Minor car accidents are not uncommon with thousands happening throughout the country each day. Normally, these accidents do not result in injury and often only cause minimal damage, such as a scratch or small dent. The damage may even cost more to fix than the vehicle is worth so you may wonder if you even …
Whenever you are in a car, whether driving or riding as a passenger, you are at risk of having an accident. Accidents can be as minor is a fender-bender or as serious as a high-speed head-on collision. According to a report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 28 percent of crashes in 2012 were …
Many Pennsylvania residents have suffered injuries at some point in their lives that may have gone away overtime, or perhaps still bother them from time to time. Back pain is a common example, and plagues millions of Americans. Back injuries are also common when it comes to auto accidents, and this should come as no …
For those living in big cities, taxicabs may be a way of life. Perhaps you take a cab every day to and from work, or utilize a cab at least a few days a week. Whether you own a car in the city or not, your chances of being involved in a taxicab accident are …
Typically, when someone is involved in an automobile accident and they get injured and/or their automobile is wrecked, the party at fault has to pay for the injured person’s injuries or property damages. This is known as a third-party system. However, what if someone is involved in an automobile accident and they get injured or …
Typically, automobile accidents occur while moving automobiles collide, but what if suddenly you found yourself rear-ended by another car while sitting parked in your vehicle? This is what happened to Jesse L. Mickens, Jr., who was permanently injured on January 8, 2010 in a rear end accident caused by driver Timothy Misdom (who was driving …
The Takata airbag recall has reached massive levels, with approximately 17 million vehicles affected in the U.S. and another seven million worldwide. The recall stems from an issue within the airbag inflator that can cause airbags to deploy improperly in the event of a crash and shoot metal fragments at the occupants. Initially, only six …
Head on collisions are perhaps the most violent of all car accidents. When two vehicles traveling at opposite directions hit each other head on, the force experienced by both vehicles is tremendous. Head on collisions account for 18 percent of all fatal accidents but only two percent of all accidents. Those involved in a head …
There are few things that are scarier than traveling down the road and realizing that there is a vehicle coming straight for you in your lane of traffic. This can happen on a multi-lane divided highway, where a person has gotten onto the road going in the wrong direction. It also can happen when you …
When you are involved in a car accident, there are many things that happen at the site of the accident. There are also a number of things you should do right after it occurs. If it is safe to do so, move your car to the side of the road. Make sure that you and …
