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When parents send their daughters and sons to school, it is with the hope that they will be safe and sound throughout each academic day until they can return home. Parents’ worst nightmares are realized when they hear that their son or daughter was killed in an accident, as recently happened to a student at South Cobb High School. The…
As holidays draw near, many people are focused on the dangers of drunk driving, specifically on how excess alcohol can impair a person’s ability to operate a motor vehicle. However, it is also important to focus on the dangers of drugged driving, specifically on how drugs like marijuana can impair driving skills. While drunk driving rates are declining in some…
Good parents in Atlanta, Georgia, value the safety of their children even above their own. They go to great lengths to ensure that their children are in car seats if still young enough to need them, and securely buckled up regardless of their age. However, it is also important to make sure that children as pedestrians are also kept safe…
The American Motorcyclist Association has stated that one of the main reasons that people are involved in both accidents and near misses while riding is because they—or the driver of another vehicle—are distracted. In recent years, distraction has soared to become a near epidemic that factors into more and more incidents—often with deadly implications. The reason for this, in large…
The state of Georgia, including the Atlanta area, has seen far too many fatalities from highway accidents over the years. Of course, to those injured or killed in crashes and their families, even one incident is too many. Yet, the recent rise in highway fatalities in Georgia is being called a deadly epidemic by law enforcement officials. In the first…
When a truck accident occurs, surviving victims may experience a wide range of debilitating injuries. One such injury is a head injury. When the brain is affected, a traumatic brain injury may occur. This type of injury can be minor, severe or anywhere in between. While many who suffer brain injuries are fortunate to heal completely, others can have significant…
Nothing makes you understand the role of lost wages like getting into a car accident in Georgia while you’re driving to work. You may already be cutting it close — most people do — and you need to get there to clock in without a penalty. Then you get blindsided at a stop sign, and your car is totaled. While…
Distracted driving is something that can lead to serious accidents. When a trucker is the one who is driving while distracted, the effects of the accident can be far worse than if a passenger vehicle driver was driving while distracted. When you think about the weight of those semi-trucks and their large size, it is easy to understand why a…
Being in a car accident can be injurious and can cause property damage to your vehicle. Sometimes, no matter how carefully you maneuver your car, you end up in a terrible car crash that is so frightening. In Gwinnett County, Georgia, a driver supposedly crashed his car into a Gwinnett County Sheriff’s patrol car that saw the deputy injured and…
Driving has inherent dangers, all of which are compounded by the actions of those who drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The dangers include going at unsafe speed, having impaired reactions and making poor decisions. All of those can put drivers, their passengers, pedestrians and individuals in other vehicles. If you live in Georgia, there are some…