Each year, approximately 50% of all fatalities attributed to motor vehicle accidents could be prevented if the victims had been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Unfortunately, the consequences of an Atlanta car accident involve more than injuries and death. The financial toll to the victims, tax payers, and government are …
How Intuit Has Grown and Changed
Most hardworking Americans recognize this software giant’s name because it’s become widely known for its TurboTax software. Many of us have found it to be highly reliable, especially when we’re computing earnings and losses for our own businesses. Yet Intuit, first founded in 1983, continues to try and develop a host of new products and …
How a Personal Injury Lawyer Uses Georgia Car Insurance Law
When Your Personal Georgia Auto Insurance Matters Because the injuries sustained in a serious accident with a semi truck or tractor-trailer are often much more severe and costly, you will need to seek a substantial settlement amount for your damages. Your Atlanta personal injury attorney can assist you in reviewing all of the insurance resources you have …
How Underride Accidents Can Be Deadly
When a small passenger vehicle collides with the back of a large commercial truck and actually drives partially under the tractor trailer, authorities label this an underride accident. This type of accident can be extremely dangerous for the motorists in the passenger car for many reasons. First, underride accidents usually happen at highway speeds of …
Marta Looks to Limit Overtime for Bus Drivers
Drowsy driving among commercial truckers is a very real problem. In fact, it is such a prevalent problem that the government has to regulate the amount of hours a truck driver can spend behind the wheel in a given day in order to minimize the chances of a trucker falling asleep at the wheel and …
What to Do if Your Child is Injured in a School Bus Accident
For years, the yellow school bus has been a recognized symbol of safe transportation for children to get to school; however, school bus accidents in Georgia and throughout this nation do occur and leave parents unsure about their children’s safety on school busses. For instance, last year in May six school busses were all involved …
How Tire Blowouts Cause Serious Accidents
It is a familiar sight for all Americans to see giant strips of rubber lying abandoned on the shoulders of the freeways or interstates. Most of us drive by such large strips without a second glance and do not even consider how they got there. The majority of those strips are remnants of tires on …
Tips for Driving in Bad Weather
As winter gets closer, the weather gets colder and the roads may become frozen, snowy, icy, or slick for other reasons. As adverse weather conditions increase, so does the risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident and suffering injury. Drivers have a duty to drive with reasonable care given the road and visibility …
Safety Tips for Bicyclists
Bicyclists are at a significant risk of injury whenever the ride in or around motor vehicle traffic. Part of this risk arises from the fact that riders are not as large as cars or trucks, and are therefore not as visible to people driving vehicles. This is particularly true for drivers of semi-trucks or other …
The Risks of Elderly Drivers
Young drivers are the group most often involved and/or injured in auto accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NHTSA furthers reports that another high-risk demographic group for auto accidents is adults over the age of 65 years. As people age, they may develop mental or physical impairments they did not …
The Importance of Truck Accident Reconstruction
In you suffer property damage and injury in an accident with a large commercial truck, chances are you want to be compensated by the responsible party. Truck accidents can be very complicated, however, and sometimes even determining who (or what) was responsible can be a difficult task. In order to recover in court, you will …
The Importance of Proper Truck Maintenance
Truck companies and drivers have a duty to act in accordance with federal safety regulations set out by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). These regulations are in place to protect the safety of all of the other motorists on the roads and highways, as well as the truck driver himself. Among many other …
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