Ever since the invention of the automobile, drivers have fantasized about a self-driving car. Today, companies such as Google, Volvo and Mercedes are working together on vehicles that require minimal input from their drivers. While some drivers welcome the idea of cars that can drive themselves, this technology does raise questions about how auto insurance […]
A Texas fatal accident involving a train and a prison bus has prompted the state legislature to call for a review of prison transport methods. The Texas fatal accident took place on January 14. Ten of the fifteen passengers on a Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus died when the bus struck a train. Several […]
Icy conditions led to a Texas 18 wheeler crash near the West Texas town of Seagraves. The accident occurred on State Highway 62 in the morning hours of New Year’s Eve. The Texas 18 wheeler crash happened when a truck in the southbound lanes jackknifed and skidded onto the west side of the highway. Police […]
Linked below is a touching story about the lives affected by a horrific truck accident, as well as some very interesting background info on the problems that plague the trucking industry and its drivers. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-30/death-on-highway-leaves-trucker-angry-at-widower-and-god.html
A report from the Texas Department of Transportation showed that 47,000 people were injured in DWI accidents in 2012. Although DWI accidents tend to occur on weekends and holidays, reports have shown that they happen every night of the week and at almost any time of day. Thousands of families are affected every year by […]
A fatal Texas truck accident occurred Sunday night as a driver was going the wrong way on a major freeway near Houston. The two-vehicle accident occurred Sunday at 11pm, when Efraim Carmona drove his 2009 Dodge Ram 550 pickup eastbound on the westbound lanes of the North Sam Houston Parkway near John Ralston. A report […]
A woman in Colorado was reportedly arrested three times in one week for driving under the influence. Kimberly Micheloni, a 40-year-old office manager for the Internal Revenue Service, was arrested for the third time on May 20 and charged with driving under the influence, careless driving and two counts of contempt of court. She was […]
The family of a boy injured in a North Texas car wreck that resulted in four fatalities is refusing to settle their case, according to an auto accident lawyer. The case of 16-year-old Ethan Couch received nationwide attention when his attorney cited his well-to-do parents’ failure to instill a sense of responsibility in the young […]
Early Sunday morning a speeding car lost control of the vehicles after trying to overcorrect and ended up hitting a culvert. At this point the vehicle started rolling and two people were thrown out of the car, while the other managed to crawl out of the backseat. The two people thrown out of the car […]
Date:September 3, 2013 Author: On behalf of Arguello Law Firm Category: Auto Accidents The latest information from the United States Department of Transportation says that Texas highways are the second busiest highways in the nation. According to the report people travel 55.7 billion miles on Texas interstates each year. “Analysis of the nation’s traffic patterns […]