Automobile Accidents

• Wrong Way Wrecks Are Still A Problem

  Brooks Schuelke | July 27, 2009 10:50 AM | 2 CommentsAustin, TX

  Last month, I posted about the rash of wrong-way drivers on the Dalls Parkway. Unfortunately, it's still a problem. Just this weekend, eight people were killed in a wrong-way crash in New York. ...

• Driving Safety: IIHS proposes tougher roof crush guidelines

  Brooks Schuelke | February 06, 2009 3:40 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  This month Injuryboard is focusing on driving safety, and it appears to be timely. One of the most important parts of driver safety is being in a safe vehicle, and yesterday, the Insurance Institute...

• Car Wrecks in the Presidential Election: McCain's Straight Talk Express Might Need Some Straight Driving Lessons

  Brooks Schuelke | August 07, 2008 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Car enthusiast website Jalopnik.com is reporting that John McCain's Straight Talk Express left its mark on the election season when it ran over a minivan yesterday. The post has several great photos...

• Another Austin Hit and Run Car Wreck --- Revisited

  Brooks Schuelke | June 02, 2008 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Last week, I posted about a hit and run accident where the victim was hit by two separate vehicles, neither of whom stopped. Then this weekend, there was another fatal hit and run wreck. I'd like to...

• Tejano Star Injured In Bus Wreck

  Brooks Schuelke | March 24, 2008 8:52 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  They say you've made it when people know you by one name. And in the world of Texas Tejano music, there are few, if any, bigger stars than Emilio. Unfortunately, the Grammy winner suffered serious injuries after a bus wreck this weekend. Emilio apparently sustained severe head injuries in the wreck, and he is taking part in a study using hypothermia to treat his brain injury. While this...

• Troopers Recreate Car Wreck Scenes

  Brooks Schuelke | November 27, 2007 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Yesterday's Tyler Morning Telegraph from Tyler, Texas had an interesting story about how DPS Troopers conduct investigations so that they can do accident reconstruction work following a car wreck or trucking accident. Accident reconstruction work used to be done by hand --- from the measuring with tape measures to the calculations. Now, technology is making it easier to collect the data and...

• New Tactic in War Against Auto Accidents

  Brooks Schuelke | November 14, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Last week, the Austin City Council voted to install cameras at various intersections around town to try and reduce the number of people running red lights. The vote comes following a pilot program where the city installed two cameras to determine what type of results they would obtain. And the results were amazing. A light installed at the intersection of Martin Luther King Blvd and I35...

• Driving Safety: No Text Messaging While Driving

  Brooks Schuelke | February 07, 2009 9:46 AM | 2 CommentsAustin, TX

  As some our readers know, I have a separate firm website with a personal injury blog. For the last year or more, the number one way that people find my site and my blog is conducting a google...

• Texas Angling For Driver's Checkpoints

  Brooks Schuelke | November 12, 2008 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Several news outlets are reporting that the Texas Department of Public Safety has asked the Attorney General's office for an opinion on whether driver checkpoints would be legal. Checkpoints have a...

• A Back Track on School Bus Safety

  Brooks Schuelke | August 15, 2008 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Last week, in the wake of the Sherman bus wreck, I reported that Texas had taken a giant leap forward during the 2007 legislative session by passing a law that requires school buses to be equipped...