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Whether an ATV, UTV or ROV, a Yamaha Rhino accident can be deadly
Millions of Americans enjoy the rugged thrills of riding the little go-getters known as ATVs. But if you’re one of them, do you know what you drive? Is it an ATV — an all terrain vehicle – or perhaps a UTV, a utility terrain vehicle? And do you have legal protection if such a vehicle [...]
A car accident lawyer takes over after safe driving isn’t enough
“Crash!” It’s a sudden sound for a sudden event — and often a tragic one, especially when it comes in a car accident.
Innocent people die each day on America’s streets and highways. Many may have been safe, cautious drivers with a good record. But when other drivers on the road are rampaging — by speeding, [...]
Progress is slow, but cell phone accidents take hits
Now that many people have been killed or injured due to cell phone accidents — killed by drivers being distracted while calling or texting — the inevitable but gallingly slow process of legislatively addressing the problem is proceeding.
In Texas alone this week, some progress has been seen in communities around Houston, as well as in [...]
‘Out of control’ ATV leads to Channelview ATV fatality
When you pay $10,000 or more for a recreational vehicle, you’d expect it to be safe to drive. Sadly, that’s often not the case with an ATV, or all terrain vehicle.
Again, an ATV accident has claimed a life, this time in the Houston area. Howard Lewis Bear, 33, of Crosby died Friday night in a [...]
Cell phone device may ease auto accidents
Finally, progress is being made in the face of mounting carnage on America’s roads due to driver distractions caused by cell phones. And it’s not what you might expect.
No, it’s not a new state law, such as those in New York and California, which bans using cell phones while driving without a headset that frees [...]
First Texas prison sentence given to owners of attacking dogs
Last month, a Michigan woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison when four of her bulldogs got loose from her property and, without provocation, attacked and killed two people. This week, such justice was applied for the first time in Texas.
A couple who live near Breckenridge in North Central Texas has been convicted and [...]
By design, Yamaha Rhino ATVs are accidents waiting to happen
How dangerous are Yamaha Rhino ATVs and other ATVs? How dangerous do you want them to be?
Indeed, danger and risk seem to be selling points for these highly accident-prone vehicles, whose wildly erratic and thrill-driven operation winds up killing and maiming thousands of Americans each year. In large part that’s because Yamaha Rhino and other [...]
California bus accident shows gamble in such travel
While buses in general can be as risky as trying to draw on an inside straight, casino tour buses can be an even worse bet.
In California Sunday, a casino tour bus taking passengers from Sacramento to a gambling den flipped over and rolled into a ditch, killing eight people and critically injuring at least 30 [...]
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? [...]
