Motor Vehicle Accidents

Even though a giant pickup truck isn’t the biggest vehicle on the road, the reality is that they are heavier than other passenger vehicles and have the potential to cause more serious injuries. An average pickup truck weighs around 4,000 to 4,700 pounds. There are...

When you are involved in a serious accident, you may suffer from any number of injuries. While some may be apparent, like lacerations or burns, others are less obvious, like head injuries or chronic pain. Spinal cord injuries are a common cause of so-called invisible...

If you have been injured in a collision or other kind of accident, something you need to know is that your insurance company, or the other party’s insurance company, is not on your side. While you may believe that insurance companies are meant to have the best...

Getting into a crash is the last thing anyone wants to have happen to them. A car crash is serious, and it could lead to critical injuries and lasting disabilities. In worst-case scenarios, people die in collisions. If you’re involved in a crash, the one thing that...

When you’re on the road, there is a good chance that you’re going to be around large trucks. The unfortunate reality is that a large truck crash could lead to serious injuries, disabilities and deaths because of the weight of the vehicle and its impact on a smaller...

The desire to get as much done as possible can have a negative impact on the ability of a person to get adequate sleep. Not sleeping enough can lead to fatigue, which makes driving dangerous. It’s imperative that anyone who is going to drive gets enough rest so they...

A driver who is fatigued must get off the road as soon as they can because they are a danger to everyone on the road with them. Some people don’t realize that they’re fatigued until they get behind the wheel. For example, a person who’s been at work for a full shift...

Odds are you have heard people complain about distracted driving, the role that smartphones play and the rise in distraction-based accidents over the last decade or so, as smartphone use has become ubiquitous. And these people are right. Phones do lead to accidents...

Distracted driving has become a well-known social concern, with warnings popping up everywhere from primetime television shows to during commercials. Even companies that advertise on the radio may waste a few precious seconds of the airtime they paid for to advise...

The experience of a car accident is upsetting to go through, and many accident victims skip important medical care because they think they do not need it. Often, relief that the accident is over and no one seems injured gives accident victims a false sense of safety...