number of accidents in that...

• Yellow Dot Program Popularity Quickly Spreading to Other States

  David Mittleman | July 23, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  In May I wrote about the new and effective program known as Yellow Dot. As I explained, Yellow Dot is an ingenious method of immediately providing emergency personal with the medical histories of...

• Dealing with Attorneys Who Solicit Cases

  Mike Bryant | July 23, 2011 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  There is an interesting case going on in Alabama where a couple of attorneys have sued a law firm for improperly soliciting cases. Basically, they are suing to prevent the : lawyers from...

• How to handle a bicycle accident with a vehicle

  John Inserra | July 22, 2011 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  You can make your own riding as safe as possible, and you can take precautions to help drivers be more careful, but what if you’re involved in a crash anyway, despite taking all of the...

• How to handle a bicycle accident with a vehicle

  Craig Kelley | July 22, 2011 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  You can make your own riding as safe as possible, and you can take precautions to help drivers be more careful, but what if you’re involved in a crash anyway, despite taking all of the...

• Car Crashes Leading Cause of Death for Teens

  Jeremy Thurman | July 21, 2011 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  For teenagers, car crashes are the leading cause of death, with the summer months being the most fatal. Since teenagers have more free time in the summer because school is out, they are more apt...

• Cone Zone Rage Strikes

  Linda Chalat | July 21, 2011 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A 70-year-old man spent last night in the El Paso County Justice Center after he allegedly hit a roadway worker in a construction zone with his car mirror. Officials booked the driver on charges...

• Five Killed in Payne County, Oklahoma Crash

  Jeremy Thurman | July 20, 2011 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Five people were killed Sunday in a tragic car crash 2 miles west of Yale in Payne County, OK, NewsOK reports. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that the driver was a 17-year-old male who was...