Personal Injury

Maybe you’ve heard that defensive driving can help you avoid crashes, but are unsure how it works.  There are courses on offer to learn the finer points, but a lot of it is pretty simple and something you can just do yourself. Here are a few things you can do right...

Over the last few years, it’s become clear that fatal car accidents are getting more common. For one thing, the total number of fatal accidents each year has gone up. But it’s also important to point out that traffic levels have gone down, so the fatal accident rate...

One of the best things you can do as a driver is to become a defensive driver. The overall goal of defensive driving is to anticipate the mistakes that other drivers are going to make. You already know that they are going to make mistakes, so anticipating them gives...

When someone starts tailgating you, you probably assume that they want to pass or that they are angry with you for something. Maybe they believe you cut them off at the last intersection, for instance. Tailgating certainly can be an expression of frustration or an...

What pops into your head when you think about a cab driver? Is it a grumpy driver who doesn’t say a word other than to tell you the price? Or someone who launches into a story the moment you get in, pausing only to look in the mirror and check you are paying...

This is easily one of the hottest times of the year and that means it’s time to put on the three S’s: Shirts, shorts and sandals. Many people are trying to beat the heat by blasting their A/Cs on a long drive to the beach, and lots of folks wear sandals for extra...

The use of a cellphone in the car increases the odds of an accident. Many crashes happen every year because someone was sending a text message, looking at their social media profile or even trying to pick a song while they drive. The easiest solution to this would...

If you go above the speed limit, you could end up with a police officer pulling you over. Yet, that does not mean you need to follow the speed limit all the time. Often, it is better to travel below the maximum limit on some roads. The faster you drive, the less time...

In some cases, you can point to one mistake that appears to have caused a car accident, such as another driver running a stop sign and hitting your car. If they hadn’t made that error, you wouldn’t have been injured.  There is some truth to this, of course, but it’s...

You can study car accidents from many different angles to find out why they happen. You can look at factors like the age of the drivers, whether or not they’re intoxicated, if they got distracted behind the wheel, and much more.  But looking at these direct factors...