With the news that another child in the area was left in the car and succumbed due to the extreme heat I have resigned myself to the fact that at least once a year I will revisit the topic of child safety and children in hot cars. Some years ago I represented the family of [...]
One of the most common types of injuries that result from an automobile accident is blunt force trauma – also known as blunt injury or blunt trauma. In fact, research shows that blunt force trauma accounts for nearly fifty percent of all injuries sustained in vehicle accidents. It may also be called a non-penetrating trauma. [...]
Recent 18 wheeler accidents in the greater Houston area and across the state have caused extensive damage in some cases – and resulted in several fatalities. *A semi-truck driver had pulled over to the side of the road on the North Freeway but it was night and he failed to ignite flares that would warn [...]
A Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable was injured in a car accident a few days ago. Reports indicate that the officer was in her squad car with her lights flashing when a suspected drunk driver struck her car from the rear. It was a major impact and the female officer was rushed to the [...]
There are so many safety issues related to semi-truck driving that they could fill a novel as long as War and Peace. Let us consider several of them in this blog. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration one of the key factors in semi-truck accidents is the lack of adequate training. More than [...]
One of the biggest problems facing Texas families is not being on an equal footing with their insurance carriers. Recent changes in the law and also new court decisions have substantially limited the ability of a family in Texas to hold their insurance company accountable for abusive claims practices. One of the largest areas of [...]
Distracted driving is a major focus of a variety of organizations around the country including textkills and focusdriven. In a recent year 6000 highway deaths were attributed to distracted driving. The greatest culprit is the driver who attempts to receive and send text messages while driving. This single act has been found to have the [...]
April is the distracted driving awareness month and also an opportunity for each of us to talk to our teenage drivers friends and family about the dangers of texting or e-mailing and driving. Distracted driving causes a growing number of Texas accidents. According to recent studies as many as one out of four accidents are [...]
Historically it is been very difficult to strengthen drunken driving laws in Texas. It was not that long ago that “open containers” were perfectly legal in Texas. In this legislative session such things as sobriety checkpoints and ignition locks have been under consideration but have yet to make it to the floor. Nevertheless, Texas has [...]
Top 3 reasons of car accidents are distracted driving, drowsy driving and drunk driving.
