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Improper Usage A Primary Cause of Truck Accidents In Georgia, it’s not uncommon to open a newspaper or turn on a local news station and hear about a truck accident involving a Georgia-based company, especially large-scale businesses like Walmart of Federal Express, whose drivers are on the roadway every day of the week. Statistically speaking, …

Truck Accidents: A Leading Cause of Brain Injury & Related Disabilities Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have significant, long-lasting, sometimes life-altering repercussions, affecting the victim’s ability to work, move, speak or even think “normally,” and they can also affect moods and emotions. While some brain injuries can be treated with a brief course of medical …

Texting and communication over the Internet has become very popular with almost everyone, especially for teens. It’s built into our “gotta know now” culture. But it is also very dangerous to text and drive. In 2011, nearly a quarter of auto collisions somehow involved cell phones. Even if a text message is short, if a …

Prohibition On Texting and Driving in Georgia There are many ways that people get distracted while driving, from talking on their cell phones, the dealing with disciplining kids, or even focusing too much on the lyrics of a song on the radio than the road. But the distraction that has proved to be the most …

According to the National Safety Council, speed contributes to a third of fatal automobile accidents, and it’s also the third most common reason that traffic accidents happen in the first place. In Georgia, driving at an appropriate speed is about more than staying below a certain number, which on Interstates can range from 55 mph …