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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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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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 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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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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