Personal Injury

As the rate of motor vehicle deaths has risen sharply in the past year, government officials and safety experts have looked at driverless car technology as the safer option. But many experts also wonder if it's too early to count on autonomous vehicles considering the...

Some companies do not require employees to report near misses, but the experts at the National Safety Council recommend that they have a reporting system in place.The reason for not making reports is that no negative impacts were observed. Companies often do not want...

When looking at nonfatal illnesses and injuries that are reported in the private sector, a trend quickly becomes clear: Injuries are on the decline.The Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Labor, put out the stats for 2003 through 2014, and...

If distracted drivers could see the pain they cause before they cause it, instances of distracted driving would decrease dramatically.That is what research and an ongoing program in Louisiana have shown. The Acadia Parish Sherriff's Office created Choices, a program...

Night curfews are among the special driving restrictions it is very common for states to include in their graduated driver’s license systems for teen drivers. Such curfews restrict certain young drivers from driving without supervision during certain nighttime...

Drivers aren’t always on their own when they are taking their vehicle out on the roads; sometimes, they have passengers.There are some added safety concerns for a driver when they have passengers in their vehicle. One of these concerns is making sure their...