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- Cell Phone Ban Aimed at Reducing Car Accidents Effective December 1, 2009, Colorado drivers will no longer be allowed to text and drive, but it’s not alone. Colorado is one of 19 states that...
- Poorly designed or defective automobile seats can cause unnecessary injuries in rear impact collisions. These car crash injuries could have been prevented had seat back designs and manufacturing...
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found there are more than 8,000 traffic accidents every year resulting in death or serious injuries due to tire failure. While some tire failures...
- As gas prices continue to rise to figures unseen before in the United States, as well as around the world, millions of Americans are looking at gas-friendly modes of transportation. Among the...
- In 1998 it was estimated that the total cost of bus accidents nationwide reached nearly $870 million annually, according to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), which also reported that while...
- There is an auto accident on United States roadways every ten seconds. In 2001 alone, almost two million people suffered an injury related to a vehicle crash. Negligent drivers can cause accidents,...
- For decades automobile manufacturers have been forced to make changes in the design of automobiles so that when accidents happen, the occupants of the cars are afforded reasonable protection from...
- With the ever-increasing number of motor vehicles on the roads today, it is no surprise to find that car, motorcycle and truck accidents are a leading cause of personal injury . Many of these...
- Automobile insurance is an institutional framework for the defense, settlement, and litigation of tort (an injury to person or property) claims in the case of an automobile accident . The system of...
- When a driver is in an automobile accident with another driver who has insurance with proper coverage, recovery for damages is generally straightforward. However, not every driver carries automobile...
- What is the difference between crashworthiness and vehicle safety? Simply defined, "crashworthiness" is the ability of a car or other vehicle to protect its occupants during an automobile...
- Some might say that all car accidents are the same. Certainly, there are several legal factors that enter into an automobile accident investigation and litigation. Circumstances surrounding the...
- Seat belts have the ability to better protect vehicle occupants from fatal accidents than anything else. According to federal statistics, in 2003, the use of seat belts saved nearly 15,000 lives...
- The sport utility vehicle (SUV) has the highest rate of death in rollover accidents. According to government tests, SUV rollovers are almost three times more likely to occur than in the average...
- Bus Accidents Buses generally thought to be a safe method of travel; after all, they are significantly larger than other vehicles on the road and many buses do not even come equipped with seat...
- When a child outgrows or “graduates” from a child safety seat, they are not ready to just hop in the car, put on a safety belt, and go. Safety belts are designed for a 165-pound adult....
- Annually, about half a million bicycle related injuries occur. In addition, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a bicyclist is killed approximately every six hours....
- The most recent statistics on alcohol-related traffic fatalities have been compiled and released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the year 2005. Here is a...
- With the growing popularity of snowmobiling and snowmobile racing, snowmobile crashes are an increased risk for operators. Snowmobile safety has become a high priority as snowmobile manufacturers and...
- In the past several years, the amount of skiable terrain in North America has not significantly grown (only about one percent per year), and the number of skiers has remained relatively flat. In...
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