Underride accidents are not necessarily common, but they are some of the most dangerous accidents anyone can be involved in. They happen when a smaller vehicle and a larger vehicle collide and the smaller one slides underneath. For instance, this is most common with...
Traffic laws apply to every moment of someone's travels. There are rules about what makes a vehicle legal to drive on Louisiana roads and who can lawfully operate a vehicle in public. People need to register their vehicles and carry insurance, and they need to...
Drunk driving is dangerous, but some people still do it. According to the National Highway Transport Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2020, one person died in a drunk-driving crash every 45 minutes in the U.S. The total recorded number was 11,654 deaths in that year....
Who’s ready to paint their faces and head out to catch some long beads and stomp some doubloons? If you’re a New Orleanian, you either love Carnival or dread it. Either way, the season is kicking into high gear. If you plan to venture out on the parade routes, the...
Louisiana state law theoretically grants pedestrians the right to share the roads with vehicles. While it is always better to use designated paths and crosswalks whenever possible, people can lawfully walk on any road, provided that they follow appropriate rules....
If you suffer a brain injury in a car accident, it can have serious ramifications right away. Many people will lose consciousness. They may lose physical skills. There may be a lot of mental fog, or they may not be able to make the cognitive connections they used to...
One of the surprising facts you’ll discover when investigating car accidents is that the most serious crashes occur at night. Despite the roads being less active at night, approximately 50% of serious car accidents and fatalities occur after dark. There are higher...
Negligence is one of the causes of car accidents. The rate of crashes can go down if everyone on the road is attentive. In 2021, 914 crashes and 997 fatalities were reported in Louisiana. The 997 fatalities topped the previous highest death mark on highways in the...
If you’ve been involved in a serious car crash, you may not be able to drive your own car once you’re healed enough to get behind the wheel again. Whether it’s still being fixed or has been totaled, you may be driving a rental car for a while. Even if you get a car...
Many people inherently feel like they are in greater danger when they are driving next to a semi truck. If you’re in a small car on the interstate, the truck feels dauntingly larger. The air disturbance that it causes can even make your car move sideways on the...