We have previously addressed the value of graduated licensing programs that grant driving privileges in stages to new teenage drivers. There has been widespread speculation that such programs reduce the risk of accidents caused by teen drivers and prevent many potential car accident victims from suffering catastrophic injuries or fatalities. While graduated driver’s license programs […]
New data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicates that the motor vehicle fatality rate fell 1.7 percent in 2011. It appears that the fatality rate for accidents involving cars, trucks, SUVs and other vehicles is the lowest it has been since the NHTSA was created in 1949. This positive news is part […]
While the enormous mass of a commercial truck makes any collision involving a big-rig potentially fatal, underrun trucking accidents (also called “underride accidents”) are particularly dangerous. The reason these collision are so dangerous is because they generally result in severe intrusion into the passenger compartment of the car either literally tearing the roof off the […]
While drivers can typically tell that they are entering a construction zone by the orange warning signs and heavy equipment, most people presume that the slower speed limits, higher fines and warning signs are primarily designed to protect those performing work at Mississippi construction sites. Although preventing injury or wrongful death to those performing road […]
While the growing use of Tasers by law enforcement and private security companies is designed to reduce the number of deaths from shootings, there is a new scientific study that suggests that Tasers may be prone to cause cardiac arrest (i.e. heart attack) and fatalities. The safety of Tasers is an important issue because they […]
Side impact collisions can be extremely dangerous particularly for vehicle occupants on the side of the vehicle that absorbs the impact from the front end of the other car. Dangerous side impact collisions (also called “T-Bone accidents”) are common in intersections when drivers disregard traffic signals, stop signs or right of way rules. When a […]
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