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Car Accidents

16 Jan

How Often Do Cars Crash Into Buildings?

Car crashes into buildings are surprisingly common. According to Rob Reiter, the co-founder of the Storefront Safety Council, on average, about 60 vehicles will crash into a commercial building in the United States every...

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9 Jan

What Cars Are Best for Avoiding Serious Car Accidents?

This year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) did some research to compile some recommendations for the safest affordable vehicles for younger drivers. Inexperienced drivers aged 16 to 24 have more fatal c...

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7 Jan

How Common Are Head-On Collisions?

The Texas Department of Transportation reports that 523 people were killed in head-on collisions in Texas in 2013. This type of collision is arguably the most dangerous as the force of two drivers headed directly at e...

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31 Dec

Are Car Wrecks Caused by Fallen Debris or Cargo Common?

This month, a traffic accident in Austin caused a cargo of grapefruit to scatter along a section of I-35, placing other vehicles in danger. Luckily, no one was hurt in this particular accident, but other motorists are no...

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24 Dec

Is It Dangerous to Drive on the Winter Holidays?

Christmas and New Year’s Day are almost here. While Austin, Texas may not get the same wintery conditions that Colorado or Michigan might get, we are susceptible to holiday traffic and isolated days of true wintry weat...

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22 Dec

How Common Are Fatal Car Accidents Involving Children?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 2002 to 2011, 9,000 children 12 years old and younger were killed in auto wrecks. In the last year of this study, researchers found that one-third o...

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12 Dec

Are Distracted Driving Accidents on the Rise in Texas?

Texas is one of only seven states without a law banning drivers from texting while driving their vehicle. Many efforts have been made to pass a law, but all attempts have failed. Some local ordinances have been made, but...

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5 Dec

How Safe is it to Let Elderly Relatives Drive?

An elderly Austin woman was seriously injured in an accident last month during rush hour. The cause of this accident has not yet been reported in the news. Elderly drivers, along with teen drivers, are at the most ris...

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26 Nov

How Common are Seat Belt Fatalities in Car Crashes?

A Beaumont man was killed in Austin during the early morning. Early reports indicated that he flipped his truck while trying to get back on the road after he had veered off. The man flew out of his truck, as he was not w...

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14 Nov

How Many Crashes Involve Drivers Using Cell Phones?

Although many studies agree that cell phone use causes a lot of distracted driving wrecks, they disagree over how prevalent the issue is. For instance, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says that in 2012,...

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10 Nov

Did a Nine-Time DWI Offender Bond Out in Travis County?

A KVUE Defenders investigation reports that the worst DWI offender in Travis County was able to bond out and now the dangerous driver is missing. In June, Austin police arrested Francisco Perez-Altamirano for his nint...

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7 Nov

Does Your Vehicle Have Defective Airbags?

In mid-October, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is issuing an urgent plea to 4.7 million people to get their airbags replaced. What Is the Problem with the Recalled Airbags? The NHTSA worries...

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5 Nov

Is Ebola Covered Under Workers’ Compensation?

As we frequently mention, Texas is the only state that does not mandate employers to provide workers’ compensation for their employees. Fortunately, for two nurses who contracted the Ebola virus while working at the Te...

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3 Nov

What Is Intoxication Manslaughter?

According to the Texas Penal Code, a person is charged with manslaughter if he or she recklessly causes the death of an individual. Prosecutors must prove that a defendant’s reckless action resulted in the death of ano...

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31 Oct

Halloween and Formula 1 Safety Tips

Today starts a fun weekend for Austinites. Halloween is going on and Formula 1 has raced back into town. While these festivities are going on, the attorney at The Law Offices of Aaron Allison want to remind everyone to b...

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