Automobile Accidents

• Presumed Guilty: How to Avoid Having Insult Added to Injury When You’ve Been Hurt in a Car Crash

  Pierce Egerton | September 18, 2009 4:28 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  You might expect that someone who is injured in a car crash they didn’t cause might be due a bit of sympathy and respect. Guess again. Once the victim leaves the scene of the accident...

• Car Accident Injury Client: What Makes the Case Good or Bad? (The Collision & Medical Care)

  Rick Shapiro | September 16, 2009 9:38 AM | 3 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A number of my Injuryboard injury attorney colleagues are writing a series of articles from the perspective of the injured and sometimes bewildered car accident victim perspective. Instead of...

• Deteriorated Interstate Highways And Roadways In Every State Add To Fatalities

  Wayne Parsons | September 10, 2009 2:55 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  One of my pet peeves is potholes. How about you, readers? Any of you like potholes? Catch a 6-inch deep 2 foot wide pothole at 45 mph and you'll feel $45 slip out of your wallet on car maintenance...

• Uninsured Drivers On The Highways: Cause of Higher Rates of Injuries & Deaths?

  Rick Shapiro | September 07, 2009 1:15 PM | 3 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Statistics, Safety and Steps to Take The topic that many of my Injuryboard injury attorney colleagues have been recently discussing is the impact of uninsured drivers on serious injuries and...

• The National Uninsured: Why You Need Uninsured Motorist Coverage In Minnesota

  Mike Bryant | September 04, 2009 3:24 PM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  For the last two weeks the prolific writers here at the Injuryboard, have been participating in a daily dialog about their local perspective on various national issues. This is Minnesota's dive into...

• Two Injured in Erin Single Car Accident

  George Fusner | August 26, 2009 10:02 AM | 3 CommentsNashville, TN

  Two Houston County high school students in Erin were injured while passengers of a 1995 Honda Accord when the driver, who has not been identified, crashed into a ditch. Brittney Smith, 17, was...

• Texting While Driving PSA Getting Lots of Attention

  Sandy Grinnell | August 25, 2009 12:27 PM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A British public service announcement is getting a lot of air time these days, and not just on British television but on YouTube. The very graphic PSA depicts a horrific accident that begins with...

• Should Cell Phone Use Be Banned In Cars?

  Mike Bryant | July 29, 2009 9:53 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I use my cell phone a lot. I use it when I drive. Could I live with it being banned or at least hands free being required? I think so. I believe there were many years that I drove around thinking CB...

• Distracted Driving - Alarming Statistics On Cellphone Use While Driving

  Jeremy Thurman | July 20, 2009 11:06 PM | 3 CommentsTulsa, OK

  The New York Times is reporting that two consumer advocacy groups have obtained information regarding the dangers of cell phone use while driving from statistics compiled by the National Highway...

• Amen! New Legislation Seeks To End Chiropractic Solicitation Of Car Wreck Victims

  Brooks Schuelke | June 29, 2009 9:04 AM | 3 CommentsAustin, TX

  I’ve previously written about the problem with chiropractors soliciting car wreck victims and then directing the clients to attorneys, many of whom provide questionable representation. In the...