Personal Injury Blog

Physically turn to look out the rear window and check your surroundings, including blind spots. Accelerate slowly and avoid relying solely on mirrors or your horn for safety.

The Slow-Moving Vehicle (SMV) sign is a fluorescent orange triangle with a red reflective border. It warns approaching drivers to slow down for vehicles moving at 25 mph or less.

In a recent year, failure to yield resulted in 3.40% of tragic incidents ending in fatalities and nearly 17% (4.98% + 12.02%) causing suspected severe or minor injuries.

Once you are involved in a car crash, it is important to seek help for any injury you might have sustained, assist other injured passengers, and also gather sufficient evidence from the accident scene to help show that you are not at fault.

If two vehicles approach an uncontrolled intersection at about the same time the vehicle on the left must yield to the one on the right.

In parking lots, vehicles in driving lanes have the right of way over those in parking spaces. Always yield to oncoming traffic when exiting a spot. If unsure, it’s safest to let cars and pedestrians pass to avoid accidents.