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Aircraft Safety - Flying is safer but accidents still happen in Chattanooga

While rare compared to other types of motor-vehicle crashes, aircraft accidents do happen regularly, usually with devastating results. Despite significant safety improvements over the past decades, many people each year experience the pain of losing someone in an airplane crash.

Who Pays for Injuries in a Rental Car Crash?

Many rental car companies don’t tell you (except in the fine print) that you have to actually purchase their insurance package in order to be fully covered. Without purchasing their insurance, you have to use your own policy, which may not have rental car coverage. This can lead to unique complications in some cases.

Drunk Driving Loophole Endangers Floridians

The danger in this new loophole is that it could allow drunk drivers who would otherwise be instantly identified as dangerously intoxicated to pass through DUI checkpoints freely and continue driving. Unleashed back onto the roads, drunk drivers can easily cause serious accidents with other cars, pedestrians, and cyclists. Read more on this important safety issue here.

Potential Life Saving iPhone Feature

Recently, I was told about an often ignored app on the iPhone – more of a feature really. If you are injured in a serious car accident, this feature could save your life. As a result, I wanted to use today’s blog to spend some time explaining, step-by-step, how this feature works. Go here to read about this crucial safety feature.

Jackson car accidents cause more injury, death, and economic loss than any other crime or civic issue

Motor vehicle accidents are a regular occurrence in Jackson and across Madison County. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers or distracted drivers. Whatever the cause, car accidents are a major safety and economic issue for the communities in this vast region.

Jackson commercial truck accidents are a safety and legal issue for residents and visitors alike

Truckers are a growing motorist group using Tennessee’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Jackson region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.

Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Jackson

According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:

Knoxville car accidents cause more injury, death, and economic loss than any other crime or civic issue

Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Knoxville and across Knox County. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers or distracted drivers. Whatever the cause, car accidents are a major safety and economic issue for the communities in this region.

Knoxville commercial truck accidents are a safety and legal issue for residents and visitors alike

Truckers are a growing motorist group using Tennessee’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Knoxville region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.

Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Knoxville

According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:

Knoxville bus accidents are a safety and legal issue for anyone using the highway and road systems

As mass transit systems grow across Tennessee and Knox County, bus accidents will occur. When a bus crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.

Common causes of bus accidents in Knoxville

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, over the past 10 years nationally:

The number of buses involved in fatal crashes decreased from 274 to 251, an 8% drop;

In Knoxville, pedestrian accidents and fatalities are on the rise

At one point or another, everyone is a pedestrian. As the expense of driving and insuring a vehicle rise, more and more people choose to walk to their destinations. As the number of pedestrians increases, so do the number of pedestrian accidents. To see where the Knoxville region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.