Car Accidents

Wrong-way driving is exceedingly dangerous. Other drivers on the interstate do not expect traffic to be coming toward them and may not react quickly to avoid a crash. Plus, the high speeds of the interstate are devastating when cars are traveling toward one another....

Sharing the roads with semitrucks means that you’re putting your life in the hands of those truckers. Their vehicles are much bigger and heavier than yours, which means that you aren’t likely going to fare well if one slams into you.  Understanding more about what...

Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft have increasingly grown in popularity in recent years. The uptick in the use of these apps has coincided with an increase in accidents in which third-party vehicle occupants have suffered injuries. Many questions about liability for...

Bicycle shops in Las Vegas report that business has been booming. Nationally, bike sales shot up about 65% in 2020, and a representative of the local bikeshare program reports that they’ve seen a tenfold increase in their membership in the space of a year. The only...

The most common advice given to stop distracted driving is generally pretty simple: Put the phone down when you’re driving. And yet people continue to use their phones behind the wheel day after day, and they cause a lot of traumatic accidents.  If this is an easy...

The majority of vehicles that you find on the road are passenger cars and trucks. This detail leads many motorists to forget how to share the road with motorcyclists.  Passenger car operators often report that they didn't even see a motorcyclist before colliding with...

The point of a traffic light is to regulate the flow of vehicles and prevent motorists from colliding in high-traffic areas, but these lights only work if drivers acknowledge and respond to them. New research indicates that many drivers across Nevada and the nation...

As automakers add more safety features into vehicles, you may feel like your car can drive itself. While cruise control has been around for a while, newer technologies like adaptive cruise control or lane-assist can control your vehicle when it gets too close to an...

According to an Insurify survey, the Subaru Crosstrek is the one vehicle in the U.S. that sees the most at-fault accidents. Nevada residents should know that Insurify, an auto insurance comparison site, has gathered statistics from more than 1.6 million insurance...

Distracted driving is a major problem in Nevada and nationwide. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 3,166 Americans were killed by distracted drivers in 2017. In order to reduce the risk of distracted driving accidents, traffic...