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Teen Drivers Have Highest Accident Risk in First Month after Getting License
by Jonathan S. Harris on November 07, 2011
This week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is marking Teen Driver Safety Week in order to impress the importance of preventing accidents involving this group of drivers. To coincide with the commemoration of the week from October 17 to October 22, the American Auto Association has released the results of a study into the safe...
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Hybrid Vehicles More Likely to Be Involved in Pedestrian Accidents
by Jonathan S. Harris on December 12, 2011
That hybrid vehicles are more likely to be involved in pedestrian accidents is something every Houston car accident lawyer knows. Yet another study confirms this fact. The Insurance Industry for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute has conducted an analysis of hybrid vehicles and pedestrian safety. The researchers examined the frequency...
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Avoiding Accidents in Winter Weather
by A.J. Rosenfeld on January 18, 2012
The following is a guest post from Console & Hollawell PC in Philadelphia, PA. Mother Nature seems to be particularly cruel in the winter months. With snow and ice covering the roadways there is a significant increase in the probability of an accident. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a consumer advisory this month re...
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Motorcycle and Trucking Accident Fatalities on the Rise
by Jonathan S. Harris on January 30, 2012
This month, federal agencies released data on accident fatality numbers for 2010. The good news for Texas car accident lawyers was that overall traffic accident fatalities across the country, and especially in Texas, are down. The bad news, however, is that pedestrian, trucking, and motorcycle accident fatalities have increased. In Texas, 2,99...
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Teen Risk of DUI Increases If Parents Drive Drunk
by Jonathan S. Harris on February 21, 2012
According to a new federal study, teenagers whose parents drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs may be more likely to emulate these dangerous practices themselves. That is not exactly what Houston car accident attorneys would call a shocker, but the study does confirm that good parental influence is probably one of the foremost factors ...
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Videogame to Teach Teenage Motorists Risks of Distracted Driving
by Jonathan S. Harris on March 16, 2012
More teenagers are killed in auto accidents every year than from any other cause of death. Many of those accidents occur because teenagers are distracted at the wheel. The University Of Minnesota’s Transportation System Institute has now developed a videogame that has been designed to teach teenagers about the dangers of being distracted while d...
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Study Finds Teens Driving with Passengers Have Increased Accident Risks
by Dennis M. McElwee on April 11, 2012
Texas’ graduated driver’s licensing program in Texas prohibits teen passengers below the age of 21 from traveling with teen motorists. New research confirms to Houston car accident lawyers the need for rules like this. According to the research, teenage drivers, who are driving with passengers of the same age, have a much higher risk of accide...
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Psychologists Design Marriage Counseling Targeted at Victims of Brain Injury
by Jonathan S. Harris on April 18, 2012
Living with a brain injury, as any Houston car accident lawyer can tell you, can be devastating not just for the victims, but also the people in their lives. Brain injury takes the highest toll on the spouse, who is now the caregiver of the person with a brain injury. Even a marriage with a strong foundation can give way when one of the spouses ...
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Texas Teens Could Benefit from Cell Phone Blocking Technologies
by Jonathan S. Harris on April 19, 2012
Texas continues to lag behind the rest of the country in implementing laws against cell phone use and texting while driving. However, if you are a parent who wants to ensure that your teenage child is not texting while driving or using cell phones at the wheel, there are a number of technologies that can help you do so. Most such technologies i...
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Feds Delay Rearview Camera Rules to Prevent Accidents
by Jonathan S. Harris on April 26, 2012
Victims’ families, child safety groups, and Houston car accident lawyers, who have been waiting for a rule that would require automakers to install rearview cameras to prevent collisions with child pedestrians, are very disappointed with the delay in finalizing the rule. The Department of Transportation has announced that it requires more time t...
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Study Finds Texas Teenagers Some of Worst Drivers in Country
by Jonathan S. Harris on May 03, 2012
It is not the kind of news that should comfort any Houston car accident lawyer. A new study finds that there has been an increase in the number of teenage drivers being killed in accidents. That increase was seen in 23 states, including Texas. In our state, there was a four percent increase in the number of 16 and 17-year-olds killed in accident...

