As a driver, one of your worst nightmares is seeing a vehicle going in the wrong direction -- and headed straight for your car. Often, there is nowhere to go to avoid a crash, especially on busy divided highways. In February 2021, a 24-year-old Alabama woman lost her...
Both cyclists and drivers can cause accidents between bikes and cars. That said, cyclists are clearly in more danger of getting injured, no matter who causes the crash, and studies have repeatedly found that it’s more common for drivers to cause accidents than...
With the rise in texting and driving, having a car swerve into your lane is more likely now than it used to be. A driver may only look down for a second, but that’s all it takes to cross the centerline. If you see a car entering your lane as it swerves around another...
When there is a car accident involving a drunk driver and a sober driver, you will sometimes hear people comment that the drunk drivers never get injured. They say that it always seems like the people who did nothing wrong are the ones to get hurt in these crashes. Is...
A 2013 study published in the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion captured how truckers are to blame for 11% of all fatal crashes despite tractor-trailers only accounting for 8% of all motorists on the road at any given time in the U.S. The...
Truck drivers spend significant time out on the road. Truckers drive many more miles than your standard motorist and thus have a higher chance of experiencing a blowout than other motorists. Tire blowouts don't only put a trucker's life at risk, but other drivers'...
The last thing you expected to deal with today was a serious crash because of a drunk driver. It’s the middle of the afternoon, so you never would have expected someone to be driving drunk. Unfortunately, as you turned onto the street in your residential neighborhood,...
Driving a vehicle requires focus and skill. Nobody who’s operating a vehicle should try to do other things when they’re driving. The brain can only handle one primary task at a time, so that should be the only thing they try to do until they reach their destination. ...
A grisly accident at a Baker Hill chicken processing plant on March 3, 2020, ended the life of a 39-year-old employee. The worker, who was actually on contract for another company that merely cleaned the equipment in the Keystone Foods plant, was decapitated after...
If you live along the Gulf Coast, you understand how tourism affects the local economy. When tourists come to the beaches near your home, they often drink alcohol, either on the beach or at the local bars. When anyone chooses to get in their car after drinking, they...
