Reasons of Auto Accidents

A serious auto accident can be a very traumatic and difficult experience. There are many types of accidents that people experience and are as follows:

Head On Collisions

U.S Census Bureau has stated that head-on collisions are the most dangerous and deadly among all motor vehicle accidents. This type of accidents can cause injuries than can result in life time disability or even death for the victims.

Road Rage

Reckless driving is the one in which someone drives unsafely with conscious disregard for the safety and with full knowledge that this type of driving can cause an accident. A driver can cause a serious accident if he is driving in a threatening and reckless manner out of “road rage”. Road rage can defined as an assault of one vehicle against the driver or passenger(s) of the other motor vehicle. Such behavior can also stem criminal charges.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has defined aggressive driving as a succession of unlawful driving actions including the following:

Speeding

Improper or unnecessary lane changing 
Failing to obey signals 
Improper passing

What to do when you are faced to some aggressive driver:

Get out of his way 
Avoid gestures 
Don’t challenge him 
Avoid eye contact 
Report serious aggressive driving

Texting While Driving

Although we all are aware of the hazard of texting while driving, it has now become one of the hazardous distractions for drivers.

Throughout our country, there are numerous deadly accidents happening due to text messaging while driving.

Stop texting today while you are driving!

Drunk Driving Accidents

Drunk Driving can be really deadly it will be one’s own choice. Everyone is aware of the fact that drunk driving is really risky. But still, there are many people who take the chance to do so. Unfortunately, drunk driving is among the leading causes of accidents that lead to deaths on our roads today. When someone chooses to drive while he is drunk, it means that he has chosen to risk other people’s life around him.

Drunk driving accidents mostly happen when the driver over speeds, drives too slow or makes an improper turn in the heavy traffic in from of him, doesn’t stop at red light or the stop sign, drives on the opposite side of the road etc. In some of the cases, the alcohol supplier may also be found as negligent.

Usually, the victim of drunk driving accident is left with devastating emotional shock as well as unbearable injuries which can be minor scratches or even complete paralysis. These injuries can also lead the victim to death.

Side Impact Collisions

These types of accidents are very common and serious accidents. Approximately 8,500 deaths are counted in result of these accidents.

Side impact collision can be defined as the front of oncoming vehicle hitting the side of your vehicle. This type of collision is also known as “t-boned”. These accidents mostly occur when crossing an intersection and someone fails to obey the stop sign at the traffic signal.

There are several factors that on which the side impact collision depends including the weight and speed of the vehicle that is upcoming to you and the point where it exactly hits your vehicle.

If the vehicle is equipped with the side airbags, then the dangers of side impact collisions could be reduced to some extent. We all should understand the seriousness of riding children under 12 years of age at the front seat. The child can die with the power of airbag deployment regardless of the rigorousness of the impact.

Asleep at the Wheel

Many people fall asleep while driving which has resulted in almost 4 percent of the nationwide deadly crashes and injuring many other people on the road.

It is possible to avoid an accident due to a fatigued driver. If you feel that you are feeling sleepy while driving, then you can stop by a nearest rest house. It may be a bit inconvenient for you but the caution is far better than the consequences.

This case is mostly found in the truck drivers. Fortunately, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has employed the rules that limit the hours of driver to drive a vehicle on the road. According to the FMCSA estimates, new rule will save about 75 lives and it will also prevent as many as 1325 asleep at the wheel dangerous accidents every year.

Rollover Accidents

If your friends or a family member has injured or been killed in a vehicle rollover accident, then the road conditions or vehicle itself may have caused the accident.

In order to prove a road defect or a manufacturing and design error, you require the services of an experienced and efficient personal injury attorney.