A recent study published by the Journal of the American Geriatric Society looked at the correlation between cognitive testing of people with early stages of dementia and safety behind the wheel. According to the report, there is no specific test that can predict if a person with dementia is safe behind the wheel. Researchers do […]
Fatal Crashes with Trucks Down, Injuries Up
Large trucks are generally defined as those with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. That’s unloaded. Loaded, tractor trailers can weigh far more—up to 80,000 pounds. Contrast that with a typical passenger car, which weighs in around 3,000 pounds. A battle between these contestants is no battle at all. The Federal […]
Will Autonomous Big Rigs Improve Traffic Safety
Daimler made headlines over a year ago when it began testing a self-driving big rig in Nevada. More recently, a startup that includes a group of former Google, Apple, and Tesla employees has publicized its efforts to develop “a $30,000 kit that can make any truck built since 2013 autonomous.” When autonomous big rigs come […]
Neuroscience Can Help Prove Ongoing Pain in Catastrophic Injury Cases
One of the problems with pain is that the only person who truly knows how it feels is the person experiencing it. Proving pain in a catastrophic injury lawsuit can be a challenge because defense attorneys try to attack reports of pain as false or exaggerated. Fortunately, neuroscience is beginning to catch up with what […]
How Can Truck Driver Logs Help Your Accident Case
Traffic experts often attribute crashes to three types of factors: driver, environment, and vehicle. When litigation develops over an accident involving a tractor-trailer, the focus is on evidence that bears on these issues. One of the most valuable pieces of evidence is truck driver logs. Truck driver logs include a wealth of information about driver […]
