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22 Aug

Should Austin Ban Cell Phone Use in Vehicles?

[caption id="attachment_2400" align="alignright" width="150"] Photo of a woman texting while driving[/caption] In early August, Austin’s Public Safety Commission approved a recommendation to ban all cell phone use i...

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18 Aug

What Is the Punishment for Failing to Stop and Render Aid?

When a person is involved in a serious car accident, Texas law requires citizens who are close-by to assist those involved in the wreck. A recent news story shows that if a person fails to help those in need, they could ...

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11 Aug

Is Travis County Too Lenient on DWI Drivers?

You may recall in late April, famed Austin blogger Kelly Noel was walking home on the Interstate 35 frontage road when a drunk driver struck and killed him. Unfortunately, KXAN reports that the drunken driver, 40-year-ol...

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6 Jun

Where Does Austin Rank in the Nation for Pedestrian Accidents?

According to KVUE, Austin is the 24th most dangerous city for pedestrian fatalities and accidents. A study conducted by the National Complete Streets Coalition (NCSC) found that between 2003 and 2012, the Austin and Roun...

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2 Jun

Wrecks Caused by City of Austin Employees are Costing Taxpayers

A recent investigation by KXAN revealed that taxpayers in Austin are on track to pay more than $800,000 in liability claims this year for accidents caused by City of Austin employees driving city-owned vehicles. As of f...

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23 May

Has a Drunk Driver Injured You in a Pedestrian Accident? We Can Help

We have always said that pedestrians have the same right to safe transit as motor vehicles. Unfortunately, Austin has had an increasing drunk driving problem that is putting all pedestrians at risk of being injured or ki...

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19 May

What is Austin’s Safe Passing Law?

With May being designated National Bike Month, many organizations around Austin are educating people on how motorists and cyclists can share the road. According to KVUE, the organization Please Be Kind to Bicyclists will...

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16 May

How Can the City of Austin Reduce Drunk Driving Downtown?

It came as a complete shock to many when people learned that a drunk driver killed the popular Austin blogger Kelly Wayne Noel while downtown on April 26. Friends of Noel are now calling for the City of Austin to allow m...

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9 May

Were You Hit by a Car in a Crosswalk? You Need an Austin Injury Attorney

Even though pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks, they are often the ones who suffer the most when a car or truck disobeys traffic laws and runs into them. [caption id="attachment_1900" align="alignright" wid...

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7 May

Suspect in Houston Bicycle Hit-and-Run Death Rearrested in Austin

According to The Houston Chronicle, a woman that allegedly injured and killed a Houston bicyclist was rearrested at her twin sister’s house in Austin on April 30. [caption id="attachment_2002" align="alignright" width...

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30 Apr

Drunk Driver Strikes and Kills Austin Man, Charged With Intoxicated Manslaughter

According to KXAN, a man on his way home from work was killed in a crash on April 21 by a suspected drunk driver. The victim was sitting at a stoplight on the westbound US Highway 290 service road at Springdale Road, whe...

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25 Apr

Austin City Worker Struck By Lightning On The Job

According to KXAN, a city worker was indirectly struck by lightning and hospitalized after a severe thunderstorm on April 16. Lightning often strikes several miles away from the center of the storm, even as far as 10 to...

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21 Apr

New Study Maps Austin Bike Wrecks and Includes Austin’s Most Dangerous Streets

According to Culture Map Austin, a recent study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed the most dangerous streets in Austin for bicyclists. Using data from the Texas Department of Transportation, the...

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18 Apr

Austin Construction Worker Hospitalized After an Elevator Crushed His Head

According to KXAN, a construction worker in his 30s is in the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries after EMS officials say an elevator crushed him at a downtown Austin construction site. The accident happene...

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16 Apr

Pedestrian Accidents Continue to Rise in Austin: Our Attorneys Discuss the Growing Epidemic

We have been blogging about a string of pedestrian accidents occurring in the city of Austin, and the fatality count is still rising: there were two more pedestrian accidents in Austin this week. According to KXAN, thre...

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