Car accident injuries are a seasonal bah-humbug

Posted by Bruce Westbrook

December 2, 2009

When holiday stress spawns rudeness, if not recklessness, the holiday season can be a tough time for innocent drivers and passengers. But in this age of talking, texting and otherwise distracted drivers, it’s gotten worse. In Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and throughout Texas, car accidents will put Christmas coal in many stockings, because drivers — who are already preoccupied — will magnify their disengagement with even more heedlessness.

Sometimes that can come from an overly fierce focus. How else do you explain the fact that a woman was run down by an SUV in a southwest Houston parking lot recently? The reason? Another driver thought the parking place she’d claimed was rightly his — and took it out on her by running her down. Apparently, holiday shopping stress can do that to people.

That’s not to mention the woman who was struck and killed in a Meyerland parking lot recently for daring to confront a driver who’d already hit her daughter’s vehicle.

Indeed, it’s getting ugly out there. So be extra alert. Throughout our state, beware of drivers who are so intent on running holiday errands and overextending themselves that they forget common sense, common courtesy and common safety measures.

If you’re accustomed to being cut off in traffic or nearly hit by an aggressive driver daily, brace yourself, because in December it can get worse, as more errands and more seasonal deadlines intrude. And drunk driving after holiday revelries can make things even more dire.

Our fervent hope is that you and your family are spared the agony of a car accident injury caused by another driver’s callous indifference to rules of the road — and lack of consideration for fellow human beings at a time when that should be paramount in the spirit of giving.

But if a figurative lump of coal becomes your fate, let us know, and let us help. An Adler car accident lawyer will stand up for your right to safety, if not peace, on Texas’ roads and highways, and do his or her best to turn that lump of coal into financial compensation for your losses.

Jim S. Adler & Associates has principal offices at 3D/International Tower, 1900 West Loop South, 20th Floor, Houston, Texas 77027. The longtime Texas personal injury law firm also has offices at Bank of America, 12605 East Freeway, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77015-5619 (serving Channelview), at San Pedro Plaza, 7330 San Pedro Ave., Suite 700, San Antonio, Texas 78216-6237; and at City Place Building, 2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 2100 LB40, Dallas, Texas 75204-2887.

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