According to a recent study, those who drive the wrong way on roads throughout Texas cause more car accidents here than in any other state in the country. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is well aware of the problem, and they have been working on possible solutions to this serious problem. So far, the state has…
It seems to have taken a while to get there, but everyone now agrees that driving drunk is extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. Despite this knowledge, Texas is always at or near the top when it comes to drunk driving deaths. Likewise, the dangers of distracted driving are also becoming more…
Last week, the Winkler County Sheriff’s office posted some data on their Facebook page that showed a sharp increase in the number of crashes in a number of West Texas counties from 2016 to 2018. In particular, the post noted that the total number of crashes had increased by two-thirds, with a 97 percent increase…
Most of us think we know how serious traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can be, but many people don’t seem to realize that they don’t always heal the same as other other injuries and the impact of a serious TBI can lead to a lifetime of pain and medical care. Many traumatic brain injuries are preventable,…
About 9 days before Christmas, a Texas teen allegedly downed as many as a dozen alcoholic drinks before he slipped in behind the wheel of his truck, where he proceeded to cause a wrong-way DUI crash that took the life of a young mother. Underage and Overserved Back on Dec. 16, 19-year-old driver Erick Hernandez swerved across…
Sunday, November 18 marked the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The purpose of this day is to be a reminder of the human tragedies that lie behind all of the horrible data related to traffic crashes. According to auto historians, the first few years when people started taking to the streets in…
On November 7 of this year, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) commemorated an anniversary everyone in Texas should want to relive. You see, that marked the 18th anniversary of the last day in the state of Texas without a road fatality. Here is their Tweet: Since Nov. 7, 2000, at least one person has…
According to the Federal Highway Administration, in 2014, the last full year data is available, 31 million trucks carried 10.5 billion tons of freight more than 279 billion miles overall, nationwide. That is a lot of driving and that is a lot of road sharing with passenger cars. This is very true in Texas, of…
Pedestrian safety is a priority driver safety issue in Texas – where non-motorist fatalities have steadily increased every year since 2012. PAGE CONTENTS: What Are The Most Dangerous Places for Pedestrians in Texas? San Antonio Austin Houston Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Brownsville Laredo Why is This Important? Pedestrian Safety Tips At the Hill Law Firm, we wanted…
Ride-sharing services are exploding in popularity throughout Texas. Earlier this year, the Texas legislature passed and Governor Greg About signed a law that creates a new set of statewide regulations for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft, which the state now calls, “Transportation Network Companies, or TNCs. The purpose of the new law was to…
