While motorists and motorcycles must follow the same traffic laws, for the rider, the results of a collision may easily be deadly. According to the Tennessee Highway Safety Office, in a crash between a motor vehicle and a motorcycle, the cyclist is roughly five times...
Spinal cord injuries are a risk in any car accident and have the potential of deeply impacting anyone suffering them for the rest of their life. This comes with costs from the financial toll of surgery and rehabilitation to the mental stress that follows the long-term...
After an accident, you are left to deal with the physical damage done. Healing can take a long time, depending on your injuries. According to Spine Health & Wellness, the location and type of injuries you sustain and your general health all play a role in how long...
There are many things which lead to distracted driving. Many people believe that distracted driving limits itself to cell phone use while behind the wheel, but this is not true. Anything that takes your attention away from the road is a form of distraction, and this...
The loss of a limb may be one of the more serious consequences of a catastrophic car accident. After all, regardless of the affected limb, you are likely to have difficulty performing your job duties and supporting yourself and your family. You may also have to give...
More teens take to Tennessee’s roads and highways during the summer months, and all motorists face increased risks because of this. Teens pose a threat to other drivers simply because of their lack of experience. However, teen drivers also engage in other dangerous...
If you have felt frustrated and angry while behind the wheel, you are not alone. More than 80% of American drivers agree that they have, at some point within the last year, felt road rage, according to AAA. Whether you feel enraged while behind the wheel or you spot...
Some automobile accidents are obvious: the cause is visible, the post-accident position of the vehicles gives many clues about their movement prior to the accident, and eyewitnesses are available to describe the accident. In other accidents, the scenario of events...
Head-on collisions can be difficult to explain. Accident scenes in such accidents may offer no clues about why one vehicle, traveling on a well-marked and well-maintained road, suddenly swerves into the opposite lane and strikes an on-coming vehicle. In a recent...
One person has been injured and a Tennessee Highway Patrol vehicle rear-ended last weekend in Knoxville. The multi-vehicle collision occurred on U.S. 11W on Rutledge Pike near Roseberry Road. According to a preliminary report, a THP trooper had positioned his patrol...
