Public safety authorities across the country are indicating that more must be done to educate the populace about the dangers involved with driving under the influence of drugs. The United States has been moving towards the legalization of marijuana for the past couple of decades, since the 1996 voter initiative which legalized the drug for medical purposes in California. Now, with the legalization of pot in Washington and Colorado, public safety experts hope to avoid a serious rise in drugged driving automobile accidents.

Recent studies indicate that drugged driving may be becoming a true public safety concern. For example, Colombia University recently released a study which says that over the past 10 years there has been a 300% increase in drugged driving fatalities. And the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that high school seniors engage in shocking levels of driving while under the influence of drugs, with over 10% indicating that they had driven under the influence of marijuana.

As the country continues the liberalization of its attitudes towards marijuana, authorities must do a better job of not only educating young people about the dangers of the drug itself, but also the dangers of using marijuana and then operating a motor vehicle.

If you, or someone you know, have been injured in a serious car accident in South Carolina involving a drunk or drugged driver, please contact us today at (864) 280-7660 or contact us online, so we can schedule your free initial consultation and get you on you the financial compensation you deserve.

Modern technology has opened up entirely new fields of investigation into all manner of the human life. One of the most promising scientific areas, with relation to accident law, is biomechanical engineering. Biomechanical engineers study the way the human body responds to various internal and external loads and pressures. The practical application of this study is that these engineers can often use their expertise to reconstruct what happened in an accident.

The human body, like all physical objects, obeys certain rules and laws when interacting with the world around it. In the case of an accident the human body responds to the forces and traumas involved in the accident in certain predictable ways. For example, depending on how a loan is applied to a bone, the bone will fracture in one of a very small set of well-defined ways. Take a look at the following video for more information.

In the case of a trial involving major injuries to a victim, often times the victims’ attorney team will call an expert witnesses, such as biomechanical engineers. If you, or someone you know, have been injured in a serious car accident in South Carolina, resulting in serious injury , please contact us today at (864) 280-7660 or contact us online, so we can schedule your free initial consultation and get you on you the financial compensation you deserve.

Two people were killed and two others were left in critical condition after a train collided with a car this week in Tennessee.

The victims, three of which were basketball players at Roane State Community College, included 22 year-old Roderick Drummond, 22, from Greenville, SC, siblings Darius J. Gallaher, 20 and Jadah Gallaher, 18, and 20 year-old Hunter Crass, 20. According to the preliminary report the car in which the victims were traveling attempted to cross a railroad when it was it by a train. Roderick Drummond and Jadah Gallaher were killed in the accident while Darius J. Gallaher, the driver, and Crass continue to fight for their lives.

The survivors are currently being treated at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Crass’ father says that his son suffered severe injuries including a collapsed lung, but was recently removed from a ventilator and is breathing on his own.

Apparently the driver of the car didn’t see the train as it approached, setting the stage for the accident. The train’s two employees were not harmed in the incident.

If you have been involved in a serious accident in South Carolina, resulting in serious injury , please contact us today at (864) 280-7660 or contact us online, so we can schedule your free initial consultation and get you on your the financial compensation you deserve.