Posts Categorized In: Auto Accident

Distracted driving remains a major cause of car accidents, and laws can only do so much to prevent it. Louisiana law prohibits the use of cell phones while the car’s engine is on and the car is in any gear other than park, unless you are using the phone to call for help in an… Read More

Perhaps when you were a teenager learning to drive, you used to practice driving your dad’s old pickup truck or your grandma’s old station wagon on country roads. Operating old cars required a certain technique to operate each part, when to shift gears on the automatic transmission, how hard to turn the steering wheel, what… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has generally meant fewer cars on the road, either because of workplaces and schools telling employees and students to stay home, or else because of people venturing out of the house less often, out of caution. You would probably expect that fewer cars on the road means fewer accidents, but this is… Read More

Louisiana has lenient laws about drinking alcohol in public. The legal drinking age in Louisiana is 21, but there are plenty of people under the age of 21 that are still drinking alcohol.  New Orleans and other cities in Louisiana allow people to take a drink out of the bar; this law permits establishments to… Read More

Few things are scarier than waking up at the scene of a car accident of which you have little memory. If you lose consciousness as the result of a car wreck, it probably means that you have a concussion, even if you are only unconscious for a few seconds. A concussion can result if either… Read More

Driver’s ed teachers will tell you to keep your eyes on the road at all times, but sometimes you need information that will inform your driving decisions, and that information cannot be found on the road directly ahead of you or in one of your car’s mirrors. Looking at speed limits and routes should not… Read More

A statute of limitations is a legally imposed deadline by which you must file a lawsuit.  If you file the lawsuit after this deadline, the court will likely dismiss your case. You might have heard that the statute of limitations for collecting debts is seven years; in fact, the laws about when it is and… Read More

Check out this article by Hannah Harvard @ Policy Genius which list The most (& least) dangerous states for drivers in America. https://www.policygenius.com/blog/the-10-most-least-dangerous-states-in-america-for-drivers/