Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Will the Texas Legislature Really Approve Lane Splitting?

  Brooks Schuelke | March 26, 2009 10:35 AM | 25 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Before reading this blog post, watch a portion of the video below (don't watch the entire thing or you'll get motion sickness). Did you watch it? If you did, thanks for listening. If you...

• Austin is #1, But For Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | July 10, 2008 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It's not unusual for publications to print articles touting Austin as a great place to live, but last week, we were tops on the wrong kind of list. A study by Allstate Insurance Company found that...

• Tejano Star Injured In Bus Wreck

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

  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...

• Five Most Dangerous Intersections In Austin

  Brooks Schuelke | March 14, 2008 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Earlier this week, the Austin Police Department released a list of the five Austin intersections with the most car wrecks in 2007. The intersections are:(1) East Riverside Drive at Pleasant Valley (29 car wrecks); (2) North Lamar Blvd. and W. Koenig Lane (27 car wrecks, but also most convenient place for wrecks as it's populated with auto repair shops and dealerships);(3) West Parmer Lane and...

• Bad Week for Austin Auto-Pedestrian Crashes

  Brooks Schuelke | March 13, 2008 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One of the biggest problems facing Austin police is the increase in auto-pedestrian collisions. This week alone there have been two auto-pedestrian fatalities on Austin's roads. The second auto-pedestrian fatality, which occurred Tuesday night, was the 11th traffic fatality of the year. This is a problem that has continued from last year, when auto-pedestrian wrecks accounted for 24 of the 63...

• Chiropractors Soliciting Car Wreck Victims For Attorneys

  Brooks Schuelke | March 08, 2008 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This week, Allstate Insurance Company filed a suit in a Texas US District Court against 67 defendants, including chiropractors and law firms, alleging that they were improperly soliciting car wreck victims as clients. Under Texas law, personal injury lawyers are limited in their abilities to contact victims of car wrecks. To get around this limitation, some unscrupulous attorneys have...

• Street Racing Leads To Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | March 04, 2008 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This week, the Austin American Statesman posted an article that discussed the increase in car wrecks due to street racing. The problem of street racing really came into focus nationwide in February when 8 observers were kill in Maryland when a drag racing car wreck spilled over into the crowd. But street racing isn't just a problem in Maryland. It's also a big issue in Texas. The National...

• Deadly Weekend For Austin Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | March 03, 2008 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This weekend was another sobering reminder about the risk of auto accidents on Austin's roads. Yesterday, a teenager died in a car wreck on Texas 71 near Bee Creek. This is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in town. Since October 2006, eleven people have died in auto accidents on this two mile stretch. In fact, Austin news station KXAN ran a story just last week talking about the...

• More Austin Trucking Accident Dangers

  Brooks Schuelke | February 19, 2008 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It is no secret that trucking traffic and trucking accidents are a major problem in Austin and Central Texas. Interstate 35 is routinely one of the most heavily traveled stretches of highway in the country. A large part of that has to do with NAFTA and international trade with Mexico. The Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M has provided quite a bit of information on Texas trucking...

• Using an Accident Reconstruction Expert In A Car Wreck Case

  Brooks Schuelke | January 25, 2008 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  California personal injury attorney John Bisnar has an interesting post about the importance of hiring an accident reconstruction expert when the accident reports are not filled out properly. Like John, and probably most personal injury lawyers, I've found accident reconstruction experts helpful in combatting report errors. But accident reconstruction experts are also helpful in other...