Summer is here which means no school and lots of fun for teens, but it also marks the most dangerous time of year for teen drivers.

Serious car accidents can rapidly change an injury victim’s life by causing injuries resulting in permanent mental and physical impairment that may impact a car accident victim’s ability to fully participate in normal life activities and engage in one’s chosen occupation.

While the current economic slowdown has many negative consequences for Atlanta, GA residents, most people do not consider one of those to be a more negative outcome in a car accident.

Teen texting and driving continues to be a serious problem that causes a substantial number of car accidents.

Distracted driving is one of the most significant causes of motor vehicle accidents.

When Atlanta drivers are navigating their way through traffic in the parking lot of the Mall of Georgia or other parking lots, drivers are rarely concerned that they will be involved in a car accident.

Many people sometimes suffer head injuries resulting in potential concussions in motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls and sports accidents.

A car collision can pose a serious detour in one’s life, especially if you suffer a severe bone crush injury or compound fracture that requires the insertion of metal hardware and/or reconstructive surgery.

Some dangerous head injuries suffered in an Atlanta car accident go undetected because the signs and symptoms of serious head injuries do not always appear immediately.

A new study just released by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published in Brain Pathology reveals that a single traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause long-term neurodegeneration like Alzheimer’s disease, even in those who are not of advanced age.

While any driver who climbs behind the wheel while intoxicated places other drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians and even passengers in the intoxicated driver’s own vehicle in danger, there are sometimes cases that are shocking, even for an experienced Atlanta auto accident attorney.

Recently released reports provide an analysis of the most dangerous cities in the United States.

There are tradeoffs that we have to make in life.

Vehicle ejection accidents are the most likely types of vehicle crashes to result in catastrophic injury or to cause a wrongful death.

A woman was struck and killed by a piece of metal protruding from a truck in Clayton County.

Trucking accidents are the most deadly of all motor vehicle accidents.

It is probably no surprise to a lot of drivers that a tractor-trailer truck has many blind spots that impair a truck driver’s ability to see a car when the car is in that “blind spot”.

Punitive damages are awarded in legal cases as a way of punishing the wrongdoer(s) and to try to deter them from engaging in extremely egregious conduct.

Ambulance drivers have a huge responsibility to get people they are transporting to the hospital as fast as possible so that they can receive the medical care that they need.

Police officers in one town in Georgia are being proactive about keeping their roadways safer and reducing the number of auto accidents in their community, and they aren’t just giving out traffic tickets.