While driving a car or SUV is dangerous, riding a motorcycle takes that danger to another level. Cars, pickup trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles shroud their occupants in tons of steel, plastic, airbags, and the safety of seat belts, while a motorcyclist is essentially unprotected. A helmet and leathers, or an armored jacket, go a […]

Every day there are thousands of avoidable accidents that damage the property of, or seriously injure, people who were in no way at fault. In fact, collisions resulting in fatalities were on the rise last year in 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Distractions play a large role in accidents, as well […]

Traffic accidents are on the rise, and in 2015, there was a sharp increase in traffic fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. While the original impact of a collision is terrible, the aftereffects can be equally as traumatizing and troubling. Post traumatic stress disorder can flare up weeks, months, or even years […]

One of the most difficult injuries anyone can sustain in a car accident is damage to the spinal column or spinal cord. Back injuries are all too common; according to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center at UAB, there are 12,500 spinal cord injuries every year. Car accidents are one of the main causes […]

As the population continues to increase and the space on the roads becomes more and more limited, more accidents will occur. Similarly, as traffic slows to a crawl during rush hour, the general patience of those on the roads diminishes and tempers flare. This leads to even more accidents as drivers either become bored, inattentive […]

With the invention of seat belts and society’s slowly transformed attitude towards using them, millions of lives have been saved over the years. Similarly, hundreds of thousands of lives are saved every year by another crucial piece of car safety technology: the crumple zone. The rate of fatalities and injuries per mile driven have declined […]

Sometimes, when a collision is incredibly severe, it may cause damage to internal organs within the abdomen. They are rare, due to the heavy duty protection that encases them (the ribs), but they can be life threatening endeavors. Furthermore, they are often overlooked, which leads to even more threat of dying. More obvious external injuries […]

The sight of an inordinate number of loose, flapping straps, the swaying from side to side of a double trailer long load, and the excessive speed of a tanker marked with signs “hazardous materials”careening down a hill all send shivers up even the most experienced driver’s spine. While passing a large truck, or getting passed […]

There were 32,675 fatalities due to traffic accidents in 2014, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). What’s more is that most of these accidents could be prevented if drivers took the proper precautions and gave driving the attention it deserves. In fact, the NHTSA estimates that (NHTSA) 93 percent of all traffic […]

Even with more drivers on the roads than ever before, it is still safer to travel by car, truck, van, or SUV than in the past. This is true even despite the rapid increase in the average size of the American automobile, which is 4,009 pounds and larger than any other time in history, according […]