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Being drunk makes you much more likely to crash. Here's how to avoid it
At .08 BAC, a driver is 11 times more likely than the non-drinking driver to be involved in a crash. It's easy to avoid driving drunk. From Bellingham, WA personal injury attorney Bill Coats, here are tips on how to protect yourself and loved ones from driving drunk.
Danger Danger – People With Nothing to Lose Are Legally Driving
The terrible thing about this is not so much the licenses, but that it proves our own government has failed to enforce existing laws, which breeds a contempt for authority and breakdown of society. Beyond that, for personal injury victims, it presents even more problems.
Great News – Marriage of Tech and Brainpower Empowers Injured People
In this story, we will cover the latest tech that may just be able to help car accident victims who are suffering from more than just vertigo. Although we have seen many advances in science, we still have not seen a spinal cord repaired enough to allow a quadriplegic victim to walk, we do know that we are on the way there.
The Dangers of Underride Accidents
Don’t be Afraid to File Claims against Uninsured Drivers
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Savannah and across Chatham 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 across the region.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using Georgia’s highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Savannah region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Savannah
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
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.
Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in Savannah. These regions 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 Savannah area.
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 Savannah region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.