The road is beckoning to you and the sun is blazing. After putting on your helmet, you ride off on your motorcycle, being careful to obey traffic laws. Maintaining safety when riding a motorcycle requires focus and awareness of other vehicles that are sharing the road...
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Bad weather doesn’t excuse a car accident
Snow, sleet and ice are a big problem for drivers – and Maryland definitely gets its fair share of all three. Every new snowstorm tends to produce a lot of car accidents. Is “bad weather” and lousy road conditions a viable defense to a car accident claim? Not at all....
Does texting at the wheel make someone liable for a crash?
Crashes in Maryland occur for all kinds of reasons. Often, one driver involved in the wreck will make some kind of significant mistake. They fail to check their surroundings before proceeding through an intersection or maintain an unsafe speed. Sometimes, people feel...
3 habits help drivers avoid intersection collisions
Many Maryland roadways carry high amounts of traffic daily, and some sections of road are inherently more dangerous than others. Crossroads or intersections are high-risk areas. Collisions resulting in severe or life-threatening injuries often occur at such locations....
Who’s accountable when negligence causes personal injury?
There is often inherent risk involved when you are in the workplace, are traveling in Maryland or undergoing medical treatment. Sometimes, accidents happen, and no one is at fault. At other times, however, another person’s (or several people’s) negligence is a direct...
How do car accidents impact one’s driving record?
There can be many negative outcomes that result from a car accident, from physical injury to vehicle damage to emotional distress. One thing that people may overlook when considering the overall toll of an incident on their lives is the issue of their driving record...
3 alcohol-driven behaviors that often cause a collision
Throughout the year, but especially during summer and on holiday weekends, there are a lot of drunk drivers on Maryland roadways. A motorist who is alert and cautious while driving is still at great risk for injury if a nearby driver has recently consumed alcohol....
Fatal Maryland tractor-trailer crash
Maryland police in Prince George’s County were dispatched to Oxon Hill just after 4 a.m. on a recent Friday. Two vehicles were involved in an accident, one of which was a tractor-trailer. The big rig was reportedly navigating a left turn when a collision occurred. The...
What to know about chest pain after a car accident
Anyone who has experienced car accident knows that there is an almost endless list of possible physical and emotional injuries that can result from a crash. One of the most common complaints that Maryland car accident victims report after the fact is chest pain. Here...
3 post-collision symptoms that suggest brain injury
Maryland highways can be downright dangerous, especially if you travel them frequently, as in a daily commute to and from work. It is not uncommon to share the road with distracted or drunk drivers, or those who may be falling asleep at the wheel. If a collision...