Last month, our blog discussed how preliminary findings by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security revealed that the number of traffic-related deaths in the state stood at 965 in 2015, marking the third-lowest annual total in over 50 years. As encouraging and remarkable as these figures were, it…

If you undergo any sort of operation, there’s a good chance that the stitches used by the surgical staff will be dissolvable, meaning that you won’t have to worry about making a separate appointment to have them removed in a few weeks or months. As revolutionary as this might sound…

In Tennessee alone, hundreds of truck accidents happen every year, leaving victims and their families asking one important question: could it have been prevented? In most cases, the answer is yes, because negligence is oftentimes a factor. From driving while fatigued to talking on a cellphone, failing to maintain a…

Advancements in modern technology have not only changed everything from the phones we carry in our pockets to the vehicles we drive, but also the roads and highways that we drive on a regular basis. Indeed, where there were once towering billboards plastered with single advertisements illuminated by a host…

The National Transportation Safety Board recently published its much-anticipated “Most Wanted List” for 2016, and it’s already generating headlines not just for what it includes but what it omits. Indeed, one of the key features of the 2015 list, “Strengthen Commercial Trucking Safety” was left off the list. This isn’t…

Now that we are a few weeks into 2016, we’ll slowly start to see more agencies at both the state and federal level issuing reports outlining their preliminary findings for 2015 and measuring year-to-year performance. By way of illustration, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced its preliminary…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has long had regulations in place expressly dictating that traditional key-operated vehicles cannot operate in any capacity without the key in the ignition. While this rule obviously makes good sense from a safety perspective, it may surprise people to learn that the NHTSA currently…

The chances of seeing self-driving cars — meaning those that are largely free from human control and completely reliant on a complex system of software and sensors — out on the roads and highways anytime soon probably seem pretty remote to most people. The reality, however, is that these self-driving…