When you’ve been hurt – in an auto accident, while playing sports, while at work, etc. – you expect that at some point, you’re going to recover from that injury. There are some injuries, though, that you never really recover from: injuries that will affect you and your family for the rest of your life. These are called catastrophic injuries, and they could lead to a lifetime of medical care, the need for adaptive technologies, or [...]
Regardless of whether it is for work or play, we often spend several hours glued to our electronics – our computers, our televisions, our cell phones, etc. Fortunately, there are ways for us to wisely utilize our time while glued to our electronics, and one such way is to play Pokémon Go, a free mobile augmented reality game in which we journey to real-life places in order to catch and train Pokémon creatures. Playing Pokémon Go [...]
Mountain Dew is a popular soft drink, especially with teenagers. The company’s website sports a very cool looking advertisement for its “backwoods original” recipe – which calls for real sugar, as opposed to artificial sweeteners, and offers a not-so-subtle comparison to moonshine. In Tennessee, though, “dewshine” has a much more deadly connotation. In late January of 2016, the tragic deaths of two teenagers was linked to a mix of the soda with methanol-based racing fuel. In [...]
In 2015 so far, there have been more than 10,000 traffic crashes in Tennessee, and 605 of them have happened in Knox County. With so many cars, trucks, SUVs and commercial vehicles on the road, the chances are pretty high that you might be involved in a car crash around Knoxville at some point in your life. A head-on collision is the rarest type of car crash, but one of the most dangerous: the National Highway [...]
Now that fall is officially here, more and more riders will be out on the road to enjoy the cooler weather. That means an increased chance for a crash involving a motorcycle for people who drive cars, and an increased chance at a serious injury for the riders themselves. Nothing caps this point more than the tragic news of two separate motorcycle accidents in Nashville which occurred mere hours from each other. According to The Tennessean, [...]
Every month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) compiles a list of vehicle and auto part recalls that’s made available to the public. The most recent report was published on September 2nd, and it’s pretty extensive. The 20 page report covers everything from defective headlights to bad tires to the pieces that make up your vehicle’s engine, and some of these defects could cause a fatal crash. We looked through the report, and found some [...]
School is back in session here in Knoxville, which means we all need to be much more aware while we’re on the roads. The increased number of children walking to and from school, combined with the number of school buses now on the roads, can make it more dangerous for kids and for drivers all around the state. There have already been two school bus accidents in the last month: an overturned bus in Lincoln County [...]
On July 30, 2015, a local school suffered a tragic loss when a student lost control of his car after football practice and drove off the side of the road. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident was a true accident: “the crash report said the vehicle traveled slightly off the right side of the road on a left-hand curve, and then came back across both lanes and traveled off the left shoulder into trees, [...]
It is difficult to know where to begin when talking about the potential dangers for teen drivers, but most people are aware of the alarming statistics. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death in 15 to 20-year olds in the United States. In 2012 (the most recent data available) 4,283 drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 died in motor vehicle crashes, and 184,000 [...]
We recently wrote about self-driving trucks in Nevada. Now it appears that self-driving cars are also causing some problems. In California, there are 48 licensed self-driving cars being tested on the roadways. According to the Huffington Post, 4 of those cars have been involved in accidents since the testing started in September: two while the car was “driving,” and two while the driver (as mandated by law) was in control. The details of the accidents cannot [...]
