This past week, the metro Atlanta area has been hard-hit by rain from the edges of Hurricane Melissa. Even when there’s not a hurricane, severe weather can create the perfect conditions for motor vehicle accident fatalities. Common sense would dictate that extremely severe weather causes the greatest number of accidents,…
While urban counties such as Fulton are known for accident fatalities, rural and exurb areas in Georgia are also at-risk. This is particularly true on interstates and highways frequented by semi trucks and tractor trailers. On October 13 in Jackson County, a semi-trailer chicken feed truck rear-ended a 2014 Dodge…
Fall break is here for most areas in metro Atlanta, including county schools in Clayton, Dekalb, Douglas, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties. School break means more child pedestrians and cyclists as well as increased teen driving. How can you keep your teen driver safe during fall break, and what are the…
Georgia cyclists have beautiful roads to explore in our state, especially as we move into fall weather with (hopefully!) cooler temperatures. Unfortunately, not every bicycle meets the safety requirements recommended by Georgia Highway Safety. This is no small matter, since non-motorist fatalities are overrepresented among total accident fatalities in Georgia.…
We’ve all heard the common-sense advice: after an accident, exchange information with the other driver. However, when it comes to accidents on busy roadways such as interstates, the common sense answer could get you killed. On August 13, 36-year-old truck driver Terrell Lowdermilk of Chattanooga was hit by a vehicle while…
It’s not just using cell phones while driving, but also other types of distracting behaviors like eating and snacking at the wheel that expose motorists to the risk of car accidents. Unfortunately, when auto accidents do occur, they often involve very serious personal injuries. A new survey conducted by an…
While in – car safety technologies can play a significant role in helping reduce car accident wrongful deaths, state and local officials also need to be looking at infrastructure improvements that can have a more immediate effect on motorist safety. In-car safety technologies including forward collision warning systems, lane departure…
Much of motorist safety has to do with safe vehicle design. Thousands of car accidents every year are likely caused by imperfect or defective design of automobiles. A disturbing new study finds that some of the top-selling cars in America, including larger automobiles like SUVs and pickup trucks have blind…
Persons who have suffered a traumatic brain injury may be at risk of violent or even criminal behavior. A new study points to specific areas of the brain that may suffer damage during a head injury, exposing the individual to the risk of criminal activity after the personal injury. According…
Thousands of people suffer spinal cord injuries in car accidents every year. Technologies and therapies that make use of sensors and impulses in order to trigger movement point to the way forward in spinal cord injury treatment. A recent study also broke new ground in this field. The experiment was…