Remember when people drove two types of vehicles: a truck or a car? Sure, there were a lot of types of cars – coupes, sedans, station wagons, etc. – but they all kind of looked the same. They had 2 or 4 doors, were relatively low to the ground, and didn’t have a bed in [...]

After you have been in an auto accident, especially one where you have sustained injuries (whether they were immediately apparent or not), there’s a lot of commotion. You need to call the insurance company, get a copy of the accident report from the police, rent a car while you figure out what to do with [...]

Roads and highways are an integral part of the American transit system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) helps oversee and regulate the system and recently announced a new strategy, “The Road Ahead,” as part of its larger project “The Road to Zero,” to improve America’s roads and the lives of the people who [...]

It might seem strange to think that you might be held liable for a traffic accident just because you sent the driver a text message, but the issue is currently being litigated in a Pennsylvania court room. There is a story in the Washington Post about Daniel E. Gallatin, who was killed in a motorcycle [...]

Move over, George Jetson: the days of driverless cars will soon be here. Ride-sharing giant Uber had a fleet of driverless cars puttering around Pittsburgh this summer, and companies around the globe have been working on perfecting autonomous vehicles. The federal government recently provided some guidelines on how driverless cars are to be regulated. Although [...]

These days, we spend a lot of our time on our cell phones, computers, televisions, etc. for both business and pleasure. Often, we are stationary, but fortunately there are some electronic activities we can do that can get us moving around. One activity that has kept a lot of people up and moving is playing [...]

Americans love their cars, but they also love being safe in those cars. Therefore, numerous safety features, such as seat belts and airbags, are installed to help protect us in the event of an auto accident or collision. Recently, the news has been awash with stories about exploding or defective airbags. While the majority of [...]

Auto accidents can be pretty frightening, but in most cases, the cause is straightforward. In a chain-reaction crash, however, determining fault is not so easy. Also called multi-vehicle accidents, multi-car accidents, or pileups, chain-reaction auto accidents are collisions involving more than two vehicles rear-ending one another in a series (or chain) of crashes, primarily resulting [...]

In March, the Tennessee House of Representatives recalled HB 1468, a measure intended to change the child safety restraint laws in the state. (The Senate has sent their version, SB 1674, along to the Transportation Committee for further study.) As attorneys, we’re very familiar with the laws governing car seats and booster seats, but the [...]

Remember when you first started driving? Seatbelt on, hands at 10:00 and 2:00, incremental mirror adjustments to make sure you had the perfect view – and the thrill of putting the car in gear and moving. Remember that nervous feeling in your stomach that you might do something wrong, or fail the test, or have [...]