An encounter with an uninsured or underinsured driver can quickly turn into a nightmarish ordeal. We want to think that these uninsured car accidents are rare, but they truly are not. That is because uninsured motorists also roam Bexar County roads fairly often. Uninsured car crashes become even more troublesome when the guilty drivers decide against [...]
The road is a dangerous place. But, when you share it with an aggressive driver, it becomes more perilous. Aggressive drivers are terrifying because you do not know what they will do next. You cannot be certain if they will cool down or escalate their already irresponsible behavior. We should all do our part to prevent [...]
We all should keep the roads safe. Being entrusted with that responsibility means we should not engage in reckless behavior, and that includes brake checking our fellow drivers. Brake checking can be dangerous for you and the other drivers on the road. But is that driving maneuver considered illegal in Texas? Could brake checking someone potentially [...]
These days rather than taking a taxi, people enjoy the convenience of using an app to request a rideshare service like Uber or Lyft. Like any other vehicle, accidents happen. Uber has $1 million insurance policy to cover both drivers and passengers. While the company boasts “safety matters” there has been an increasing number of accidents [...]
As summer approaches, we would like to take this time to remind parents and teens of the increased risk of danger associated with drinking and driving, which is the cause of many fatal car accidents in San Antonio each year. In fact, high school and college graduation ceremonies carry with them an increased risk of injury [...]
As you may know, a defect in the ignition of more than 2 million GM cars can cause the car's engine and electrical system to shut down while driving. The defect has been blamed for car accidents in which more than 300 deaths, primarily because front airbags failed to deploy as a result of the electrical [...]
As an injury attorney, I get a lot of phone calls from people who have been in car accidents involving only property damage, meaning that nobody was injured as a result of the accident. While most personal injury lawyers don’t handle property damage only claims, our firm will handle them in certain circumstances, and if we [...]
Few people realize that the tires on their car are one of the most important components of their vehicle. It’s where "the rubber meets the road," so to speak…that it, your tires are the connection between your vehicle and the highway. If not cared for properly, tires could fail. Tire failure is one cause of many [...]
For much of last year, a small group of volunteers spent their time getting high on marijuana and then getting behind the wheel of a car. These volunteers were part of a test conducted by federal scientists aimed at studying the effects of marijuana on a person's ability to drive. The studies also tested the effects [...]
Like most of the nation, in San Antonio and South Texas, the ability to "multi-task" is considered a desirable skill to have, to the extent that mutli-tasking has begun to pervade our culture and mentality. In fact, it’s rare to find anyone behind the wheel of a car in Texas who isn’t multi-tasking in some way, [...]
