Like nearly everyone else here in New Orleans and across the country, you have probably either eaten or had something to drink (non-alcoholic, of course) while driving. Whether you brought something from home or picked something up along the way, the combination of...
Month: July 2020
All of the different types of distracted driving are serious
Distracted driving is always dangerous and can result in serious car accidents and damages to victims. Personal injury protections can help victims with the damages they suffer in a distracted driving-related car accident but it helps to be familiar with why...
Study finds that cellphone ban reduces teen driving fatalities
When summer arises, more teens in the New Orleans area are on the road as they drive to summer jobs, to visit friends or if they are simply “cruising.” However, teenagers do not have the experience of older drivers and may not always see the dangers of distracted...
Head-on collision kills five, injures six
Head-on collisions often appear to happen for no discernable reason. Two vehicles headed in opposite directions are following all traffic rules and remaining in their respective lanes of travel. And then, in an inexplicable instant, one vehicle veer into the other...
Fourth of July is the deadliest holiday, survey shows
Many people in the New Orleans area celebrate holidays such as the Fourth of July with a beer or two at a barbecue. However, when one or two becomes four or more, some people exercise poor judgment and decide to drive drunk. Not only are drunk drivers a danger to...
This injury could disrupt your life for some time
Whether you saw it coming or not, you couldn’t avoid the collision. If the other driver was dealing with a distraction, drunk, drowsy, drugged or otherwise driving recklessly or negligently, the odds are it happened at a speed that made the impact a serious one. The...