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Action is underway to reduce the severity of one of the most lethal types of truck accidents on the road—underride crashes. After years of discussion and study by the federal government, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced that it's updating two Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to prevent fatal rear truck underride...

Brake failure has the potential to cause a serious truck wreck. Commercial truck inspectors will be sweeping North America next month to inspect the brakes on commercial trucks as part of an annual educational campaign designed to bring awareness about the dangers of defective truck brakes and how they contribute to causing serious truck accidents....

Semi-truck accidents have the potential to cause severe and debilitating injuries Although 18-wheelers make up no more than 5 percent of all the registered vehicles on the road, truck accidents are still fairly common in Indiana and across the nation. Injuries and fatalities are also common when it comes to truck accidents because heavy trucks...

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Motorcyclists in Indiana understand the importance of riders and drivers safely sharing the road. That’s because every motorcyclist knows it only takes one small mistake to cause a serious motorcycle accident. That’s why road safety experts in Indiana and across the country recently designated May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness...

The crash serves as a tragic reminder of the devastation 18-wheelers can cause A tractor-trailer driver recently caused a fatal truck accident in Indiana after running a stop sign and crashing into another vehicle, killing the other driver on a recent Friday afternoon, according to WANE 15 News. The truck accident occurred at the intersection...

Fort Wayne car accident lawyers explain how to avoid a collision Work zone crashes in Indiana happen far more often than you might realize. Each year, hundreds of people are injured or killed in work zone crashes, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation (IDOT). Work zones are hot spots for car accidents because they...

Fort Wayne car accident attorneys break down the study and explain what drivers need to know Car accident fatalities continue to get worse nationwide. And according to a recent traffic safety study, part of the problem has to do with state traffic laws. Many states need to make improvements to their traffic laws—including Indiana. “It’s...

Playing Games With Road Safety Distracted driving is among the biggest safety issues on the roads of Indiana – and the problem is getting worse. Drivers making and receiving phone calls, emails, and texts on their smartphones. Drivers programming their GPS. Drivers applying makeup or shaving. Their negligence is widespread throughout the state, and it...

A Fort Wayne Car Accident Lawyer Reveals What To Know You could be the safest driver in Indiana, but you have zero control over the behavior of other motorists who fail to adjust their driving in bad weather. In Indiana, winter driving can be dangerous. Sometimes reckless motorists cause preventable car accidents in bad weather...

Automobile safety has changed dramatically since the 1960s, when seat belts were considered the latest in technological advances. Today’s vehicles are equipped with everything from electronic stability control to blind spot information systems. Until fairly recently, however, one basic vehicle component escaped upgrades – headlights. Seeing the problem A new study shows how pressure from...