Senior citizens who drink alcohol have a much higher risk of experiencing brain bleeds after suffering a slip and fall. Increasing awareness among Senior Citizens is the key to preventing these slip and falls which often cause serious personal injuries. According to a new study, even seniors who drink moderately…
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Alcohol Related Personal Injuries Increase Odds of Dying One Year Later
People who have suffered an alcohol related personal injury, like an injury that results from a drunk driving car accident, may have their chances of dying in the year after the injury increase significantly. As the holiday season commences, it is important for Georgia motorists to understand that driving under…
Alcohol and Holiday Travel Don’t Mix
You know who doesn’t take the day off for Labor Day? The police! As a matter of fact, law enforcement departments across the country have announced they’re cracking down on careless driving and DUIs this weekend like never before. There’s good reason for that. Labor Day is the second deadliest…
Study Says Alcohol Has Increased Affect on Seniors
Alcohol tends to affect different people in different ways, and younger drivers are typically believed to be at the highest at risk for destructive alcohol- related behaviors, like drunk driving accidents.However, seniors could be just as much at risk of being involved in accidents after they have consumed alcohol.What is…
Alcohol-Related Bicycle and Pedestrian Accidents Remain High
There’s plenty of awareness about alcohol-impaired fatalities involving motorists, but not much is known about the fact that alcohol-impaired fatalities involving pedestrians and bicyclists have remained consistently high over the past few years. According to a new report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, it’s just as dangerous to…
Mandatory Alcohol Testing Could Have Caused Decline in Truck Accident Fatalities
Mandatory Alcohol Testing Could Have Caused Decline in Truck Accident Fatalities As Atlanta truck accident lawyers, we keep ourselves informed about the latest developments in trucking safety.A study by scientists at Columbia University seems to suggest that mandatory alcohol testing programs have been responsible for the decline in truck accident…