Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Civil Justice Remedies for Crime Victims

  Staff Writer | February 11, 2007 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  We have heard plenty of stories about crime in Arizona. Unfortunately and sadly, crime occurs everyday on our streets, in our offices and in our homes. If you have victimized by criminal conduct, what happens next? Who will provide support and explain what you can expect from our criminal justice system? What resources are available? What remedies are available in the criminal and civil...

• Recent Tribune Article Discusses Motorcycle Safety

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2007 11:15 AM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The East Valley Tribune recently published an article highlighting a twenty-two percent increase in fatal motorcycle accidents in the past year in Arizona. According to the Tribune,Overall, the number of fatal Arizona motorcycle collisions doubled from 2001 to 2005, and transportation officials say they are particularly concerned about a surge in driver deaths in the 45-to-54-year-old age...

• Kentucky Train Fire Shuts Down Roadways

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2007 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This morning a CSX company train hauling hazardous materials derailed and exploded causing street closures, home evacuations and general problems within an eighteen mile radius of the derailment. Originally the trains were thought to be hauling liquid propane gas. However, the chemical fire actually resulted from ignition of cyclohexane, the chemical stored in the derailed train cars. Many...

• New Proposal to Limit Public Access to Vehicle Safety Data Bad for Consumers

  Staff Writer | January 12, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Shopping for a new car and want to compare details about past vehicle warranty-related problems before making your final buying decision? Do you want to look at available accident-related safety reports and determine which make and model of vehicle performed safest? Well according to a recent article in the San Fransisco Chronicle, a new proposal from the National Highway Safety Administration...

• Teenage Driving in Arizona

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2006 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A recent press release from the Arizona Automobile Association suggests, Arizona is far behind in being a safe state for the riskiest group of all teens. The state could do more to make it a safer state for ALL drivers by putting stricter limits on teenagers, the state's most dangerous drivers.Statistics supplied by AAA Arizona back up its conclusion that too many teenagers drive with reckless...

• Arizona One of the Deadliest for Victims of Drinking and Driving

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2006 9:37 AM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Arizona is near the top of the nation for a topic which, like golf, would have us all feel better if the score were substantially lower. According to the East Valley Tribune, alcohol played a factor in almost half of all fatal automobile crashes last year. A report prepared by an organization known asEnd Needless Death on Our Roadways, shows Arizona is 15th in alcohol-related fatal crashes,...

• Insurance Institute Vehicle Safety Statistics

  Staff Writer | November 12, 2006 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In September, 2006, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety came out with a report about the safety of various new cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles. Data from crash, theft and injury reports show actual safety performance for newer vehicles. According to the vehicle safety report:The results show that insurance losses for injuries, vehicle damage, and theft vary widely. Vehicle size...

• Airbags Save Lives

  Staff Writer | October 16, 2006 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A recent study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety confirms that airbag use saves lives. An airbag deployment in a side impact automobile accident is thirty-seven percent more likely to save the life of the driver than in a non-deployment impact. This figure rises to fifty-two percent if the accident involves a sport utility vehicle. This means that in automobile accidents, airbag...

• Cell Phone use and Automobile Safety

  Staff Writer | September 01, 2006 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a prior entry onto this forum, I cited research from the National Highway Safety Administration concerning inattentiveness as a major cause of motor vehicle collisions. According to this organization, driver inattentiveness while talking on a cellphone can be one characteristic of inattentiveness.As cellphone use rises each year, one question which comes to mind is whether hands free devices...

• Automobile Safety

  Staff Writer | August 23, 2006 11:07 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As I traveled into work today, I was reminded about how vigilant we need to be when we drive. I saw a car veering in and out of traffic at speeds of about ninety miles per hour. The driver had both hands on a cell phone rather than the steering wheel. Unfortunately, shortly after zipping by me and further up the roadway, this motorist had to be extricated from his car by the city fire...