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Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in the Wichita Falls and Lawton region. These areas are popular with motorcyclists, and with so many bikes on the roads, the number of collisions is high, and motorcycle accidents are a major safety and economic issue for riders in the Wichita Falls and Lawton communities.
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.
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 Wichita Falls and Lawton region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Texas highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Wichita Falls and Lawton regions. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Wichita Falls and Lawton
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Wichita Falls and Lawton. 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.
DeepScale raises $3 million for perception AI to make self-driving cars safe
The major barrier to getting self-driving cars on the road is making sure that they're safer than human drivers, but perception technology still has a long way to go. Today's news out of California takes the world a step closer to realizing that goal with tech startup DeepScale raising $3 million in funding to develop more accurate perception in autonomous vehicles.
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 Jackson region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in the Jackson region. These areas are popular with motorcyclists, and with so many bikes on the roads, the number of collisions is high, and motorcycle accidents are a major safety and economic issue for riders in the Jackson community.
According to Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, in 2012, 726 lost their lives in bicycle/motor vehicle crashes nationally, just under two people every day of the year in the U.S. The death rate from bicycle crashes is high due to the relative lack of protection bicyclists have in an impact with a motor vehicle.
Earlier today, police in Newville, Pennsylvania posted to their Facebook page about this American hero: 44-year-old Elwood R. Gutshall III, who on March 19th was arrested for DUI after committing "several" traffic violations. While some people are content to showcase their character through actions alone, and some people worry about being too on-the-nose, Gutshall wasn't afraid to just be a straight-up jackass complete with visual aid by wearing a "Drunk Lives Matter" t-shirt at the time of the incident.