Everyone knows that a variety of factors can cause car accidents. From texting while driving to other forms of driver error, car accidents seem to be a common occurrence throughout Maryland. However, there is another growing cause of accidents across the nation—vehicle defects...
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Does Your Car Insurance Cover Your Accident Claim?
While there may be a stray few who use their auto policy as a good bedtime read, most of us do not study our automobile insurance policies until we are or someone we love is involved in a car crash. Suddenly, reading the policy and, more importantly, understanding your...
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Car accidents in DC can happen in seconds, however, the effects can last a lifetime. Motor Vehicle Accidents include any accident resulting from collisions involving one or more automobiles, motorcycles and scooters, trucks, subway, airplanes...
Read MoreCould This Technology Dramatically Reduce the Number of Car Crashes?
If you’ve ever been stuck in traffic or see a hazard on the road, you may have at some point wished you could somehow verbally communicate with other drivers to better navigate around each other or avoid collisions. If only there was a system placed inside each and every car that could help drivers...
Read MoreDo D.C. Drivers Have a Road Rage Problem?
Road rage is when a driver gets furious behind the wheel and aggressively targets another driver. This can include the following behaviors: Tailgating Honking the horn excessively Speeding Cutting off others suddenly Rude gestures or attempting to shout out the window at other drivers Throwing objects from a vehicle Intentionally causing a car accident ...
Read MoreAre Self-Driving Cars Safe?
When we think of the future, self-driving cars may come to mind. The new advances in technology by Google and Tesla has other manufacturers, such as GM, BMW and Volvo, researching their own self-driving solutions, which means this future is close to becoming a reality. Driverless cars are projected to decrease car accidents...
Read MoreWhy Was This Teenage Driver Sentenced to Four Years in Prison?
Last June, a 19-year-old drove after a party with his three friends just after graduation and crashed. According to the report, the teen driver crashed through a fence, smashed into some trees and the car went airborne before landing upside down in a driveway in flames. Police went on to say speed, alcohol and...
Read MoreWhy are These Two Drivers Facing 20-Year Prison Sentences?
In 2013, two drivers arrived at a gas station near the Capital Beltway, one in a brand new Chevy Camaro, the other in a Volkswagen Passat. When they left the gas station, the two began to rev their engines at each other and eventually engaged in an illegal street race down Georgia Avenue. At...
Read MoreWhy Car Crashes Should No Longer Be Called “Accidents”
Deaths caused by car accidents are increasing rapidly. However, a large number of safety advocates are trying to change how we’ve thought about car “accidents” for more than 100 years by clarifying car accidents caused by human error are not accidents. These safety advocates believe that calling deaths that result from collisions, crashes, drunk...
Read MoreWhat Pledge are People Taking to Help With Driver Fatigue?
Many people focus their attention on the problem of driving drunk through social media campaigns. And while drunk driving is a very important issue, a new online driving campaign against fatigued drivers has been gaining traction. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates fatigued driving is responsible for more than 1.2 million car accidents each...
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