Transporting goods and materials across the country is a challenging job. Truck drivers spend many long, lonely hours on the road, and exhaustion frequently sets in. The U.S. Department of Transportation limits the amount of time truckers spend behind the…
You’re known as a cheap drunk, as it only takes one or two drinks to cause you to become intoxicated. Your friend, however, seems to drink all night before feeling anything. This difference in how alcohol affects you is due…
While older drivers often have conditions that put them at risk for causing an accident, they are not actually the highest-risk group of drivers. That honor goes to young men—teenage boys aged 16-19 have the highest rate of crashes of…
We’ve probably all done it dozens of times—we’re signing the paperwork for the rental car that we’re about to drive off the lot, and we check the box that says we decline coverage. At that point, maybe you’re just eager…
School is back in session, and that means that children and teens all over the nation are being shuttled back and forth to school and practices by their friends or their friends’ parents. While we all hope that each ride…
You may expect an auto accident attorney to say, “Yes! Sue the other driver every time, and show no mercy!” In reality, most lawyers will tell you that you may not have to file a lawsuit at all. Hopefully, the…
A recent survey conducted by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center’s Transportation and Vehicle Safety program found that many people purchase and drive new cars without fully understanding the safety features and warning systems the cars have. In fact,…
When you’ve been injured in a truck accident, you must demonstrate that one or more parties were negligent, such as the truck driver and the company he works for. They will be considered negligent if it can be proven that…
