Car crashes break bones, cause soft tissue injuries, sever spinal cords and leave people with brain injuries. Many people end up in the hospital and in need of emergency trauma care following a significant motor vehicle collision. Others may benefit from treatment but...
When warmer seasons are on the horizon, there are numerous reasons for people to redouble their safety-related focus while out on the roads. The increased presence of teen drivers is certainly one reason to be a bit more cautious. The summer tends to involve more...
Going for a walk is good for one’s health, and it can reduce transportation costs if someone walks to pick up an item from the store or to meet friends for coffee. Others may jog or run on public roads as a means of staying fit or possibly training for an upcoming...
As soon as you compare the size of the average commercial vehicle to the average passenger vehicle, it’s easy to understand the devastation that a crash with one of these trucks can cause. Unfortunately, no matter how carefully you thread your way between big rigs out...
Collisions between individuals and motor vehicles often have tragic outcomes. The human body cannot withstand the force of impact from a vehicle. Even at low speeds, a pedestrian crash will usually knock someone down, possibly resulting in broken bones or brain...
Do you ever wonder exactly how safe it is out there on the road? If you spend any time at all in your car, it often pays to have some idea of which intersection in your hometown is the site of constant wrecks and which highway loop has the worst speeders. You should...
Indiana has some beautiful roads and some famous roadways, but some of them are statistically more safe than others. Your risk of getting into a motor vehicle collision is higher when you travel on roads with high traffic density or issues with their design, like...
Even if you have never experienced one yourself, you probably recognize that a car crash is a very expensive and inconvenient experience. While you may have been fortunate enough to escape any sort of bodily injury, the crash could leave your vehicle unsafe to drive,...
Distracted driving occurs when a driver is doing something other than paying attention to the road. Distracted driving has become a huge problem in the last several decades. Nearly nine people are killed every day because of distracted drivers. While each distracted...
It is not illegal to eat while driving in Indiana, but some types of distracted driving are illegal and eating can be exceptionally distracting. You also risk accidentally committing a moving violation or crashing into another vehicle while you are unwrapping your...
