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With roadway construction season kicking off again this spring, Kentucky highway work zones are high-risk areas, not only for road crew members, but for vehicle drivers and their passengers. Kentucky highway officials and law enforcement are hoping to avoid a repeat of the sudden 33 percent jump in accidents that killed 12 motorists in work zones last year.  Curiously enough, of those 12 lost lives, 11 were motorists and ...

Arizona governor Doug Ducey suspended Uber’s self-driving vehicle testing in late March after a Tempe pedestrian fatality occurred by that company’s self-driving car, continued testing in that state is now in doubt. Ducey cited video footage of the crash. The move by the state’s Republican governor marks a major reversal of his enthusiastic backing of self-driving vehicle companies to run tests without a person in th...

As winter loosens its grip and the weather warms, more motorcycles emerge onto our roads. It is important that motorcycle riders take extra safety precautions to avoid accidents. Here are some springtime safety tips to make your ride both enjoyable and safe. Weather Kentucky spring weather changes often. There’s plenty of rain, which makes roads more dangerous, especially when it begins. Mud also creates slick conditio...

Despite every construction company’s claim that safety comes first, trench collapse deaths are still happening at a more alarming rate than a year or two ago. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a graphic that shows the number of construction trench injuries and deaths from 2012 to 2016.  There were more deaths in 2016 than in 2014 and 2015 COMBINED (23 in 2016, as opposed to 11 e...

Internal injuries refer to wounds that occur to major thoracic or abdominal organs. When an organ is severely damaged in an accident, it can lead to organ failure of one of one or more of the major functions of the body. How a vehicle accident victim is affected by damage to a major organ depends upon the severity of the injury and its location. Causes of Internal Organ Damage There are many types of accidents that can r...