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Brain Injury and Car Crashes: Level 1 Trauma Centers are Vital

Posted on March 23, 2012 to
  • General Personal Injury

Federal officials consider traumatic brain injury (TBI) a serious public health problem in the United States. Brain injuries lead to thousands of deaths and cases of permanent disability every year across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The level of...

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What a Good Personal Injury Attorney Can Do for You

Posted on February 8, 2012 to
  • General Personal Injury

Some people might tell you that you do not need a personal injury attorney if you suffer injuries because of another person’s negligence. However, whether you have been in a car crash or other type of accident, an injury attorney has the skill and experience to do...

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Why You Should Consult a Doctor Immediately after a Car Crash

Posted on February 6, 2012 to
  • Car Accidents
  • General Personal Injury

After a car accident, some people might feel minor aches and pains and make the mistake of thinking they got away without any serious injuries. This is the wrong thing to do. Some people who do not feel immediate symptoms find that they wake up a day...

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What is a Hardcore Drunk Driver?

Posted on February 3, 2012 to
  • Car Accidents

One of our blogs earlier this week discussed “buzzed driving” and .08. However, there is a class of drivers that safety experts refer to as “hardcore” drunk drivers. These are the drivers with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .15 or greater. What separates these drivers from the rest is that they usually...

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What To Do if You Spot a Suspected Drunk Driver

Posted on January 31, 2012 to
  • Car Accidents

safer driving Perhaps you have noticed an erratic driver in your rearview mirror in the recent past. Or have you ever wondered why a car appears to be driving well below the posted speed limit? It might be because that driver is intoxicated. Here are some tell-tale...

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High Speed Collision Critically Injures Maryland Infant

Posted on January 12, 2012 to
  • Car Accidents
  • Maryland Personal Injury

An 18-month-old girl is in critical condition after an auto accident on Maryland’s Coastal Highway late last month. As reported at mdcoastdispatch.com, the infant was in a car with her mother when a pickup truck rear-ended their vehicle. The mother escaped the car crash with only a fractured arm. According to the report, the...

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What Types of Intersections are Most Dangerous?

Posted on January 2, 2012 to
  • Car Accidents
  • Washington, D.C. Personal Injury

Did you know that an intersection controlled by flashing lights has three times the likelihood of a car crash than an intersection controlled by a stop sign does? Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found this out and utexas.edu reported on it last month....

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Study Looks at Virginia Teen Drivers and Accidents

Posted on November 15, 2011 to
  • Car Accidents
  • Virginia Personal Injury

Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) wanted to find out why teenage drivers have more car accidents than adults do. So, the NIH researchers looked at teen and adult drivers in Virginia and found out that g-forces are a factor in new-driver mistakes among teenagers. In a story at usatoday.com, researchers...

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Marijuana Twice as Likely to Cause Car Crashes

Posted on October 31, 2011 to
  • Car Accidents
  • Washington, D.C. Personal Injury

Washington, D.C., along with 16 states, has legalized marijuana for medical use. However, are drivers high on marijuana more likely to cause an auto accident? Researchers in the past thought that drivers under the influence of marijuana made more careful drivers because they tend to drive slower...

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More Virginia Drivers are Buckling Up

Posted on October 4, 2011 to
  • Car Accidents
  • Virginia Personal Injury

A study by Old Dominion University revealed that Virginia drivers are buckling up at a rate of 81.8 percent. It is a slight improvement from the 2010 number of 80.5 percent, according to a report on the study at londontimes.com. The results seem to show in crash statistics, as there were 740 traffic deaths...

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