Accident

Texas traffic accidents leads the nation in car deaths. In some ways, the large number of crashes is to be expected; Texas is a very large state. However, the Texas death rate of 1.44 deaths per hundred million miles travelled also exceeds the national average of 1.28 deaths per hundred million miles travelled. In this proposal, I will provide accurate statistics of last year’s records and then provide a possible solution to reduce fatalities. In 2016, 3,773 people died in a motor vehicle traffic

Car accidents can occur any day or anytime. Often, an accident is your fault but there may be situations where you got injured or suffered damage due to the negligence of fault of another driver. If you were in a car accident in Chester, South Carolina, you should know that South Carolina follows a fault-based system when determining liability. In other words, whoever is at fault is the one who will be held responsible for any damages that are incurred. However, it is important to note that there

becoming more bike and motorcycle friendly. Unfortunately, that leads to more accidents involving bikes and cars or trucks. In most collisions, the rider is often blamed when they weren't at fault. There's a certain bias against riders where they get blamed for reckless riding. This is one of the most important reasons to consult an attorney as soon as you've been in a bike accident. Common Accident Types While accident victims might feel like their situation and injuries are unique, experienced

Three Reasons to Consult with a Motorcycle Accident Lawyer When you have been in an accident with your motorcycle, you need to seek the assistance of a personal injury attorney, but you want to find one that has extensive experience with issues involving motorcycles, especially cases representing the motorcycle rider. There are good reasons for this, and the following are a few things to be aware of. They have extensive knowledge of motorcycle accidents An attorney that has handled many cases for

Texting and Driving "(Taylor) just loved everybody and was an amazing friend," said Shauna Sauer, mother of a teen killed in a texting and driving accident. "She wanted to take on the world, and she would have." Taylor was killed going 80 plus miles an hour on I-84 when she hit a tank truck that was rounding the corner at 15 mph in the opposite lane. "I think she was probably (texting) to stay awake, she was probably tired," said Clay Sauer, Taylor’s father. Texting and driving ruined this young

The road environment is divided into three factors: personal factor, road environmental factor, and vehicle factor. In relation to traffic accidents, personal, road environmental, and vehicle factors are known to contribute 93%, 34%, and 13% of traffic accident approximately. Among the three factors, the road environmental factor affects traffic accidents via geometric road structure and damage or defects of road (safety) facilities. In appropriate road environmental factors can jeopardy the balance

Car accidents are a leading cause of both morbidity and disability. A car accident is said to have occurred when a motor vehicle collides with another motor vehicle, a pedestrian, an animal, a structure, a building or road equipment. Despite strict laws that govern speeding, drunk driving, distracted driving and overall driver negligence, car accidents continue to increase. New data from the National Safety Council shows that car accident fatalities have increased by a third from 2014 to 2016 in

According to National Safety Council, “Accident is an occurrence in sequence of events that produces unintended injury, death or property damages.” As in this era, road accident can be known as common tragedies that keep increasing year to year. Based on references, it is shows the review of the factor and effect of road accidents which occur in this century. Therefore, road accidents may cause lack of concentration, damages vehicle, death and serious injuries. Accidents that occurred frequently because

alcohol or drugs is associated with both economic and social costs not only to the offender but to society as a whole. Statistics show that alcohol is a factor is more than one-third of motor vehicles accidents in the US. In 2010, 40,000 individuals died as a result of alcohol-related driving accidents and of the 1,132 traffic deaths in children nearly 20% were due to an impaired alcoholic driver. In addition, there were nearly 3.9 million people injured and over 24 million vehicles which were damaged

One Step Too Many Leads to a Devastating Car vs Pedestrian Accident in Houston Running across a busy city street is never a good idea as this situation can only lead to car accidents in which the pedestrian will always be the loser. This risky maneuver becomes even more dangerous when you try to do so at 2:30 in the morning, as one Houston man found out earlier this month. The man in question was attempting to bolt across Beechnut where it intersects with Wednesbury in southwest Houston. Sadly,