Tips to Help You Avoid a Car Accident

Tips to Help You Avoid a Car Accident

We always talk about what happens once you get in a car accident. Here are some driving tips to help you drive more defensively, avoid a car accident and keep you and your passengers a little safer while on the road. Use them and you are likely to be a safer driver!

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Reckless Driving Behaviors Cause Accidents

Reckless Driving Behaviors Cause Accidents

When we get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, we are trusting that other drivers will drive in a safe manner, following the rules of the road, staying alert, and not engaging in reckless driving behaviors. But that is not always the case. These drivers understand the risks of their behaviors but continue to drive in a dangerous manner that can cause accidents.

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Can You Prove Distracted Driving Caused an Accident?

Can You Prove Distracted Driving Caused an Accident?

When we talk about distracted driving, most will think of using a cell phone – talking, texting, emailing – but there are many activities that can distract a driver and lead to a serious accident. Defined, distracted driving is any activity that takes your attention away from driving. When pursuing a personal injury claim, the challenge may be whether you can prove distracted driving caused your accident?

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New Missouri Motorcycle Helmet Law

New Missouri Motorcycle Helmet Law

Did you know that Missouri has eased its motorcycle helmet law?

The new helmet law, which took effect on August 28, 2020, now only requires those under the age of 26, or older than 26 if driving with a permit, to wear a helmet when riding in or driving a motorcycle.

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Highway Guardrail Accidents

Highway Guardrail Accidents

Highway guardrails are an important safety feature on our roadways. When designed correctly, they help reduce the impact of car accidents. They:

  • give a layer of protection to cars that skid, slide or drift off onto the shoulder.
  • keep cars from crashing or running off down a steep embankment or drop-off.
  • Provide barriers to keep drivers from running into trees, bridge pilings, retaining walls, and other fixed objects.

While guardrails are meant to protect vehicles and their passengers, and lessen the severity of a crash, there are circumstances when they do not.

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Drunk Driving Accidents in Missouri

Drunk Driving Accidents in Missouri

Every day, about 28 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes. That’s one person every 52 minutes. In 2019, there were 10,142 deaths from drunk-driving crashes.

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When Inadequate Security Results in Injuries

When Inadequate Security Results in Injuries

Can you hold a business owner liable if you are injured on their premises because they failed to provide appropriate security measures?

It is possible and would usually be considered a premises liability claim. Under premises liability, business owners must provide reasonably safe conditions for visitors.

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Driving: Are You Out of Practice?

Driving: Are You Out of Practice?

Have you taken an extended break from driving? Maybe its coronavirus-related. Or, it could be due to a medical condition, age, or many other factors. Suffice it to say, a break has been taken, but now it is time to get back on the road. If you have not been behind the wheel of a car for some time, you may be a little nervous, over cautious and out of practice. Here are some reminders to help you get back on the road safely.

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Accidents Involving Grocery Delivery Drivers

Accidents Involving Grocery Delivery Drivers

The popularity of having groceries delivered has grown tremendously. Instacart, Shipt, Peapod and many others make it easy to buy from Aldi’s, Hy-Vee, Price Chopper, Sprouts and more. The appeal: contactless delivery, social distancing, and avoiding long check-out lines and crowded stores. It is, however, a popular convenience that means more delivery drivers on our Kansas City roads.

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Watch Out for that Delivery Truck

Watch Out for that Delivery Truck

Online shopping has become a way of life. Delivery of goods, which now includes groceries, fast food, prescriptions and more, saves us from risking possible COVID-19 exposure. The delivery truck experience is contactless, convenient and allows us to social distance.

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