Motor Vehicle Accidents

If you ask people whether men or women are better drivers, you get a lot of conflicting answers. Much of the time, you will find men saying that they are the best drivers. They claim to have superior skills or simply to be better at their craft, and they believe this...

People often think about things like distracted or drunk driving as the main cause of car wrecks. While it’s true that those are very common, there are many other possible causes of these collisions. Understanding these can help drivers to avoid them. For those who...

If you’ve ever been followed by a tailgater, you know how unnerving it can be. They’re being aggressive because they want to pass, but you just feel like they’re about to cause an accident. You can’t take your eyes off of the mirrors and you understand that they are...

Nearly every new car is equipped with a video screen, hands-free phone and dash cam. All this combined is a great motivator to buy the newest car off the lot. Technological advances in cars are now so common that you can even buy cars that drive themselves.  The only...

Due mostly to their height, SUVs are more likely to roll than lower vehicles, like sedans. They just tend to be a bit more top-heavy, so taking a sharp turn can cause them to overturn. This is even more of a problem if the SUV has a lift kit or is taller than usual....

Most people look at their car doors and consider them as nothing more than a way to enter and exit their vehicle. Others give them more thought, choosing to buy a car with airbags in the door or using the doors to install extra speakers. However, few drivers think...

There are dangerous roads in every state and major city, including here in Chicago. There can be a disproportionate number of accidents that occur on a particular street or intersection, not because of reckless drivers but because of unsafe road conditions that...

Car crashes happen every day. Unfortunately, they are happening more frequently today than in recent years, and statistics show spikes in fatal accidents. A recent report suggests a few factors and types of people who may be contributing to this troubling trend....

Perhaps the only thing that could make a car crash worse than it already may be is realizing the other driver involved fled the scene. Unfortunately, that very situation has been increasingly occurring across Chicago in recent weeks. Numbers paint a grim picture Data...

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a stark warning in late October that soaring traffic deaths across the United States are not acceptable as a part of “everyday life in America.” That’s after the agency announced that traffic fatalities surged by more than...