Atlanta bicycle accidents and injuries are increasing at an alarming rate, as we have previously written. Yesterday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution published a story which echoed our information and addressed the growing conflict between bikers and automobile drivers. Many bike riders, and most motorists, do not realize that under Georgia…
Bicycle injuries and fatalities are an increasing problem. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center is a program of The University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center in cooperation with the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals. It is funded by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. Statistics published by the…
In 2006, approximately 5,000 people lost their lives and 80,000 were injured in motorcycle crashes. We have blogged before about the staggering number of statistics when it comes to those killed or injured while riding motorcycles. Obviously, riders must wear protective gear to protect themselves with defensive driving since they…
Bicycle accidents are increasing at an alarming rate as the popularity of road biking has increased over the last few years, and, as more people are turning to bikes as a means of transportation to save fuel. With the increase of bike riders it is only natural to assume that…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently issued statistics indicating that in 2006 helmets dramatically saved lives in motorcycle crashes. The NHTSA estimates that had all motorcyclists involved in collisions worn helmets in 2006, 752 more people would have survived their injuries. As it was, in 2006 it is…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (a division of the United States Department of Transportation), in the calendar year 2006, 4,810 people died in motorcycle crashes. This number was up over 5% from those killed in 2005 (4,576). The number of those killed in 2006 were at their…
According to investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the March 2, 2007 Blufton University bus crash that killed 5 members of the Ohio Blufton University baseball team and injured 28 others was “an accident that didn’t have to happen.” After a year long investigation, investigators for the NTSB…
A baby in a Corpus Christi, Texas, hospital neonatal intensive care unit has died after receiving an overdose of the blood thinner heparin. The baby was one of up to 17 babies in a neonatal intensive care unit receiving overdoses heparin. Heparin is an anticoagulant often used to clean the…
This past year our firm handled several motorcycle accidents involving wrongful deaths and serious injuries. What we see in these cases is the importance of a motorcycle rider having uninsured motorist coverage to protect their interests. Even where a motorcycle rider is doing everything right, is wearing a helmet and…
Since the seminal case of Scott v. Harris as decided by the U. S. Supreme Court there seems to be a prevailing mood that “the gloves are off” and the police can chase a suspect who defies their orders to pull over for as long as possible notwithstanding the dangers…