Crash rates in the U.S. are rising despite significant advances in safety. Is there anything that drivers can do to improve their odds of avoiding serious injuries or even death? Of course! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the critical reason for crashes is human error in a full 94 percent of crashes. […]
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Why Are Car Crashes Investigated?
Have you ever paused to consider why the police investigate crashes? Collision reports play a major role in documenting the circumstances that surround accidents, but what is their purpose? Or, more accurately, what are the purposes of these reports? Crash investigations and collision reports serve many purposes in today’s society. Certainly, they help to document […]
Ways to Protect Your Claim after a Bad Car Crash
Everything happens quickly in a crash. With multiple vehicles, there are often many factors that contribute to an accident. Even in a single vehicle wreck, there may be several things that contributed to the crash, from driver conduct to faulty auto equipment to poor road design. Whether or not you think you may have been […]
USA Today: Cal. Not Immune from Contaminated Water
It used to be that the town of Flint, Michigan was associated with the automotive industry. These days, when we hear the word “Flint,” notions of poor governance and contaminated water come to mind. Thousands of miles away in California, we may feel confident that our water could never be contaminated, that our children are […]
Caltrans Settles Case for $10m, Guardrail End Caps Put on Backward
Did you know that hundreds of guardrail end caps on California roads were installed backward? It seems almost impossible that such an important task could have been performed incorrectly, but it’s true. Ultimately, Caltrans decided to settle a big lawsuit brought by a man and his child for serious injuries suffered after the guardrail pierced […]
