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What Dangers Should You Be Aware of on Dallas, TX Highways?

Dallas metro area roadways include interstates, U.S. routes, state highways, loops, spurs, and tollways. Many highways in the area have more than one name. For example, the Tom...

Have Supply Chain Issues Made Dallas Roads More Unsafe?

The Dallas-Fort Worth area has seen a surge in fatal trucking accidents, with crash rates increasing throughout the pandemic. Motor vehicle accidents and fatalities were expecte...

The Top Safety Violations From Operation Safe Driver Week

Operation Safe Driver Week is a safe driving awareness initiative held in July by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). It is aimed at improving driving behaviors throu...

The Risk of a No-Airbag Collision

Airbags have saved thousands of lives over the years, protecting drivers and passengers from serious injuries or death – but what about when the airbag fails to deploy? All vehi...

Can You Stack Auto Insurance in Texas?

“Stacked” auto insurance is a combination of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. This type of insurance allows you to gain a higher level of protection if you are inju...

Drunk Driving: How Alcohol Impairs the Brain

There is no doubt that alcohol consumption impairs the brain and affects driving skills. Alcohol or other drugs are involved in approximately 40% of fatal traffic crashes in the...

How a Car Collision Can Lead to PTSD

Even low-impact car collisions can be traumatizing to the victims. In fact, recent studies have shown that an alarmingly large number of crash victims develop a serious anxiety...

Have Speeding Accidents Increased Due to COVID?

COVID-19 has made a heavy impact on our way of life. Where most schoolchildren would be in the classroom, now they stay at home on video calls all day. When you would expect to...

The Dangers of Dooring Accidents

When riding a bike or a motorcycle, most bikers know to keep their eyes open for nearby traffic. After all, cars are much larger, heavier, and more powerful than bikes, which me...

How Negligent Drivers Make the Holidays Dangerous

Every year, during the winter holiday session, car accidents spike. This also means a spike in catastrophic injuries and fatalities. The holidays are supposed to be the happiest...

What Makes a Defective Auto Part So Dangerous?

A defective auto part is incredibly dangerous. When you are driving, you know to check your mirror, pay attention to speed limits, and watch out for potentially dangerous or imp...

Speeding: Reckless and Dangerous

Speeding is a fact of life for many people. So few bother with speed limits these days, unless they know they’re a police officer for reckless drivers. As cars get faster, so do...

Distracted Driving: Does Your Teen Know the Dangers?

Before cell phones, distracted driving was usually limited to having a particularly chatty passenger or driving by something truly attention grabbing. But in this current age of...

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When Aggressive Driving Destroys Lives

Driving is dangerous at the best of times, but if you encounter an aggressive driver, the risks are even higher. The number one cause of death for people between the ages of 3 a...

The Top Three Causes of Vehicle Collisions in Texas

The Texas Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently released a report covering the causes of car accidents across the state, including the number of accidents each situation...

Winter Brings Dangerous Road Conditions

Texas weather ranges from hot and humid over the summer months, to cold winters, bringing icy streets and dangerous driving conditions. Operating a vehicle on icy roads is chall...

Car Accidents and Psychological Stress

A car accident is a shocking incident that carries psychological consequences affecting your quality of life. A recent study published by the NCBI (National Center for Biotechno...

Child Passenger Safety Week – September 2016

September 18th, 2016 marks the first day of Child Passenger Safety Week 2016. This annual campaign is run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and is me...

Steps to Take After a Car Accident

Is your driving record spotless? Do you never text while driving? Are you certain to get a designated driver when you go out drinking with your friends? You should be applauded...

Can Wearing a Seatbelt Increase Risk of Injury or Death in a Car Accident?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 1 and 54 in the United Sta...

Are Drivers Who are High Safer Than Those Who are Drunk?

As more states are legalizing the use of marijuana, the question has come up: “Is driving while high as dangerous as driving while drunk?” It is a valid question and one that ce...

The Metro-North Tragedy: Why Federal Regulations Should Be Followed

On February 3, 2015, the deadliest crash in the history of the Metro-North system occurred between the train and an SUV. According to several news articles, the SUV stopped on t...

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