Every time you drive, you face distractions that impact your ability to operate a vehicle safely. Distractions like these contribute to many car accident injuries and deaths every year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2018 in the U.S.,...
Injuries
Stay safe as a pedestrian this September
When kids head back to school, more cars on the road and more feet on the sidewalks result in more accidents involving pedestrians. According to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, the United States experienced more than 6,000 fatalities in these...
Documenting your injuries after a motor vehicle crash
Whenever you get into your car to drive somewhere, you put yourself at risk of getting into a car accident. Although some accidents cause minor to severe injuries, others can be fatal for the driver and any passengers. In Maryland in 2019, according to the Insurance...
How time restrictions on truck drivers increase road fatalities
Thousands of people – both truckers and occupants of other vehicles – died in big rig accidents in 2019 around the country. There is good evidence that time constraints, which often weigh heavily on the minds of truck drivers, have contributed to these types of fatal...
Accident recovery includes documenting injuries
When another driver causes an accident, that driver is liable, and the costs of your injuries should be covered via bodily injury liability. However, if your losses are not covered by the driver's Maryland insurance, a personal injury case might be in order to ensure...
Understanding phantom limb pain
If you underwent amputation of one of your limbs after a car crash or other catastrophic accident, you know how life-changing this is. Amputation represents one of the most devastating life changes anyone can experience. Not only must you deal with the physical...
The 3 most common serious motorcycle injuries
As a motorcycle rider, did you know that your likelihood of dying in a motorcycle accident is 26 times the chance of dying in any other type of motor vehicle accident? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers sobering statistics on the risks of...
Daylight savings brings with it a higher chance of an accident
When the clock changes in the spring, it brings longer days, indicating that summer is just around the corner. You may be one of the many people who enjoys the warm weather and more daylight into the evening, but you may also know that this means you have to drive to...
Rear-end collisions are avoidable disasters
Unless you are backing up or changing lanes, what is happening behind you as you drive may be an afterthought. Of course, you occasionally glance in your rearview mirror out of habit or when coming to a stop, but mostly your eyes are forward watching where you are...
The risks you take on Maryland roads
The fear of dying in a car accident is very real. If you worry about this possibility, you are not alone. Hundreds of people die on Maryland roads each year, so it is a reasonable concern and one that should impress upon drivers the need for caution and care. However,...