It seems each new month brings new announcements about Takata Corp. motor vehicle air bags. Texas readers surely are aware about the hazards associated with these devices that are so widely used in the automotive industry that nearly every car manufacturer is feeling the effects of the defective part recalls. As we noted in a […]
Category Archives: Car Accidents
Car accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. This is the nature of motor vehicle accidents, unfortunately. If they were easier to see and predict, we wouldn’t see millions of people getting injured or killed in crashes every year. This means that if you have recently been involved in a motor vehicle accident, […]
Anyone in San Antonio who has been through the process of getting a driver’s license knows that the training includes information about what to do in the event of an accident. This is very useful data. Unfortunately, it tends to fall into that category of if you don’t use it, you lose it. And frankly, […]
The idea that cars will someday drive themselves used to be a notion limited to science fiction. But anyone who has been following the news in recent years knows that the day of the autonomous vehicle is now nearly at hand. Indeed, we even wrote about it in a post back in June. In that […]
Car accidents are common. They happen every day on the streets of San Antonio. Many times, they don’t result in anything more than damage to the vehicle or some other property. Too often, someone suffers serious or even fatal injury, and typically the cause of that pain and suffering can be traced to some person’s […]
There’s a word for old motor vehicles. They’re called rattletraps. It’s not clear who coined the word or when. One online source suggests that it dates back to 1766. What is apparent is that it has always referred to rickety old modes of transportation. Over the decades, enhancing motoring safety has been a significant area […]
Supporters of a statewide ban on texting and driving say they will not give up. Despite failing to get such a bill through the Texas Legislature again this year, the chief sponsor in the House says he will shoot now to get the ban approved in 2017. Concern about texting and driving is not a […]
When we suffer any form of life trauma there is an understandable desire to try to get past it as quickly as we can. No one wants to dwell on the pain and misery that a catastrophic accident can create. At times, it may be smart to move fast, but not after an accident. If […]
A two-car accident in the Flint-Gresham area of Texas claimed the lives of two individuals and injured three others on March 4 around 6:17 p.m. The crash occurred on Old Jacksonville Highway when a truck being driven by a 30-year-old man going southbound crossed the centerline and collided head-on with an SUV traveling north and […]
Blunt-force injuries resulting from being hit by a pickup truck were given as the cause of death when a 51-year-old man died at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. The medical examiner for Tarrant County called the death of the Springtown, Texas man an accident. Prior to the accident, the man’s van had broken […]