The worst care scenario has happened: While driving home from your kids’ baseball practice in Provo, Utah, a car runs through a red light while you’re exiting the freeway. An auto accident ensues — and although no one...
Originating from the same family of mosquitos responsible for West Nile Virus, dengue and yel-low fever, the Zika virus has become a household name. Known for the risks it poses to preg-nant women and unborn fetuses, the Zika...
Many drivers think hands-free devices will keep them safer and prevent an auto accident. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. Talking on the phone and using hands-free devices can be just as dangerous, if not more dangerous, as texting...
You might already be familiar with the bad alternative to texting and driving: voice-to-text and simply talking on the phone. But on the other hand, we also get that sometimes you have to communicate while you’re traveling, whether...
The risks associated with texting and driving are fairly self-explanatory; any time you remove your eyes from the road to read or send a text message, you put yourself, the occupants of your car and other cars on...
What is a wrongful death lawsuit? There seems to be some confusion on the issue — specifically what a wrongful death lawsuit entails. Someone can hire a wrongful death lawyer to file a lawsuit that involves either intentional...
Texting and driving is illegal in 46 different states and three U.S. territories. Law enforcement officials from the East Coast to Farmington, Utah have a difficult time catching repeat offenders. If you do get into an auto accident...
As far as single-vehicle crashes go, rollover crashes are some of the worst. While rollover crashes account for only three percent of serious crashes, rollover crashes account for 33 percent of auto accident fatalities. While larger vehicles such...
While the results of an auto accident caused by texting and driving can emotionally affect the individuals involved, the aftermath of a texting and driving auto accident can also have dramatic financial consequences. Federal Government The National Highway...
Firearm ownership has been quite the hot topic in the news lately, with numerous mass shootings occurring over the last few years. Certainly, there is a need for those who own a gun to know how to properly...
Texting and driving: From Salt Lake City to the West Coast, everyone does it, right? Wrong. Okay, but what about teenagers? Aren’t they more guilty of texting and driving than almost everybody? Wrong again — although teenagers definitely...
The sun’s out and the weather’s getting warmer — it’s almost time to take your family or friends camping. Camping can be a tricky thing if you haven’t done it before, as it requires skill, equipment and a...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 31 percent of U.S. drivers ages 18–64 admit to texting or emailing while driving within the past 30 days. While taking a second to check that email or text...
An auto accident caused by texting and driving results in more than just emotional damage to the individuals involved. Texting and driving can put a huge dent in the wallet of a distracted driver. Costs of traffic fines...
You know the symptoms: Texting and driving. Steering with one hand and a cigarette/soda/hamburger in the other. Snapchatting. These are all examples of distracted driving; however, what if we told you that there was a whole other group...
Riding a bicycle on the streets of Salt Lake City is a bit like being a second-class citizen in the United States. The infrastructure, old and well established, was never built with you in mind. Now accommodations have...
When you think of the phrase “texting and driving,” what comes to mind? Do you envision a car full of teenagers driving at 90 mph down the Salt Lake City freeway, carelessly trading text messages with the group...
The fines for speeding tickets are already incredibly high; however, these fines can double in work or construction zones. Encountering road construction while driving is inevitable, whether you’re leaving a conference in Provo, Utah or headed to an...
