Car Accidents

If you work for a trucking company or know someone who does, then you might be aware of the many pre-trip requirements that tractor-trailer operators must meet. One of them is to abstain from alcohol and get a certain number of hours of rest before they get behind the...

You see it on bumpers and motorcycle helmet stickers, the proclamation that “Loud pipes save lives!” The premise is that the louder the pipes on the motorcycle, the likelier that the drivers on the roads around the motorcyclists will hear them coming and avert a...

Everybody wants to see the roadways get safer -- and that includes auto manufacturers. To that end, they have long been developing new safety devices that aim to protect both drivers and their passengers. Many safety devices start out as add-ons and luxury items...

As a general trend, the number car crash fatalities in the United States keeps declining. For instance, there were more than 51,000 deaths in 1980, but that had dropped to just over 39,000 by 1992. Since then, the number has generally hovered around 35,000 annually,...

You were in a wreck that wasn’t your fault. You’re injured and -- quite naturally -- worried about the effect that all those medical bills and the time off work will have on your finances and your family. It’s a relief, then, when the culpable party’s insurance...

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...