Choosing a daycare is an extremely important decision for every parent. Deciding who you can trust to watch your child every day while you are at work can be stressful and complicated. However, once you carefully choose a daycare, you naturally expect that you can trust that they will take good care of your child. …
Why Pedestrian Safety Should Be a Priority
There are always risks on the roads, and there are especially risks for pedestrians who walk along America’s roads. Because pedestrians have little to no protection, a collision with a motor vehicle that weighs thousands of pounds can cause serious injury and often death. All drivers and pedestrians should take every possible safety precaution to …
How Sidewalks Reduce Pedestrian Accidents
Sidewalks play an important role in traffic safety, as they are used as pedestrian paths. The speed and volume of vehicles on the road create hazards for pedestrians, which is why pedestrians need sidewalks that are separated by curbs. When sidewalks aren’t there, pedestrians are in danger from the heavy, fast-moving cars. This is because …
Georgia DUIs are Far Too Common
According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2,597 people were killed in United States traffic accidents in December 2010. Of those, 775 deaths involved alcohol-impaired drivers. A 2006 study by the NHTSA estimated that there is one drunk driving fatality in the United States every 30 minutes. Georgia’s Driving Under the …
Trucking Compliance, Safety, and Accountability
The United States Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched an initiative to enhance safety in trucking and lower crash risks. The initiative is called Compliance, Safety, and Accountability (CSA) and measures a driver’s safety score by analyzing seven Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories, or BASICS. Though certain aspects of the program have been scrutinized …
How Mechanical Failure Can Cause Truck Accidents
Semi-truck accidents that involve passenger vehicles can often result in serious injuries, often to the occupants of the smaller vehicles involved. When these accidents are the result of mechanical failure, victims may be able to recover from their losses through a Georgia truck accident lawsuit. Some of the types of losses that may be compensable …
Drunk Truck Driver Accident: Why the Carrier Also Pays
An impaired trucker is rare. That rarity is what makes a drunk truck driver accident so costly for the carrier, because federal rules exist specifically to prevent it. Below, we explain how often this actually happens, what the rules require, and why the company usually shares the blame. How Often Does a Drunk Truck Driver …
Rear-End Collision in Georgia: Fault Is Not Automatic
The driver who hits you from behind usually pays. Still, “usually” carries real weight in a rear-end collision in Georgia, because the presumption against that driver can be rebutted. Below, we explain what the law actually presumes, what defeats it, and why insurers rarely argue about fault at all. Who Is at Fault in a …
How is Liability Determined in Rear-End Accidents?
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were about 2.24 million people injured in car accidents in 2010 alone. Accidents can occur in many different ways, with some posing a greater risk of injury than others. One of the most unavoidable types of accidents for victims is rear-end accidents. These accidents occur when …
Unqualified Truck Driver: Why the Trucking Company Pays
A CDL alone does not make someone safe to drive. An unqualified truck driver on the road usually means a carrier skipped a check federal law required. That failure creates a claim against the company itself. Below, we explain what qualification actually means, which records prove it, and why those records decide truck cases. What …
How to Get Damages for Serious Slip and Fall Injuries
Whether you suffered a wrist fracture, elbow injury, shoulder dislocation, or another type of injury to your hand or arm in a Georgia slip and fall accident, you most likely are in pain, unable to work and earn a living, and in need of serious compensation for your serious hand and wrist injuries. If unsafe …
Common Hand and Wrist Injuries From Slip and Falls
Slip and fall accidents in Georgia can happen anywhere, but most often they take place in grocery stores due to spilled liquid. When people are walking along and suddenly slip, they generally attempt to break their fall with their hands. However, this quick reaction of throwing out their hands directs the impact of the fall …
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