Blog Category - Car Accidents Page 4

Apr

Swoop and Settle: Time for the Abuse of Our Injured to End

It has long been against the law for a lawyer to swoop in after an injury and use pressure tactics to gain new clients. If a lawyer or a representative of a law firm does so, and does not have a prior or existing relationship with the client, the lawyer can go to jail, lose...

Apr

Tesla Autopilot Technology Causes More Distracted Drivers

MIT researchers released a study that found that Tesla drivers are more distracted when they use the company's semi-autonomous Autopilot feature that are in these vehicles. According to the study “drivers glanced more frequently away from the road, and thus...

Apr

What Is the Worst Month to Drive?

If you were to guess which month is the riskiest to drive, would you think it is January, when revelers tend to crash on New Year's Day? Or perhaps July, when the same thing happens on Independence Day? Is it November or December when people hit the road for Thanksgiving an...

Apr

Lower Traffic Count Does Not Affect the Death Count as Expected in Texas

A story in the Houston Chronicle recently took an in depth look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the rate of serious injuries and deaths on highways throughout the state of Texas. Everyone expected the rate of death and serious injuries caused by vehicle wrecks to...

Apr

Car Accidents are the Leading Cause of Death Among Healthy US Citizens

I have a confession to make. When it comes to facts, figures and statistics, I am a real nerd. It seems throughout my whole life I have been looking for facts that contradict or support theories or statements that we all take as true. Contradicting beliefs with...

Apr

Deaths from Cars Running Red Lights are at a 10-Year High

According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, the number of people killed in automobile and truck wrecks from drivers running red lights reached a 10 year high in 2017. Continual increasing traffic, inadequate infrastructure maintenance, and driver distraction have played s...

Apr

Older Drivers are More Likely to be Distracted by Technology

According to AAA, older drivers are more likely to be distracted while driving when using in-vehicle technology than their counterparts. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the University of Utah released a report this week indicating that, when performing simple tasks like...

Apr

Study Shows Women at Higher Risk Than Men in Car Wrecks

We have all heard about gender gaps in different areas of our lives. Differences in our elected leaders, job types, and earnings are all applicable to gender. One new gender-based statistic that has recently been identified is that women are at much greater risk to sustain seriou...

Apr

Tips and Tricks for Cross-Examining a Defendant Driver

One of the most critical moments in a car accident personal injury trial is the cross-examination of the defendant driver. Often, a capable personal injury attorney can expose traffic violations and other evidence of negligence by questioning the at-fault motorist. I presented Cro...

Apr

Update on the Unfair Insurance Tactic of Swoop and Settle in Texas

Earlier last month, I wrote about another reason not to talk to an insurance adjuster. In that blog, I wrote about testimony that I provided to the Texas House Insurance Committee on the practice of insurance companies swooping in and settling cases for pennies on the dollar thro...

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