Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause chronic headaches, visual impairment, memory impairment, difficulty concentrating, depression, irritability, or even changes to one’s personality and ability to speak. Spinal cord injury can cause paralysis, loss of sensation in the affected body parts, and sometimes even the loss of bladder and bowel control. Both of these devastating injuries… Read More
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Motorcycle Helmets Save Lives, No Matter What the Law Says
Your motorcycle may act tough by making a tremendous noise as it approaches, but no matter how intimidating it may look and sound, it is no match for even the wimpiest passenger car. That Prius will eat your Harley for breakfast, no matter the speed and angle of collision. Even in a single-vehicle accident, your… Read More
UTV Accidents in Louisiana
In Louisiana, the weather is almost always right for riding in open-air vehicles such as convertibles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), and utility task vehicles (UTVs). The bad news is that the less structure a vehicle has, the less protection it provides to a rider in the event of an accident, which means that there is… Read More
Driver Pleads Guilty to Negligent Homicide After Vehicle Strikes Apartment Building
One of the first safety rules that children learn is not to walk or stand close to moving traffic, so vehicles that are designed to have children nearby have a special look, and their drivers must learn to abide by special safety rules. For example, school buses have stop signs that project from the side… Read More
Is Louisiana Ready for Driverless Trucks?
The question is not whether trucks can drive themselves; by 2024, the answer is a resounding yes. Instead, the question is whether it is safe to allow trucks on the road without human drivers, and in this case, it is not a simple yes or no question, either. Driverless trucks on Louisiana’s roads are a… Read More
Automatic Braking Systems are About to Get Better at Preventing Accidents
Unless you are driving one of the oldest cars on the road, you have probably experienced a situation where your car suddenly applied the brakes. Perhaps this stopped you from hitting an approaching car as you backed out of a parking space or rear-ending the car in front of you in stop-and-go traffic on Canal… Read More
Single Vehicle Collisions Involving Unrestrained Drivers Can Be Deadly
When you first get a driver’s license, you might worry that you will hit another car if you misjudge the right time to change lanes or turn from a stop sign onto the main road. You might also worry that, despite your caution, you may be no match for the aggressive, distracted, and careless drivers… Read More
Back Injuries Related to Car Accidents
What do you have in common with the tasty catfish on your plate, the alligator lurking in the bayou, the deer you are looking forward to hunting as soon as the season begins, the sloth chilling in a tree in the South American rainforest, and the giraffe towering over the plains in Africa? All of… Read More
The Safest Seat in the Car
When five people ride in a four-door sedan, there is plenty of room for conflict about who rides where. The owner of the car should drive unless someone else in the party has had less to drink. Everyone else gets to squabble about who gets to ride shotgun, but maybe they would not fight so… Read More
Are THC Breathalyzers Just a Pipe Dream?
Driving under the influence of alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you can do, and forensic evidence makes it easy to tell whether alcohol was a factor in a driver’s mistake that led to a traffic collision. Portable breath tests that police officers use during traffic stops and after car accidents to determine… Read More