Car Accidents, Personal Injury Questions Archives
The Safest Forms Of Transportation
Summer is upon us and many families will soon pack their bags and head off for a fun and relaxing vacation over the coming weeks and months. The Austin personal injury attorneys at Terry & Kelly, PLLC understand that media coverage can impact the way many people think when considering the safest form of travel for […]
Bicycle Accidents, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents Archives, Truck Accidents Archives
Mayor Announces “Austin Don’t Rush” To Help Ease Traffic
“Austin Don’t Rush” program. Austin Mayor Steve Adler recently announced a new initiative called “Austin Don’t Rush” to help combat traffic congestion and called for Monday, May 11th to be the first public holiday to kick off this initiative. With a decade-long boom in population growth, transportation in Austin is now at a tipping point […]
Personal Injury Questions Archives, Truck Accidents Archives
Gravel Truck Plows Through Intersection, Flies Off Overpass
Recently, a video of a dump truck driving through an Austin intersection and causing an accident involving 4 other vehicles has gone viral. The dash cam video shows the moment when a dump truck, carrying a load of gravel to a location on Jester Boulevard on RM 2222, runs an intersection striking several vehicles, runs […]
Personal Injury Questions Archives, Truck Accidents Archives
Intermodal Containers in Semi Truck Collisions
The term “Intermodal” refers to using two or more means of transporting large containers of freight. These shipping containers are filled at the beginning of their journey and are unpacked once they reach their final destination. These are the containers you see bolted to rail cars or truck trailers being transported across the country or […]
Truck Accidents Archives
Heavier 18 Wheelers Could Be Coming to Texas
As road fatalities decrease across the country, they continue to increase here in Texas. Texas currently leads the nation in accidents involving large trucks due to the increase in gas drilling throughout the state. Large trucks and commercial vehicles have crowded our roadways and things could be getting worse. Thanks to proposed national legislation, 18 […]
Car Accidents, Truck Accidents Archives
The Different Types of Truck Accidents
Truck accidents occur often on highways and hazardous roads. It is hard to predict a collision, so it is important to know and be aware of your surroundings, especially where there are often large trucks on the roads. Factors of Truck Accidents Factors like the weather and the time of the day may increase the chances […]
Car Accidents, Truck Accidents Archives
Fatal Truck Accidents on the Rise in Texas
In an era where there are so many semi trucks, tractor-trailers and big rigs plying the highways of Texas, accidents involving them are becoming quite common. Sometimes the accident is caused by the truck driver’s active negligence while at other times it is due to lack of care by the trucking company (or passive negligence). […]
Truck Accidents Archives
Failure to maintain brakes a common cause of truck accidents
Texans who routinely pay attention to truck safety news know that the issue has been increasing in importance not only over the last several months but over the last several years as the number of fatal crashes involving large trucks across the state has increased. Truck accidents, of course, can happen for all kinds of […]
Truck Accidents Archives
Morgan upset over Walmart response in truck accident case
Readers may remember that actor-comedian Tracy Morgan was involved in a serious truck accident back in June on the New Jersey Turnpike. That accident left Morgan in serious condition, injured two others, and killed comedian James McNair. Morgan subsequently filed a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart for its negligence in contributing to the truck accident. […]
Truck Accidents Archives
Fracking boom in Texas has increase highway fatalities
Texas readers are aware of the increase in oil drilling in Texas, specifically with respect to hydraulic fracturing. Better known as “fracking,” the process involves the breaking apart of underground rock formations by hydraulically pressurized liquid in order to access oil deposits. As the industry has boomed in recent years, many Texans have seen an […]