It is an unfortunate fact that some automobile accidents leave victims with life-changing and sometimes permanent injuries. These drastic changes to your physical condition might require accommodations, or adaptive aids to support you at home, when traveling, and in...
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Are smartwatches more distracting to drivers?
Smartwatches are a marvel of modern technology, enabling users to use them as phones, send texts, track sleep patterns and other things. Unfortunately, they also are another gadget that can distract drivers behind the wheel of a car or truck. There is indeed...
Study analyzes the severity of vehicle crashes in last year’s lockdown
Photos of Los Angeles freeways taken in the early days of the pandemic were jarring. Those long stretches of concrete normally jammed to capacity were in those lockdown days of 2020 nearly empty. A smattering of scattered vehicles could be seen in shots taken from...
Staying Alert on Long Drives to Avoid a Car Accident
Many drivers enjoy a nice, long road trip from time to time. It’s an opportunity to turn to your favorite radio or music streaming station, roll down the windows, and enjoy the scenery as you pass by. However, long drives, especially those that keep you on the road...
Dealing with Emotional Trauma after a Car Accident
Suffering due to automobile accidents isn’t just physical. The emotional distress experienced by victims cannot and should not be ignored. Yet far too many of us brush off the symptoms of emotional trauma as something we just have to “get over” and discount how they...
Five suspected of street racing injured
Millions watch the Fast and Furious movies, which follow the adventures of street racers who went from fugitives to good guys who help government agents take down super-criminals. The stories are told with fast cars and nerves of steel. It is the stuff of fiction, but...
Study: Tesla’s Autopilot feature decreases driver attention
If you go to the Tesla website, the company says that all its vehicles are equipped with Autopilot, a feature that “enables your car to steer, accelerate and brake automatically within its lane.” However, Tesla notes that “current Autopilot features require active...
Looking at vehicle crash data for the first half of 2021
Traffic safety assumptions before 2020 were simple: If there are fewer cars on Los Angeles streets, there will be fewer car crashes. And if there are fewer motor vehicle crashes, there will be fewer crash injuries and fatalities. As we all now know, those assumptions...
What to do After a Driver Hits Your Car and Flees
Winding up in a car accident because another driver made a mistake—changed lanes without looking first, ran a stop sign, or was looking at a text—is bad enough. The aftermath is even more difficult to navigate, especially if the crash wrecks your car and leaves you...
Tips for spotting distracted drivers
It is human nature to avoid those who act dangerously or recklessly. While these actions are easy to identify in public, the job becomes more difficult when encountering distracted drivers on the road. While they cannot control what other drivers do, they can better...
