If you are in a multi-car accident on a busy highway, calling the police is a no-brainer. They can direct traffic and make sure nobody else slams into you.  But what should you do after a less serious accident? Is it always necessary to call the cops? The answer is yes.  Safety First  Even if […]

It’s been over half a century since Ralph Nader published his groundbreaking book Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile, but we are still living in a world where product defects cause a disturbing number of car accidents each year.  Nader Blows the Whistle  Although he is best known today as […]

The Texas Department of Transportation has released the traffic accident data it collected last year, and it is shocking. 249,241 people were injured in vehicle accidents in Texas in 2018. 14,908 of these injuries were classified as “serious.” A crash occurred every 58 seconds. One person was injured every 2 minutes 7 seconds. Every 2 hours […]

If you admit that you are afraid of flying, and the person you are talking to does not share your fear, you can almost guarantee that they will gleefully try to convince you that you are wrong.  They will, of course, remind you that flying is safer than driving in that condescending way that assumes […]

You slam on the brakes, your tires skid, and you hear that sickening metallic crunch. Seconds later, you hear another crunch and are jolted forward. You are in the middle of a multi-car pile-up.  Houston’s rush-hour traffic is the catalyst of many of these accidents, but it is the drivers involved who are held responsible. […]

Earlier this summer, the City of Houston and the Texas Department of Transportation closed a key Spur 527 connection to Brazos Street just a few miles from our office. A bridge spanning Smith and Holman had deteriorated to the point that it was dangerous for vehicles to drive on it. Officials were also concerned that […]