Lawrenceburg Personal Injury Blog

Tennessee has traffic laws in place to protect the public. These laws govern speed, distracted driving, passing and a multitude of other subjects. When these traffic laws are violated, car accidents are likely to occur.In one recent accident, one person was killed,...

A recent statistic may be hard to believe: Drugged driving is now a bigger threat to the safety of Tennessee drivers than drunk driving.The data, collected by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, indicates an 89 percent increase in drug-related fatal motor vehicle accidents...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic deaths rose by about 10 percent in the first half of this year. Americans are also driving more, but that 3.3 percent increase from last year does not account for everything.Nor is the increase...

Even Apple Inc. foresaw the dangers of distracted driving: In 2008 it filed for a patent for technology that locks out a driver's phone to prevent certain functions, such as texting.In the patent application, Apple expressed doubt that law enforcement would be able to...

Our estate planning law firm can help individuals decide how they want the residue of a living revocable trust to be distributed to beneficiaries. A right of representation statement provides for transfers to one or more individuals with survivorship rights. This...

Does the federal government support Tennessee lawmakers' attempts to get tougher on underage drunk drivers? One might assume that answer to be yes, but a new state law could result in a loss of $60 million in federal road funding. According to National Highway Traffic...

New auto safety systems cannot only impact traffic safety by the specific functions they perform, but also by the influence they have on driver behavior. What kind of influence such a system would have on driver conduct in part depends on what the public’s views...

Population growth may not be cutting-edge news, nor is the accompanying increase in traffic on America’s roads and highways. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of drivers increased by about 3.5 percent across the...

When it comes to factors that may increase the risk of a motor vehicle accident on Tennessee's roads and highways, there are certain obvious culprits. Drug or alcohol impairment, speeding, and texting while driving have all been the subject of various safety...