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Auto insurance can be a scary, dark, and mysterious world. A world full of vague and misleading legal terms. Full coverage is one of those terms that gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? Three Major Areas of Auto Insurance Coverage The truth is, there is no such thing as one full coverage policy. Rather, it is …
Each year in the United States, a large number of people are seriously injured or killed in motor vehicle accidents. The National Safety Council reports that an estimated 38,300 people were killed in traffic accidents in 2015 and another 4.4 million were seriously injured. When a person is involved in an accident, he or she may not be thinking ahead …
Millions of car accidents happen every year in the U.S. and if you’ve ever been in an accident yourself, you know it can get overwhelming. It’s important to be aware of the steps you should take if you’re ever in a car accident. Following these 10 steps will ensure you have done everything you need to if you have to …
Every year in America, about 5,000 people die in auto accidents involving a semi truck. Of that 5,000, 4,300 of them are drivers and passengers of regular cars and trucks. Big rigs have long been a fact of life on the highways and freeways, and will continue to be a presence on them. When you are driving near a semi …
While driving on the city streets can be tough and dangerous, driving on the freeways and highways presents its own challenges. One major issue is the presence of commercial trucks that present dangers to smaller vehicles. While commercial drivers must pass more rigorous driving tests, other drivers still need to use extra caution when near them, especially when driving at …
While there’s no feeling like the open road on a motorcycle, the fact is that motorcycists are 30 times more likely to die in a crash than people in a car. That doesn’t mean that riding a bike isn’t worth the risk, but simply that you must make sure to take extra precautions when riding. Here’s a far from exhaustive …
Arizona is one of only two states left without any kind of statewide ban on texting and driving. (Montana is the other.) The most recent effort to get one on the books failed earlier this year. Driving safety advocates are up in arms over the state’s sluggish response to the epidemic of texting-related deaths in The Grand Canyon State, and …
If you’ve lived in Arizona for long, you know that state troopers have never hesitated to ticket outrageous speeders. The Arizona Republic recently described an officer’s experience in ticketing a woman who blazed through a 55 zone at 80 mph. That’s nothing new. View image | gettyimages.com But now the state’s highway patrol is looking to get tough on more …
When it comes to being injured in a car accident, you can’t have human body damage without having auto body damage. While personal health is the most important post-accident recovery, the cars themselves often have to undergo anywhere from minor to extensive reconstruction work, unless of course they become “totaled” and sent to the junkyard. To understand more about …
Drowsy driving is every bit as dangerous as drunk driving, and yet too little attention has been paid to the former. Just last week, we told you that driver fatigue was revealed as the likely cause of comedian Tracy Morgan’s devastating truck accident in 2014. The at-fault driver had been awake for more 28 hours at the time of the …
