When driving your car on the interstate around the Denver area, you'll typically find yourself surrounded by large commercial trucks.
There are many causes of car-truck accidents
5 steps to take after a crash in Denver
Crashes are fairly common in Denver, and they can significantly impact the people involved. Whether the injuries are minor or severe, they have to miss time doing the things they planned to deal with hospital visits, filing claims and more.
A rear-end collision can cause significant injuries
One of the most dangerous types of crashes you can get into is a rear-end crash. It has the potential to push your vehicle into an intersection, into the vehicle in front of you or to pin your vehicle.
Texting at the wheel is an awful lot like drunk driving
Two of the leading causes of motor vehicle accidents have a lot more in common than it might seem at first. Impaired driving, also called drunk driving, has been an acknowledged scourge of safe roads for decades.
Marijuana auto accidents increase in Colorado
According to a recent report in the Denver Post, an uptick of marijuana involved auto fatalities have caused concern for many state officials in Colorado. In 2016, Colorado had 77 motorists died while under the influence of cannabis and its primary intoxicating substance (THC 9). And that was a dramatic increase over previous years.
Are speed limits too high?
Speed limits have been increasing in some rural areas, where there are not really any places to stop and a low number of residences, businesses, or cross-streets that could mean problems. However, these higher speed limits are still causing more fatalities, according to a new study. The number of additional deaths due to a higher speed limit is estimated to be around 37,000 over the last 25 years. That might not seem like much, but the study also shows that fatality rates go up 8.5 percent for every five miles per hour the speed limit rises.
Areas to watch out for while driving on April 20
April 20 has been a controversial holiday for the last couple of decades. Typically, those who celebrate cannabis culture mark the occasion by smoking marijuana around 4:20 p.m. Others use the occasion to get high for the majority of the day. As one of the first states to legalize pot for recreational use, Colorado becomes an especially popular destination around this time of year.
Will in-car cameras reduce privacy or save lives?
Privacy advocates are raising concerns about Volvo's interior cameras, but the car-maker that stakes its reputation on safety places a higher value of curbing crash-related injury and fatalities.
3 medical causes of reckless driving you might not be aware of
Before anyone gets behind the wheel of an automobile, they must be in a suitable condition to drive or risk putting themselves and others at risk. Although exceeding the legal limit of .08 BAC and texting are common causes of reckless driving, medical conditions may also disqualify someone from taking the wheel. If you have been injured by someone who falls into one of the following categories, that driver may have recklessly caused the car accident.
Divorce, strong emotions and car accidents
Motor vehicle wrecks happen for countless reasons, such as icy roads and improper vehicle maintenance. However, there are many other factors that can play a role in the likelihood of a driver causing a collision, and some of these factors are not given as much attention as drunk driving, for example. A driver who has recently been through a divorce or is experiencing emotional distress for some other reason (such as the loss of a loved one) may be more likely to cause a crash for different reasons, and it is imperative to be aware of these dangers if you are struggling with strong emotions behind the wheel.
