In recent years, drivers have become comfortable with certain distractions in the car. Smartphones are a major culprit of distracted driving. They have given drivers the ability to quickly respond to emails, check the weather, or write a social media status update. Unfortunately, even a momentary cognitive distraction can have disastrous results while driving. While … Read more
Over the weekend a football player at the University of Missouri, Harold Brantley, was involved in a car accident. This wreck left Brantley with some very serious injuries. A second University of Missouri athlete was in the car (a member of the MU women’s basketball team), though she did not sustain any serious injuries. The wreck … Read more
When a car accident occurs, there are many different injuries that can be sustained by the people in the vehicles involved in the wreck. Bones can be broken, permanent scars can be left behind, and there are plenty of even more devastating issues that can take place. Emotional trauma, brain or spinal injuries, and injuries … Read more
Some may believe the roads are becoming either much more safe or far more dangerous. Those who advocate the roads are safer may cite that car accidents have been declining for years, and there are constant safety campaigns to remind people of how to safely operate their cars (i.e. Mothers Against Drunk Driving). Those who … Read more
A tragic car accident in Kansas City claimed two lives earlier this month, and it appears that the accident was caused due to some severe negligence. Two vehicles were involved, but one fled the scene — and yet it appears that both of the vehicles were involved in street racing. Little else is know about … Read more
Self-driving cars have been a controversial, if not heralded, idea for a long time now. The concept is simply: create cars that don’t require a driver at all. Instead, the vehicle relies entirely on robotic sensors and GPS tracking to traverse the roads. On paper, this sounds like an incredible advancement in our ways of … Read more
Every year, hundreds of thousands of car accidents happen on U.S. roads. Many of these deal serious injuries to people in the vehicles, people on bikes, or people just walking down the street. Many more don’t involve serious injuries, but the accident still ends up impacting the lives of the people involved. And some of … Read more
A few weeks ago, we wrote a blog post about the bizarre distracting behaviors that some teen drivers engage in. It’s aggravating to think about for numerous reasons, not least of which is that fact that some of the distractions were just brazenly negligent. Distracted driving is a very serious safety threat on the road, and you … Read more
A few weeks ago, many vehicles were involved in a pile-up car accident in Kansas City, Missouri on Interstate 435. Though the story may be a bit older, the lesson that can be learned from this story is very important. The wreck occurred during the morning commute, and the police don’t know how the crash … Read more
Spring is here, and what that means is that the skies are going to open up and drop quite a bit of rain on us in the coming weeks and months. This happens every year, and yet every year there are far too many people who get into car accidents that involve wet and slick … Read more