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  • Alerts Could Help Control Speeding on Texas Roads

    by Jonathan S. Harris on May 20, 2013

    A 45-mile stretch of road southeast of Austin, Texas recently became the road with the highest speed limit in the country after the speed limit was increased to 85 mph. Houston car accident lawyers and others concerned about the implications of such high speed limits on motorist safety could look at the continent of Europe, where regulators are ...
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  • Federal Administration Asks Black Elk Energy to Improve Offshore Safety

    by Matthew D. Shaffer on May 20, 2013

    After a deadly fire on a Black Elk Energy-operated platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal administration asked the company to boost safety in its offshore operations. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement informed Houston-based Black Elk Energy that it must improve safety at its offshore operations. That call from the federal ...
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  • Study: Alcohol May Help Prevent Injuries in an Accident

    by Jonathan S. Harris on May 15, 2013

    People who are driving under the influence of alcohol are much more likely to be involved in an accident. That is not exactly news to any Houston car accident attorney. However, according to a new study, alcohol in the system could actually help prevent injuries to the intoxicated person. That information comes from a study conducted by researc...
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  • Investigations into San Francisco Tanker Accident Continue

    by Dennis M. McElwee on May 15, 2013

    Investigations into a tanker accident, in which a tanker struck a part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, are ongoing. The Overseas Reymar scraped out part of the tower support of the bridge in January. A 30-foot section of the fender of the tower was damaged. The United States Coast Guard released a statement in which it has said that of...
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  • Company Denies Driver Fatigue Involved in Fatal Bus Accident

    by Arthur L. Schechter on May 14, 2013

    Even as investigators probe the possibility that driver fatigue was linked to a fatal bus accident in Oregon that killed 9 people, the company denies that the driver was working beyond the maximum hours allowed, and was fatigued at the time. Investigations are going on into the accident near Pendleton, Oregon, that killed 9 people, and injured ...
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  • Alerts Could Help Control Speeding on Texas Roads
  • Federal Administration Asks Black Elk Energy to Improve Offshore Safety
  • Study: Alcohol May Help Prevent Injuries in an Accident
  • Investigations into San Francisco Tanker Accident Continue
  • Company Denies Driver Fatigue Involved in Fatal Bus Accident
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