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Driver Safety Scholarship Fund Essay Imagine two buses filled with screaming school children. Both buses are overturned and no one can escape because they are being pinned to the ground by each other, a pickup truck, and a tractor trailer. As the screams of the bleeding children saturate the air and increasingly get louder and […]
Alabama residents are no strangers to the impact of fatal car crashes. One study ranks the state the third most dangerous place to drive in the nation, and Madison County-Huntsville totals the third highest number of deadly crashes in Alabama. A new study by Car Insurance Comparison.com found Alabama roads and highways to be more […]
Driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding are the two leading causes of traffic fatalities in Alabama. Yet DUI-related wrecks are far more likely to kill people, according to state Department of Transportation statistics. Drunk Driving Deaths According to the Al DOT Information compiled by the Alabama DOT shows 257 people died in DUI-related […]
Alabama netted high grades from Mothers Against Drunk Driving in its battle to keep alcohol-impaired people from getting behind the wheel and causing devastating car crashes. In its 2014 Report to the Nation, MADD gave Alabama four out of five stars in its grading system for efforts to curtail drunk driving. Fatalities stemming from alcohol-related […]
The dangers of brain injuries are catching the nation’s attention in the wake of an agreement by the National Football League to pay a $765 million settlement to former players suffering from years of football hits to the head. Longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre and Atlanta Falcons safety Deion Sanders are among the more noted […]
Each year, thousands of people are injured in car crashes, falls and workplace accidents because of poor eyesight. One British study found that nearly 3,000 automobile accident injuries a year are caused by people who can’t see well. And now, apparently, there’s an app for that. Two new apps, called UltimEyes and GlassesOff, claim they […]
Imagine getting picked up at your front door every morning, enjoying a cup of coffee and checking email while you cruise to work. Along the way, you stop to pick up another rider or two headed in the same direction. Your route is carefully calculated to get you to the office with minimum time sitting […]
If you have ever walked into another person or obstacle because you were texting instead of looking ahead, Apple believes it has your solution. The company recently obtained a U.S. patent for “transparent texting” technology that lets people see where they’re walking as they text on an iPhone, according to mashable.com. Instead of a white […]
The auto industry is on pace to set a record this year for recalls due to vehicle defects. Toyota recently recalled nearly 1.8 million vehicles in the United States for repairs of a number of problems, including airbags that could be deactivated and fail to inflate in car crashes. Worldwide, Toyota recalled 6.4 million cars […]
Morris, King & Hodge, P.C., offers this fact sheet for persons affected by the storm who want basic information and advice for moving forward. Storm Damage and Insurance Claims The first stage of the claim process – getting started: I have a storm claim – what do I do? The first step in the claims […]
