There is a reason many large commercial trucks have stickers warning other drivers that the vehicle makes wide right turns. In certain circumstances, passenger vehicles can become trapped in a truck’s turning radius, potentially leading to a collision that can cause severe injuries to the car’s occupants. But who is…

Running along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina and encompassing more than 500,000 acres, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most popular natural attractions in Tennessee. The park offers many miles of trails for biking and hiking, spectacular scenery, and the chance to see some…

Like most states today, Tennessee uses a rule called “comparative fault” or “comparative negligence” when awarding partial compensation to injury victims who were partly at fault for the accident that harmed them. Comparative fault replaced the old rule called “contributory negligence.” Under contributory negligence, a person could not recover any…

For the most part, the preferences of motorsports aficionados are dictated by the area of the country in which they reside. For instance, those who live in the cold weather states may enjoy riding a motorcycle during the spring and summer months, but their real passion is likely snowmobiles. The…

If you feel as though you’ve been seeing more and more pedestrian on your familiar routes to and from home, work, school and the store, this isn’t just your imagination. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of pedestrians has increased by an astounding 24 million…

There’s a good chance that as you’ve traveled the many roads and highways here in Tennessee over the years that you paid little attention to just how many miles of railroad track or railroad crossings you’ve encountered. The truth is that railways have a pronounced presence here in the Volunteer…

Vehicle safety advocacy groups and state lawmakers have worked diligently over the last several decades to help reduce the number of fatal drunk driving accidents in the United States. However, the unfortunate fact remains that the toll from impaired driving is still very high despite these efforts. To illustrate, recent…