Motorists driving cars with partial automation soon learn to adapt to the various safeguards that are present in these systems, possibly increasing their car accident risks. According to a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers are very quick to learn ways to circumvent the limits or…
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Decline in Auto Accident Wrongful Deaths During First Half of 2024
Preliminary statistics by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show a drop in the number of people killed nationwide in auto accidents during the first 6 months of 2024. This is the 9th consecutive quarterly drop in car accident fatality numbers. It is important to better understand why this drop…
New Bill Would Require SUVs, Trucks to Protect Pedestrians
A new bill that is expected to be introduced soon would require federal standards for the heights of SUVs and pick-up trucks to also consider pedestrian safety. This is an extremely important change which is likely to save lives in auto accidents involving pedestrians and bicycles. According to Representative Mary…
Study Finds Behavior Interventions can Help Reduce Distracted Driving
The use of interventions including financial incentives, goals and social competition can significantly help reduce the incidence of distracted driving on our streets. Distracted driving causes thousands of car accidents in the metro Atlanta region every year. A new study proves that different interventions could be used to help bring…
Georgia Anti-Speeding Campaign to Prevent Car Accidents
An anti- speeding campaign that aims to tackle speeding across Georgia and several Southern States ends on July 21. These types of campaigns are extremely important in the effort to reduce the number of auto accidents involving catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful deaths. Operation Southern Slow Down included Georgia as…
Campaign to Prevent Red Light Violation Accidents
Next month, federal transportation safety authorities will kick off a campaign that is aimed at helping motorists understand the dangers of running red lights. The campaign hopes to avoid serious personal injuries suffered by motorists and pedestrians each year by persons failing to obey traffic control signals. Violation of stop…
Georgia Teens to Benefit from New Auto Accident Prevention Program
All K -12 students in Georgia will now benefit from free access to traffic and road safety education thanks to a collaboration between the Georgia Department of Transportation and a leading education media organization. Georgia has struggled with an increase in the number of car accident wrongful deaths across the…
Research Shows Improvement in Autonomic Dysfunction After Spinal Injury
Patients who have suffered a spinal injury may suffer from autonomic dysfunction or an extreme severity of autonomic reflexes that can trigger panic episodes and even heart attacks. In recent animal studies, researchers found ways that could circumvent such extreme reflexes. A spinal injury after a car accident can lead…
Welcome Drop in Pedestrian Accident Wrongful Deaths in 2023
New data finds a drop of 5% in the number of pedestrians killed in auto accidents in the United States last year. The Governors Highway Safety Association recently released new data that finds a 5.4% drop in the number of pedestrians being killed in auto accidents compared to the previous…
Pedestrians Twice as Likely to be Involved in Auto Accidents with Electric Cars
As electric cars become more popular on our roads, there are frequently more reports of car accidents involving these vehicles with pedestrians. The demand for electric vehicles has nowhere near peaked, and as the number of such vehicles increases on our roads, we are understanding more about the specific dangers…