Avoid Being the Cause of a Car Accident by Maintaining a Safe Vehicle
By Tim O'Hare Being safe on the road isn’t always about avoiding distracted or drunk driving and obeying traffic laws. A poorly maintained vehicle can also be the cause of car…
School Zone Safety Tips
By Tim O'Hare Pedestrian accidents account for nearly 60,000 traffic deaths each year with many of those accidents occurring in pedestrian crosswalks and school zones. People most at risk for…
Don’t Be a Victim of Drunk Driving This Football Season
By Tim O'Hare Whether you’re a Cowboys fan or not, football season is in full swing. From high school and college football to pro, football games often mean tailgating parties,…
Sharing the Road with Commercial Trucks & Large Vehicles
By Tim O’Hare Every year in America, there more than 500,000 traffic accidents involving commercial trucks. When a truck weighing more than 10,000 lbs. collides with a passenger vehicle or…
Avoiding Pedestrian Accidents
By Tim O’Hare Every year, nearly 60,000 pedestrians die in more than 110,000 pedestrian accidents. Children and the elderly are most at risk for being hit while crossing the street.…
How Bicyclists Can Avoid Collisions With Cars
By Tim O'Hare ‘Always wear your helmet.’ This is the most well-known and commonly preached bicycle safety tip. While wearing a helmet can help prevent or reduce head injuries in…
Do GPS Systems Cause Distracted Driving Accidents?
By Tim O’Hare More and more drivers are using GPS systems to navigate while driving. While many newer cars come with voice-activated GPS preinstalled, the use of handheld GPS devices,…
Safety Tips for Sharing the Road with 18-Wheelers
by Tim O'Hare Traffic accidents involving semi tractor-trailers can be some of the most horrific wrecks a personal injury lawyer ever sees. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,…
Top 10 Safest Cars
by Tim O'Hare While car accidents are most often the result of driver error, reckless or impaired driving or bad weather, the type of vehicle involved often determines fatalities in…
Updating Facebook While Driving? Is this really necessary?
By Tim O’Hare Distracted driving caused accidents claiming more than 5,500 lives in 2009. At least 30 states across the country have banned the use of cell phones and hand…
Drunk driving on the rise for motorcyclists
by Tim O'Hare While the dangers and potential consequences of drunk driving are continually in the public spotlight, the increased dangers of driving a motorcycle while impaired by alcohol aren’t…
Ride Smarter – Road Safety Tips for Motorcyclists
By Tim O'Hare Not all accidents are preventable, but many of them are. Many of the accidents involving motorcyclists are entirely preventable, and an accident prevented could mean a life…
