Archive for September, 2008
18-wheeler carnage is steady, but never ‘routine’
A problem with waking up Americans about the carnage on their roads and highways is that traffic tragedies, though they take an enormous toll, are incremental. Six die in Florida. Two more die in East Texas. It’s news, and it’s shattering to the victims’ immediate families, but in the broader news context of a given [...]
Callers, texters are slaughtering innocents
What will it take to get the message through to Americans that we are slaughtering each other on our roads, highways and train lines, and all for the sake of a phone call or a text message that could have waited?
Perhaps a catastrophic train wreck will be our wake-up call? Or perhaps school bus carnage? [...]
A Texas hurricane property damage lawyer is ready to help
And so, it continues. More than 10 days after Hurricane Ike’s onslaught, hundreds of thousands in southeast Texas still lack electrical power. Debris is piled high, trees are downed and buildings are damaged. With traffic lights out, congestion rules, and hotter weather is sparking hot tempers. Hurricane fatigue has set in.
Yet the Houston area will [...]
A Houston hurricane insurance fraud lawyer can help you
From homeowners to businesses, those who suffered from Hurricane Ike have a lot of cleanup to do — and a lot of insurance claims to file. But sadly, insurance coverage isn’t always promptly or adequately paid. If you have trouble with hurricane insurance fraud, you may need a Houston hurricane insurance fraud lawyer with Jim [...]
Dog attacks can send owners to prison
For anyone who thinks they aren’t responsible for their pet dog’s behavior, think again. A woman in Michigan has been sentenced to spend up to 15 years in prison because her bulldogs mauled and killed two people.
The woman had a horse farm on her property, about 45 miles west of Detroit, but the fence surrounding [...]
Post-Ike, Adler firm is here to help
Now that Hurricane Ike has taken a hike and the battered Gulf Coast is recovering, more than 2 million residences and many businesses still lack power. That includes Jim S. Adler & Associates’ Channelview office. But the firm’s Houston office is fully powered and reopened Tuesday morning, while its Dallas and San Antonio offices remain [...]
25 train victims may have died due to text-messaging
It’s bad enough that cell phone and text messaging distractions have meant many fatalities and serious injuries on America’s roads and highways. Now such driver distractions also may be to blame for up to 25 fatalities in a horrendous train collision in California.
A commuter train slammed into a freight train last Friday reportedly due to [...]
Hike driving age? Take a hike, some say, but stats don’t lie
Teens aren’t going to like it, but what’s to like about being dead? Spurred by the fact that 5,000 teen drivers die annually in traffic accidents — and are 10 times more likely to have a crash than drivers 30-59 years old — some are calling for raising the driving age.
In Texas, that age is [...]
Don’t let fall bring falls from a Yamaha Rhino ATV
Fall is coming, the air is cooling, and fall fun is in that air.
Just be sure your fall fun doesn’t lead to a fall — or other accident — involving an all terrain vehicle.
Small ATVs such as Yamaha Rhino ATVs are not road-worthy — in fact, they’re illegal to drive on Texas streets and highways. [...]
18 — as in 18-wheeler — can be an unlucky number
In many ways, driving is all about margin of error. Or in gambling terms, it’s about odds. When you drive defensively, you enhance your odds, along with the margin of error by you or another driver. If you tailgate, drive too fast, change lanes suddenly, cut off other cars and otherwise are reckless, your margin [...]
