Truck accidents are often more serious than collisions which involve only passenger vehicles. Victims are more likely to sustain grave injuries or be killed in truck accidents. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicates around 70 percent of the victims who...
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Why Seek Medical Attention after a Rear-End Crash in Houston?
In Texas, it is required for drivers to buy $30,000 per person and $60,000 per collision bodily injury insurance coverage. This is mandatory so if a driver causes a crash to occur, the driver's insurer can pay for financial losses...
Read MoreReducing Traffic Accidents Essential as Fatality Rates Rise
The risk of dying in a car accident in 2015 was higher than in 2014. Motorists must be aware the crash statistics from this year show an end to the trend of fatalities declining. There was a dramatic rise in...
Read MoreWhere Houston Head-On Crashes Are Most Likely to Occur
Within Houston County, a young couple with an 11-day-old baby were recently killed when a head-on collision occurred. The accident happened at approximately 5:15 PM, when the couple and their baby were on the way to visit their family. The...
Read MoreParents of Houston Football Fans Should Talk to Kids About Car Accident Risks
If your child or teen is a fan of the Houston Texans, Cougars or any professional or college football team, your kids may look up to their favorite football players as heroes to emulate. Unfortunately, this can sometimes be a bad...
Read MoreHow to Handle a Houston Hit-and-Run Claim
A teenager bicycle rider riding home from his girlfriend's house was hit and killed in Texas this summer. Houston.com reported the driver was in a dark-colored pickup truck. He struck the young man on his bicycle and then drove away...
Read MoreHouston Truck Accident Attorney Comments on Truck Accident Involving 18-Wheeler, Car
An SUV driver charged with driving under the influence of alcohol crashed into an 18-wheeler on Texas Highway 225 and flew off a 20-foot-high highway overpass, illustrating how dangerous drunk driving accidents can be in Texas, where drunk driving accidents...
Read MoreNHTSA Aims to Make Single Unit Truck Crashes Less Likely in Houston
Most of the trucks people encounter on local roads are considered "single-unit" trucks. A single unit truck is a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 10,000 pounds, which does not have a tractor trailer attached to it....
Read MoreHouston Truck Accident Attorney Gene S. Hagood Provides Insight Into New Truck Weight Enforcement Laws in Texas
A new law to keep overweight trucks off Texas roads will go in effect Sept. 1, a necessary change that Houston-based truck accident attorney Gene S. Hagood said will undoubtedly make roads and highways safer for all drivers. Hagood, lead...
Read MoreHouston Pet Owners Could Put Motorists at Risk of Collisions
Pet owners who will be taking summer road trips and who will be bringing animal companions along need to ensure they make smart and safe choices when they bring their pet on a trip. An animal in the car is...
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