In 2013, I was hired to represent a young person who was catastrophically injured in a school bus rollover accident. Since then, I have been troubled by the lack of bus safety regulations. The recent bus crash near Laredo, Texas caused me to research the current safety regulations that apply to buses. I was disappointed to find out that new safety regulations are taking too long
The last couple of years have featured record numbers of vehicle recalls for a variety of reasons, many of them potentially dangerous and possibly deadly. A few years back, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) took some heat for being a bit too lenient on car makers when it came to safety recalls and they responded by streamlining the
Based on the laws and regulations on the books, it is illegal for any car dealer to sell recalled vehicles that have not been properly repaired. This sounds like a great law, one that should keep people safe by preventing them from buying cars that are dangerous for them to drive. However, everyone should be aware that the law only
Most of us who drive on Texas roads do so in a car that we hope will take us safely from one place to another. Most of us try to drive safely to avoid accidents and we make sure everyone in the car uses seat belts, to avoid disaster. Two parts on our cars that we rely on greatly for
One of the best defenses against serious injury in a car accident is properly functioning seatbelts; as far as safety experts and agencies are concerned, seatbelts are the undisputed king of safety devices, because in a crash, inertia will cause the occupants of the vehicle to keep moving forward at the speed the vehicle was traveling, unless something is there to stop
