Car Accident
Spinal Cord Injury Can Affect Your Cardiovascular System
Each year, between 250,000 to 500,000 people experience some level of spinal cord injury (SCI) around the world. In the United States alone, there are about 282,000 people currently living with an SCI while over 17,000 new cases are introduced each year. Spinal cord injuries in Chattanooga can happen due to a variety of causes,…
Read MoreWhat Are Tennessee’s Child Passenger Safety Laws?
All parents in Tennessee should be aware of the state’s child passenger safety laws. While some motor vehicle accidents cannot be avoided, you may be able to prevent your child from suffering severe and catastrophic injuries by ensuring that they are seated and properly buckled up. As a parent, your child’s safety should always be…
Read MorePassengers Can Seek Damages for Injuries from Chattanooga Car Accidents
Anyone who is injured in a Chattanooga car accident can seek damages through a personal injury claim or lawsuit – and that includes passengers. The rules which govern these types of claims are a little different, however, so your path to recovery should be guided by an experienced injury attorney. Today, we want to look…
Read MoreWhy Driving Too Slow Is Almost as Dangerous as Speeding
When people think of speed-related accidents, they usually think of motor vehicle drivers driving too fast. However, there are a lot of speed-related accidents that involve slow driving. It may be less common, but it does still happen. In fact, driving too slowly can be almost as dangerous as going over the speed limit. Although…
Read MoreThe Three Main Types of Distracted Driving
In 2020, over 3,000 people were killed in car accidents involving distracted driving. If you are wondering what exactly distracted driving is, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines it as “any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to people in your vehicle, fiddling…
Read MoreBigger Highways Mean Greater Risks for Accidents
Most people believe that larger roads and highways mean less car accidents. In fact, there have been many efforts in the United States to make our highways wider in hopes that it will minimize car wrecks, especially among large trucks and tractor trailers. However, there is strong evidence showing that wider lanes and roads actually…
Read MoreDriver Assistance Technology Is Helpful But Not Foolproof
Every year it seems like there’s new automated technology created for cars in order to help prevent accidents. Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems are now required in all new cars, and they do cut down on rear-end crashes by a significant amount, but AEB is not infallible. Researchers have found the AEB system will not…
Read MoreAvoid These Dangerous Intersections in Chattanooga
Intersections are known to be one of the most common locations for car accidents. Involving several cars at a time, some wanting to turn the same directions, others wanting to go another, focus and communication between drivers at these areas is essential to traversing intersections safely. Intersections don’t just mean a four-way traffic stop, but…
Read MoreCompartment Syndrome: Causes and Complications
In September 2020, a Tennessee car crash nearly took the lives of two young women. They were on their way home from Ohio and made it to less than one mile away from their house before they were hit head on by a drunk driver. It sent their car rolling several times down a thirty-foot…
Read MoreIs Using a GPS While Driving Just as Bad as Texting?
There are all sorts of distractions when we’re driving on the road. Sometimes, it’s a scenic view. Other times, it’s the kid in the backseat. More often than not, however, the most distracting object we have is our phone. We know texting and driving is bad, but we don’t really think about our GPS. Our…
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