Texas has approved an 85 mph speed limit for a stretch of toll road outside of Austin. Two controversial issues have arisen following the Texas Department of Transportation’s approval of this, the fastest speed limit in the country. One issue is whether raising the speed limit to 85 mph constitutes reckless behavior on the Texas…
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On August 31, 2012, the Supreme Court once again overturned the decision a jury reached in a case after the jurors heard and evaluated all of the evidence at trial. The decision occurred in U-Haul International, Inc., et al. v. Waldrip, et al., ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2012)(8/31/12). The father of a woman who rented…
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The discussion of distracted driving has grown in the last few years – from state billboard campaigns to national public service advertisements. But along with the discussion comes a lot of statistics and perhaps a fair amount of misconceptions. According to Distraction.gov, distracted driving accident cases in 2010 were to blame for 416,000 individuals injured…
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Although there has been an overall decrease in the number of fatal car accidents nationwide, a comparison of national and Texas state statistics reveal that the pattern has not held true in Texas. There still appears to be a disproportionate number of people seriously injured or killed in car accidents on Texas highways. Nationwide, traffic…
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Just this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officially announced a recall that will affect approximately 250,000 vehicles. The recall stems from a defect in the driver’s door module that allows water to come into contact with the circuit board. If the circuit board is compromised with water and shorts out, the power…
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According to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, British Petroleum has received nearly 6,500 claims from motorists trying to recoup hundreds of dollars they spent for car repairs after receiving contaminated BP gasoline. BP has received nearly 19,000 inquiries from motorists. The company last week recalled 2.1 million gallons of gasoline from its Whiting,…
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According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, elderly drivers are no more likely to die in a car accident than drivers in their twenties. Researchers at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom examined UK police records on all fatal road accidents reported between 1989 and 2009….
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Texting while driving is becoming one of the most common and deadly distractions while driving, especially among teens. One in four American teen drivers admit to texting while driving, and 40 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds say they have been in a car where a teen driver used a cell phone in a dangerous way….
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