Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Atlanta Officer Dies In Tragic Auto Accident

  M. Brandon Smith | August 11, 2006 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Atlanta Police officer Peter Faatz, 29, has died from the injuries he sustained as a result of motor vehicle accident after colliding with a Grady Hospital ambulance. Both Faatz and the ambulance were responding to a double shooting 911 call near Turner Field when the accident occurred. Faatz sustained severe head injuries form the accident while the occupants of the ambulance were relatively...

• New Vehicle Crash Test Results Published: August 6, 2006

  M. Brandon Smith | August 08, 2006 9:18 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Institute For Highway Safety recently released its latest crash test results after evaluating four cars and two small SUVs which updated results the Institute published earlier this year. The study showed although manufactures have improved somewhat in the areas of front and side crashes, most still fall well below the desired standards for crashes that occur from behind. The vehicles tested...

• Ford Settles "Drop In Gas Tank" Case

  M. Brandon Smith | August 05, 2006 1:25 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  David Baier, a 67 year old man, and his wife sued Ford Motor Co. in 2004 alleging his 1967 Ford Mustang's gas tank was defective and caused the fire that left Baier permanently deformed. Baier's vehicle was hit from behind in an auto accident and burst into flames shortly thereafter because of a defective and ill placed gas tank. Although the terms of this settlement were kept confidential, you...

• Study Shows Cell Phone Use While Driving Can Be As Bad As Drinking And Driving

  M. Brandon Smith | July 06, 2006 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a recent study published by The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, drivers who use their cell phone while driving are just as likely to cause an accident as those who drive while impaired on alcohol. The independent study used 40 volunteers who were either talking on their cell phones, driving while their blood alcohol content (bac) was .08 or were completely undistracted. The results are...

• Speed Leads to Double Fatality In Cobb

  M. Brandon Smith | June 06, 2006 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Jose Guadalupe Ramirez, 25, and Raul De la Paz, 23, died after Ramirez tried passing several other vehicles in a no passing lane last week according to police. Speed was also said to be a contributing factor in the accident as Ramirez' vehicle left Macland Road in Cobb County and slammed into a nearby tree. The other two occupants of the vehicle however survived the accident with minimal...

• 12 Year-Old Given Permission To Drive Ends In Two Deaths

  M. Brandon Smith | April 03, 2006 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 12 year-old girl driving a Ford F-250 recently ran off the road in Long County killing both herself and another 8 year-old passenger. Three other children were also injured in the accident when the vehicle overturned and landed in a nearby ditch. According to the William Goodwin of the Georgia State Patrol, the 12 year-old had the permission of her parents to drive the vehicle at the time of...

• Car Accident Uninsured Motorist Protection

  Staff Writer | December 11, 2005 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A colleague in Austin, Terence Davis, does a nice job of summing up why Uninsured Motorist protection is so important in car accidents. Mr. Davis notes:Uninsured motorist coverage generally provides protection for you and your passengers if you are involved in a collision with an uninsured driver or hit-and-run driver. If this coverage applies, it basically serves as a substitute policy for the...