An accident isn’t always unavoidable. In fact, it is rare when there is an unavoidable car accident, usually the cause is negligence. Perhaps the driver who hits you failed to notice the stop sign or maybe they were speeding. In many cases, drivers who are responsible for an accident were driving distracted or even under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They could’ve…
As if there were not enough distractions for drivers—talking and texting on cell phones, fiddling with the radio, trying to set a GPS while driving, talking to passengers and turning around to see what the children are doing, to name a few—a new study has found that since it’s launch on July 6, 2016, there has been a Pokemon Go car accident surge of…
It would seem to make perfect sense that with the advent of Uber and Lyft rideshare options, fewer people would risk driving while intoxicated. In fact, Uber actually reported a decline in drunk driving in a number of major cities since the service began in San Francisco in 2010, and at least a few independent studies agreed. One study found that in four…
Most drivers have taken a stance on autonomous vehicles—either they think they are best thing since sliced bread, and will decrease the number of car collisions caused by human error, or they are absolutely certain they do not want to give up their ability to control their vehicle. A 2015 University of Michigan study found that the question may not be so much…
Distracted driving is a problem affecting all ages of drivers across the United States. Many drivers simply do not recognize the extent of the problem…until a distracted driving accident happens to them. While the population of the United States is edging close to 320 million, there are as many as 2.5 million Americans who are involved in a car accident each year. Although…
Every year we roll back the clocks across the nation to standard time – and this year, we will do this on November 6th! While many of us look forward to the extra hour of sleep we will get, rolling back the clock may actually be dangerous, according to recent statistics. More pedestrians are killed by cars during daylight savings time changes than…
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. In 2016, President Obama declared the month of awareness in an effort to fight the terrible disease that is ravaging lives around the country, and the world. Awareness is raised, in part, through the display of a teal-colored ribbon. Ovarian cancer patients and various health alliance groups are hopeful that the President’s declaration will also raise…
In Colorado Springs these days, cones, detour signs, and blocked lanes have become the driving norm. In 2015, Colorado Springs taxpayers approved $50 million dollars of funding for road improvements. As a result, construction in this city is booming – especially road construction. No matter where you drive in Colorado Springs, you are likely to encounter a construction zone and those all-important orange…
Earlier this summer, a nine-year-old child died from injuries sustained in a tragic Colorado Springs accident. This fatal car accident is the 17th traffic fatality in Colorado Springs so far in 2017. The child was riding in a Ford Fusion when a Lincoln SUV hit the vehicle on Hwy 83. The child was not wearing a seat belt. Three other passengers were transported…
A degloving injury is any injury to the hands in which an extensive section of skin is completely torn off from the tissue beneath. This injury essentially cuts off the blood supply to the skin. Accident related degloving injuries are some of the most painful and debilitating injuries a crash victim can suffer from. These injuries require immediate emergency medical care and often…
