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Size Matters: The Relative Size of Your Vehicle Can Mean Life or Death in a Wreck

The automotive industry, the insurance industry, and drivers themselves all seem to recognize that smaller cars and their occupants suffer disproportionately in wrecks with larger vehicles. Part of the cause is a problem we Pearland, TX car accident lawyers tend to call “aggressivity.” Frustrated drivers of larger vehicles find some satisfaction in trying to dominate, […]

Pearland, TX Personal Injury Attorneys Answer: What is Aggressive Driving?

You may think that aggressive driving is the same thing as road rage, but it’s not. Road rage generally presents a criminal offense. Aggressive driving is a traffic offense (usually several of them in combination). Both road rage and aggressive driving are dangerous to other drivers on the road. You probably see aggressive driving every […]

How Texas Rollover Accidents Cause So Many Catastrophic Injuries and Fatalities

A number of factors can increase your chances of experiencing a rollover wreck. Our Texas City rollover accident attorneys can tell you about some of these factors. Your awareness might help you to choose a safer vehicle and to avoid some of the dangers of rollover accidents. Some of the common contributors to rollover accidents […]

The Surprising Importance of a Car’s Windshield to Your Safety in a Rollover Wreck

You may not know that your car’s windshield forms one of the major safety features of your passenger vehicle. It serves as: * A safety restraint to keep you from getting thrown from your vehicle in a crash; * A primary structural support for the car’s roof; and * A barrier against wind, weather, flying […]

Truck Route Plans, Irresponsible Driving, and a Two-Truck Wreck near Houston

Truck accidents are costly. Even when no one is seriously injured, as in a dramatic July 2011 two-truck wreck near Houston, damages are at least in the tens of thousands of dollars. In this particular two-truck wreck near Houston: **One 18-wheeler sliced another big rig in half; **As it came upon the other truck making […]

The Dangers of Driver Fatigue for Long Haul Truckers’ Fatal Truck Accidents

It’s a known and observable thing that drivers who spend long periods behind the wheel suffer from driver fatigue. Fatigue causes drivers to make errors in judgment that can cause accidents. Fatigue also causes drivers to doze off behind the wheel for brief periods of time. Fortunately, most dozing drivers snap back to wakefulness before […]

What are Some of the Problems with Using the Black Box Data from Cars?

If you’ve experienced a Galveston, TX auto accident caused by another driver, you want to do all you can to prove the negligent driver‘s fault. If the other driver was behind the wheel of a vehicle from a fairly recent model year, he or she may well have had a black box in that car. […]

What Data Does My Car’s Black Box Record During a Texas Car Accident?

If you have a black box (or “Event Data Recorder”) in your vehicle, the box’s primary purpose is really to trigger your airbag in the event of a Texas car accident. But the black box also allows for an EDR data download after a crash. Automakers design the EDRs to retain about 15 seconds worth […]

Do You Know Your Likelihood of Experiencing a Serious Motorcycle Accident?

The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) maintains some detailed statistics on fatal motorcycle accidents. A report of a fatal motorcycle crash in Houston in August 2011 classifies the wreck as a “single vehicle” motorcycle accident. Single vehicle classification doesn’t really mean that no other vehicles were involved in the crash. (After all, it was […]