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Lost Loads Truck Accidents

Published: Dec 4, 2019 Auto Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident

While driver errors are a leading cause of truck accidents, they are also caused from mistakes made before trucks even head out on the road. If cargo is not packed and secured properly, the risk of losing loads increases. They can dislodge and tumble...

Tailgating Car Accidents

Published: Nov 27, 2019 Auto Accident, Personal Injury

Student drivers learn that keeping a reasonable distance between cars on the road is the key to safe driving. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recommends keeping one car length behind a vehicle for every 10 miles per hour traveled. For example, at 50...

Thanksgiving Travel Safety

Published: Nov 21, 2019 Auto Accident, Personal Injury

Families and individuals tend to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. In fact, this busy time of year has become one of the most-traveled weeks in any calendar. With so many people on the road around Illinois and other parts of the country, traffic accidents...

Drugged Driving

Published: Oct 31, 2019 Auto Accident, Drugged Driving, Personal Injury

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that nearly one in five drivers killed in fatal crashes in a single year tested positive for at least one prescription or illegal drug. The more we understand about how various drugs impair a person’s ability...

Life or Death Ad Campaign

Published: Oct 17, 2019 Auto Accident, Personal Injury

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has spent over $5 million during the past year on its Life or Death media campaign aimed at reducing the number of fatal car accidents that occur on the state’s highways and interstates. More than 1,000 people die...