Modesto Personal Injury Law Blog

Teen drivers often multi-task while driving. Teen drivers are multi-tasking by continuing to text or electronically communicate while driving. Distracted driving creates hazards on the roadways that cause injuries to drivers and others.

One of the main distractions for teen drivers is texting while driving. Distracted drivers are not focused on driving and drive blind by when they look away from the road. Studies show texting while driving causes a driver to be distracted for approximately five seconds, which means the driver is driving blind for approximately the equivalent of the length of a football field. While many teen drivers understand the dangers that come from distracted driving, many continue to text while driving. Many teens claim to text while driving or being a passenger in a vehicle when the driver is texting.

The explosion was seen and felt miles away when a liquid propane tanker truck burst into flames after a rollover accident under an Indianapolis highway bridge. Shooting a colossal fireball and black smoke into the sky, the explosion charred nearby vehicles, billboards and a communications tower in addition to displacing a bridge pier and damaging two steel girders. Five people including the tanker driver, Ronald J. Tobias, were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The rollover accident prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an independent federal agency, to conduct both an investigation into the incident and a policy review. Though it is not a regulatory agency, the NTSB is tasked with determining probable cause of transportation accidents, promoting transportation safety and providing assistance to victims of transportation accidents.

In a difficult economy, it can be challenging to find a steady job. Once you are lucky enough to become gainfully employed, you do not want to do anything to jeopardize that employment. If your boss tells you to do something, you're going to do it. You trust that your employers take your safety as seriously as you take your obligations. While many occupations carry a risk of injury, some are more dangerous than others. Workplace accidents can have very serious consequences for both employers and employees.