If you live or drive in Pennsylvania and are between the ages of 25 and 54, statistics show that you are more than any other age group to be involved in an automobile accident. The National Safety Council has gathered the statistics on traffic accidents across the...
Motorists in Pennsylvania who become involved in an accident can only hope that the insurance claims process proceeds as smoothly as possible. But the unfortunate truth is that there are many reasons insurance companies give for denying insurance claims. Unpaid...
There are many issues that Pennsylvania residents may have to deal with after an accident, including insurance, hospitalizations, legal claims and a host of other concerns. It can feel very overwhelming, especially since there are so many things to deal with at once....
If Pennsylvania were to follow Washington state's lead, they could improve roadway safety by eliminating stoplights in favor of roundabouts. Roundabouts, traffic circles, or rotaries were proven to reduce automobile accidents by a significant amount, according to...
A team of researchers in Pennsylvania have found that newly licensed teens and adults aged 65 and older tend to drive older vehicles more than do middle-aged drivers. The unfortunate thing about this is that older vehicles are relatively unsafe and that teens and...
One of the most serious injuries that a car accident can lead to is a femur fracture. The femur being the strongest bone in the human body, it won't normally break except in a high-impact crash. Such crashes, Pennsylvania residents should know, can lead to other...
Pennsylvania residents who like to walk should know about the rules regarding the right-of-way, or the right to step out before a vehicle. Generally, pedestrians do have the right-of-way whenever there are no traffic signals in place. If the signals are not in...
Many Pennsylvania residents do not sleep for the recommended minimum of seven hours a night, and this can have dire consequences for drivers. Every year in this country, there are some 328,000 drowsy driving crashes, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety....
After a Pennsylvania car accident, knowledge is power when it comes to dealing with the insurance company. Usually, they take advantage of the fact that they have the knowledge and claimants do not. This results in people rushing to take an inadequate settlement offer...
In Pennsylvania, as elsewhere in the US, it often turns out that rural roads pose a greater threat to driver safety than urban roads. Rural roads have narrower lanes and shoulders, for instance, making it hard to pass a vehicle. Head-on collisions are not uncommon on...
