Category Archives: Car Accident
Parking Lot Accidents
The factors that lead to the most destructive accidents on highways and city streets are not present in parking lots. Many traffic fatalities occur when drivers speed at dozens of miles of hour above the speed limit, T-boning other cars in intersections or losing control and veering across the center lanes in oncoming traffic,… Read More »
Accidents on Frozen Lakes
About ten years ago, when the Internet was blushingly innocent compared to how it is now, there was a running joke about an alleged superhero called Florida Man. The netizens, as people who are chronically online were called in those days, collated a bunch of headlines about Floridians doing mind-bogglingly dangerous or asinine things…. Read More »
Whiting Woman Dies in Multi-Vehicle Accident
Chain reaction collisions can happen anywhere that traffic congestion is sufficiently heavy. Sometimes they occur in rush hour traffic, where a green light does not always guarantee that you have enough time or enough room to drive across an intersection. In stop and go traffic such as one often finds in heavily populated areas,… Read More »
Collisions Affecting Elderly Pedestrians
They say that the way to stay healthy into your old age is to remain physically active. Walking is a favorite fitness activity for seniors, because it does not require extraordinary athletic prowess. When you are young, going for a walk seems like a boring activity, but once you are old enough that your… Read More »
Three People Injured in Egg Harbor Township Collision
Say what you will about New Jersey being a lackluster place to visit, but it gets plenty of road trip traffic. Whether you are on your way to the storied city lights of the Big Apple, the ski slopes of Vermont, or a sun-soaked bachelorette party in Myrtle Beach, if you live on the… Read More »
Farm Vehicle Accidents
Long before the Industrial Revolution, city people have been nostalgic for an idyllic rural life that may never have existed. This nostalgia sometimes coexists with a Schadenfreude about the conveniences that people in the country lack. When you pass through Amish Country and see the horse-drawn carriages, it probably makes you appreciate how easy… Read More »
Toll Plaza Accidents
Your mind races with worries when you know that an inexperienced driver you love is driving, or when an experienced driver you love is driving under dangerous conditions. Many of these worries involve driving at high speeds. The worst accidents, or the ones that lodge themselves in people’s memories as being the worst, seem… Read More »
Driver Gets Six Years in Prison After Fatal DUI Accident
One of the biggest criticisms of strictly enforced drinking age laws is that they encourage young adults to drink to excess. By this logic, in societies without a strict drinking age, teens and adults drink in moderation side by side, instead of teens counting the days until they can legally buy alcohol and then… Read More »
What If the Driver Who Hit You Was Uninsured?
Gratitude is some people’s first instinct in the face of adversity. If you get injured in a car accident, you might be grateful that your injuries were not worse and that you will eventually recover. You might be thankful that your closest family members were not in the car with you and that they… Read More »
Collisions Between Two Large Vehicles
Everyone makes mistakes when driving. This is why the law requires all vehicle owners in New Jersey to carry liability insurance. It is also why, in certain parts of the Garden State, drivers still routinely trade insults and the occasional obscene gesture even when they manage to avoid a collision. The bigger the vehicle,… Read More »