Automobile Accidents

• Top 10 Causes of Truck Wrecks

  RLF Staff | February 01, 2007 5:57 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Prescription drug use and driving too fast cause over 50% of trucking accidents according to former truck driver.Allen Smith, a former truck driver who publishes the TruthAboutTrucking.com blog, has listed the "Top 10 Causes of Truck Accidents":1. Prescription Drug Use 26%2. Traveling Too Fast 23%3. Unfamiliar with Roadway 22%4. Over-the-counter Drug Use 18%5. Inadequate Surveillance 14%6....

• Study Shows That Drowsy and Distracted Drivers Cause Most Accidents

  Clint Gilbert | April 26, 2006 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A federal study of Washington area drivers has found that 80% of automobile crashes involve drivers that were either distracted within seconds of the wreck, or were drowsy at the time. The study involved 100 vehicles equipped with cameras and sensors for about one year. Over 43,000 hours of data were recorded and gave real time access to the actions and state of drivers just before a...

• $8 Million Awarded to Family of Student Killed by Trucker

  Jeremi Young | March 07, 2006 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A Virginia jury awarded has ordered a construction company to pay $8 million for the death of a seventeen year old student killed by a trucker who fell asleep at the wheel. Dwayne Mongold, employed by Danella Construction Corp., admitted to nodding off at the wheel but continued driving his truck, weighing more than 34,000 pounds. Davod Chu (17) and Jacob Wilens (16) were driving home from...

• Waco Jury Says Federal Bus Regulators Have It Wrong

  Clint Gilbert | February 22, 2006 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  For years now, the bus manufacturing industry has repeatedly defeated lawsuits focused on the lack of seatbelts on commercial buses. Federal highway safety regulations have never mandated that seat belts are required on passenger buses, and the industry has relied on that lack of regulation to shield itself from liability in bus wreck cases. That comfort came to a crashing halt this week,...

• Low Speed Collisions Cause Injuries Too

  Clint Gilbert | February 01, 2006 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Advances in automotive technology have provided us with vehicles that are incredibly resilient in withstanding low-speed traffic collisions with no or minimal visible damage. Reinforcements and bounce-back materials have virtually ensured that wrecks that occur at less than 10 MPH will leave your car all but unscathed to the naked eye. But what about the effect that such "low speed" accidents...

• New Residential Road Speed Limits May Save Lives

  Clint Gilbert | January 18, 2006 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Recently, the city of Mesquite reduced its speed limit on residential roads from 30 mph to 25 mph. The reduction required an amendment to existing state law, accomplished last year by state Rep. Elvira Reyna, R-Mesquite. Community support for the change was overwhelming, as the reduced speed limit came in response to the death on Haloween 2003 of a 10-year-old boy that was struck and killed by a...

• Dallas Auto Accident Attorney: String of Accidents Rolls Through North Texas

  Jeff Rasansky | October 29, 2008 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A string of accidents have occurred lately in North Texas. First, in Richland Hills, a woman and her children were hurt on sunday when her child was ejected from the rolling car. The accident...

• James Bond Stunt Injures One in Italy

  Jeff Rasansky | April 25, 2008 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Filming of the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, has been suspended pending the investigation of an accident on the set involving a stunt driver. The accident occured in the town of Limone sul...

• 15 Percent of Adults Have Driven Drunk

  Jeff Rasansky | April 23, 2008 1:18 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  According to a government study of data from 2004-2006, 15.1 percent of current drivers 18 and older drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year. In Wisconsin, that number hits 26.4...

• Saturday Fort Worth Accident Kills One, Injures Four

  Jeff Rasansky | April 14, 2008 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Detectives are still investigating an accident that killed one and sent four to the hospital late April 6 on NW Loop 820 in Fort Worth. Roger Flores, whose Chevy Trailblazer was struck by Rogelio...