If you helped place a loved one in an Alabama nursing home, you may have done your due diligence as far as researching the facility and making sure it makes the grade in terms of safety and security. Regrettably, even the most thorough research cannot prevent every...
Month: January 2017
Keep moving: Steps to take after a pedestrian accident
You may love walking as a form of exercise and as a method of getting to your desired destinations. However, walking in areas where you need to cross a road or may otherwise end up in the vicinity of moving vehicles could put you at risk. Distracted and negligent...
New technologies meant to enhance safety for truckers, motorists
There is a battle brewing in the trucking industry between safety advocates and those looking to enhance the field’s profitability, and it is Alabama and the nation’s truck drivers and motorists who may suffer most as a result. Per BOSS magazine, 2014 was...
Traffic deaths rise across Alabama, the nation
Alabama roadway collisions claimed the lives of more than 650 people in 2016, and authorities believe many of those deaths were largely preventable. According to NBC 12, the state saw 139 more traffic fatalities by sometime in December than it had throughout the...
New truckers not required to do any behind-the-wheel training
The injuries that result when cars and commercial trucks collide can prove serious and deadly, and motorists across Alabama and the U.S. may now face an even higher risk of such an accident. Per TruckingInfo.com, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has...