Auto, Truck, and Motorcycle Accidents

Nighttime driving comes with additional hazards and risks to those we face during the day. Taking proactive steps to drive more carefully at night can reduce your risk of injury and accident. 1. Use your high beams lights Use your high beams whenever you drive in...

As a responsible parent, you understand the importance of strapping your child into a car or booster seat every time you leave home. Naturally, as your child grows, you must upgrade to a new seat. If your child has not yet outgrown his or her existing car seat, you...

The combination of long-haul trucking and freight trains forms a transportation infrastructure that keeps the entire country supplied with goods and materials. Unfortunately, both these transportation methods rely on human skill which could cause a critical failure...

Working on behalf of a car crash victim, a legal team may bring on outside professionals to assist in a crash scene investigation. The expanded team might include an accident reconstructionist, a forensic engineer and possibly a biomechanics expert. About information...

Your circulatory system moves blood to and from your heart through a massive network of veins and arteries. Consequently, a cut to your skin may result in considerable blood loss. An internal injury, though, may put your life in danger before you realize there is a...

You may never have been in a major motor vehicle accident, but minor crashes such as rear-end collisions occur frequently in and around Poughkeepsie.  Even a low-speed rear-end collision can cause serious injuries. If you are the victim, you will need prompt medical...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons says that more than any other adverse event, car crashes can lead to femur fractures. Perhaps you fractured your femur when a speeding driver collided with you here in New York. The femur can be broken in different ways and...

If you've been injured in a car accident, it's important that you educate yourself on what determines whether or not a driver was distracted. In the state of New York, the law prohibits the driver of a vehicle from using any portable electronic devices. This includes...

The roads around New York can be dangerous for drivers, especially inexperienced teen drivers. Drivers from the age 16 to 17 are three times likelier to be in a fatal crash than are adults. Perhaps you or your teenage son or daughter was in an accident. Fortunately,...

You may not know exactly how dangerous fatigued driving in New York can be for drivers and passengers. Research now shows that fatigued driving is every bit as deadly as drunk driving. Yet many adults will get behind the wheel when they are tired even though they will...