The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, report covering auto fatalities 2012 through 2015 confirmed the following as the safest vehicles: For example, when a car crashes into a wall, if the front end is long enough to crush twice as …
Things To Know About Road Safety And Accidents
What you don’t know can hurt you. Mr. Peel seeks justice for those injured in motorcycle, truck and car accidents, disability and medical malpractice. He often addresses churches, clubs and groups without charge. Mr. Peel may be reached through PeelLawFirm.com …
Help For Back and Neck Pain
Just about all my clients had neck and back pain in addition to whatever other injuries sustained in their accident. Pain in the back and neck is one of the most common maladies. Here are some helpful home products, in …
How To Manage Medical Bills After A Car Accident
Once you’re home from the hospital after a car accident, not only are your household bills still coming in, but now the medical bills begin to pile up. Ambulance, hospital, ER physician, radiologist, pathology and even doctors you are not …
How To Handle Settlement Offers From Insurance Companies
Sometimes the insurance company person is very kind and seems concerned about your condition. They assure you that they’re going to take care of everything. They tell you to just send in the information and they’ll be glad to process …
What Is The Modern Way To Crash Test Cars?
For years the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash tested cars in very simple scenarios. One was literally driving head on into a flat wall at 15 mph. Their current scenarios are much more real world. Frontal Crash Test Scenario: You are …
When They Have No Insurance
Despite recent laws in Tennessee, uninsured driving is still actually very common. It is my experience that uninsured drivers tend to cause more accidents. Their cars tend to be in worse shape, and they tend to drive in more dangerous …
Why Your Airbags May Not Deploy
We are now accustomed to seeing airbags at crash scenes. But what you may not know about them, is that they do not deploy as often as you might assume. Frontal Airbags are only designed to inflate in nearly-direct frontal …
Concussions
Brain injuries can result from car crashes where no cut or bruise is on the head. The violent jerking of a rear-end collision, for example, can imitate the well-known “shaken baby syndrome.” Diagnostic tests typically will not show any changes …
Accident Rehab Insights
Don’t be fooled by “accident therapists” or “accident rehabs” who make contact after an accident, says Peel Law Firm founder and attorney David Peel in this interview. A Millington injury lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, Peel explains …
Don’t sit by the Window
You may have never thought about being in danger sitting in your local coffee shop or restaurant. You may have never considered being at risk stopping at a convenience store or shopping center. But the hazard that I’m speaking about …