After you are involved in a car crash, one of the things you’ll need to deal with is the claim through insurance. When you make an insurance claim as a victim, it’s likely that the insurance company will offer a settlement at one time or another. That settlement may...
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What should you do if you see a wrong-way driver?
In many cases, wrong-way driving accidents happen with little to no warning. Many of these accidents happen on the interstate, where cars traveling toward each other may be closing that gap at 140-150 miles per hour. There’s just no time to see what is happening and...
Company vehicles, wrecks and third-party claims: What to know
A tremendous number of occupations require workers to regularly operate everything from a company car or delivery vehicle to larger automobiles, like dump trucks and cranes. What happens when you’re in a wreck while driving a work vehicle? You have a right to workers’...
Are elderly drivers a danger on the roads?
Older adults and the elderly may still drive as long as they meet the same requirements as other drivers, such as passing driving tests and vision tests. In fact, in 2018, there were over 45 million people over the age of 65 who were licensed to drive in America....
Could your exercise equipment put your children at risk?
People add a home gym in their basements or home office because they want to focus on their health and well-being. Unfortunately, the very same devices that adults use to keep their bodies in top shape can potentially endanger any children living in the home. Any...
Recent crash shows what happens drunk drivers strike pedestrians
An out-of-control motor vehicle operated by a drunk driver is nothing less than an accident waiting to happen. Other motorists, children going to school, pedestrians and bicycle riders often suffer severe drunk-driving-related injuries. Lawmakers do all they can to...
Teens cause more fatal accidents. Why are they a high-risk group?
You may have heard that teenage drivers are the most likely to be involved in serious and even fatal car accidents. This plays out every year. The reason that teens often have higher insurance premiums, for instance, is that there are years of data showing they crash...
Are you wearing the right kind of hard hat?
In your workplace, your employer has the responsibility to keep you safe. One of the ways they may do that is by requiring you and your coworkers to wear hard hats when you’re on a construction site. There are many different kinds of hard hats, so choosing whichever...
How common are alcohol-involved crashes?
You know that drunk drivers are out there. Despite all the warnings and public education efforts, accidents involving drunk drivers continue to happen. Just how common is the problem? The statistics may surprise you. Drunk driving wrecks are a daily event On average,...
It is never too soon to worry about back injuries in construction
Few jobs involve more physical effort than working on a construction site. If you are young, construction work has several short-term benefits such as building your muscles, getting a summer tan and bringing in a fair wage. Yet long term, this kind of work can wreak...