22 February

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6 Ways Hiring a Car Accident Lawyer Can Benefit You

Car accidents can leave you with severe injuries and financial losses. However, you can seek compensation for the damages suffered. You should hire a car accident lawyer to ensure you receive the deserved damages. Here are the benefits of hiring a car accident lawyer. #1 – Help You Understand Your Legal Rights and Options Knowing your legal rights and options can be challenging when you get involved in a car accident. A car accident lawyer can help you understand the legal process and what you can expect. They can also advise you on the best course of action to take based on the specific...

02 December

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Winter Driving Laws, You Need to Know to Avoid Thousands in Fines

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Winter can be a stressful time of the year for motorists. The conditions can make driving dangerous and unpredictable, plus the cold weather can take its toll on your vehicle. Not only this but there are a few laws that you need to be aware of at this time of the year so that you can avoid getting pulled over and avoid getting a hefty fine. Keep reading to find out more. The Importance of Maintaining Your Vehicle First, you need to know the importance of maintaining your vehicle at this time of the year. Keeping up with car maintenance is key so that...

24 October

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What Types of Injuries Are Commonly Caused By Car Accidents?

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Every year, approximately 1.3 million people die from injuries sustained in road accidents. According to the world health organization, 20-50 million more suffer non-fatal injuries with being life altered. In 2022 alone, over 42,900 Americans died in road accidents, with approximately 5 million others suffering injuries. Car accidents can cause a wide range of injuries. But some types of injuries are more common than others. This guide highlights injuries that have a high prevalence in car accidents. Common Car Accident Injuries That May Warrant Compensation Whiplash Whiplash is an injury to the tissues and tendons around the neck area. It occurs due to a sudden back-and-forth...

04 January

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Death and Injury From Traffic Crashes Continue to Be Among the Most Serious Public Health Problems

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In 1966, traffic crashes resulted in over 50,000 fatalities and the fatality rate was three times as high as it is today. Congress recognized this public health crisis and created the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Safety Bureau. That momentous event was a crossroad in our nation's efforts to address this crisis. If the extraordinary progress in improving highway safety had not been made since that time, over 120,000 people would have died last year and hundreds of thousands more would have suffered traumatic injury. Death and injury from traffic crashes continue to be among the most serious public...

15 November

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With Snowy Roads Just Around the Corner Here are Some Winter Driving Tips

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Severe weather can be both frightening and dangerous for travelers. Winter storms, bad weather and sloppy road conditions are a factor in nearly half a million crashes and more than 2,000 road deaths every winter, according to research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Drivers should know the safety rules for dealing with winter road emergencies. Cold Weather Driving Tips Keep a bundle of cold-weather gear in your car, such as extra food and water, warm clothing, a flashlight, a glass scraper, blankets, medications, and more.Make certain your tires are properly inflated and have plenty of tread.Keep at least half a tank...

11 October

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More Women are Dying While Cycling in Cities and Urban Environments

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Among urban cycling infrastructure experts, conventional wisdom holds that when more women are biking, a city has built a successful cycling network. In too many American cities, though, a gruesome corollary to this rule is becoming apparent: When a city builds infrastructure that creates the illusion but not the reality of cycling safety, more women will die. Urban cycling has long been mostly a male activity. As Evan Friss writes in a new history of cycling in New York City, the bike messengers who helped define the city’s 1980s streets were virtually all men. Today’s food delivery cyclists are predominantly male....

03 January

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Old headlights may produce only 20 percent of the light created by new ones

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As your car gets older, its headlights may be giving you far less visibility than you think, according to a new study. Over time, the plastic coating on headlights can become so clouded or yellowed that they give off only 20 percent of the light they had when you first bought the car, the AAA study says. That puts drivers at great risk of crashes as their car ages. The findings reinforce the idea that car owners should routinely check the coating on their headlights and, if necessary, get them restored. (See tips on how to do that below.) There are inexpensive kits...

06 December

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Taking Multiple Medications Could Raise Crash Risk for Older Drivers

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Nearly 50 percent of older adults report using seven or more medications while remaining active drivers, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. An evaluation of the medications people are taking found that nearly 20 percent of older drivers are using medications that generally should be avoided because they have very limited therapeutic benefit, pose excess harm, or both. Drugs like these are called potentially inappropriate medications, or PIMs. Most of these potentially inappropriate medications, such as benzodiazepines and first-generation antihistamines, are known to cause impairing effects such as blurred vision, confusion, fatigue or incoordination, and can...

04 December

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Trial Win in Wrongful Death Case Against Distracted Driver

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Distracted drivers caused 54,302 crashes, injuries, and wrongful deaths in North Carolina in 2016. If you travel on the streets or highways, you are at risk for being injured or killed by someone who is more interested in their phone than their driving. On the morning of May 10, 2016, Russell Rutledge was driving his Chevrolet Silverado from a business meeting in Garner to meet a colleague in Durham. As he drove, Rutledge was using his cell phone to text, email, and make and receive phone calls. The evidence showed that Rutledge drifted onto the shoulder of Highway 98 in Durham...

11 September

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More U.S. Kids Dying From Injuries

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Murder, suicide, car crashes, and addiction have all contributed to a spike in deaths among U.S. children and teens in recent years, a government study suggests. The death rate for youth aged 10 to 19 rose 12 percent between 2013 and 2016, eroding a previous decline stretching back to 1999, according to the study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Injuries accounted for 70 percent of deaths in this age group in 2016, far outpacing fatalities from natural causes like cancer and heart disease. “The most surprising result is that the rise cannot be pinpointed to one cause,” said...

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