Graduated licensing aims to reduce the risk that teens in Boston, Fenway, North End, South End, Allston, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and surrounding areas will become involved in an auto accident after they receive a driver's license. In Massachusetts program has three stages, and parental consent is required for teens under 18...
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Taking A Closer Look at Boston Rear End Collisions
Crash prevention in Boston, Back Bay, Fenway, North End, South End, Allston, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and surrounding areas is important to avoid life-changing injuries and prevent fatalities. Part of crash prevention involves knowing what the most common types of accidents are and knowing the factors that can increase or decrease the...
Read MoreMassachusetts Motorcycle Injuries, Fatalities on the Uptick
While overall motor vehicle accident injuries and deaths have declined over the last several decades, those incurred by motorcyclists have increased. Fluctuations in ridership are attributed to seasonal variations, gas prices and weather. On a larger scale, though, more people are riding than ever before, and a growing percentage of those riders are older. The...
Read MoreWinter Safe Driving Tips for Boston Motorists
Winter can be a dangerous time of year for drivers in Boston, Back Bay, Fenway, North End, South End, Allston, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and surrounding areas. The winter brings with it fog, snow, rain, and icy and wet pavements. A personal injury lawyer knows that these weather conditions can all increase...
Read MoreMassachusetts Liability for Snow and Ice Slip-and-Falls
While it may seem instinctual to "hibernate" during these colder months, property owners in this snowy New England state need to make sure they are aware of the conditions occurring outside their window. In the full swing of the winter season, property owners in Massachusetts are urged to be especially diligent in clearing accumulations of...
Read MoreBoston Drivers Should Resolve to Take Collision Avoidance Seriously in 2015
In Boston, Fenway, Allston, Beacon Hill and surrounding areas, drivers face many challenges on the roads. Forbes reports that once every 17.9 years, a driver will become involved in a motor vehicle accident and need to make a claim with a car insurer as a result. A personal injury lawyer knows that a lot of...
Read MoreStudy: Medication Errors in Massachusetts Continue to Afflict
At 39, Betsy Lehman was a successful health reporter for the Boston Globe. She was also a wife and mother of two. Her loved ones hoped she might one day claim the title "breast cancer survivor." Sadly, she never got that chance. However, it wasn't the cancer that killed her. It was the massive, fourfold...
Read MoreEffective Drunk Driving Prevention Policies Often Unpopular
In the past decade, lawmakers have passed a "significant" number of laws aimed at reducing deaths and illnesses related to alcohol use. According to a recent study conducted by Boston University and researchers from the University of Minnesota, the most effective policies tend to be unpopular. By contrast, the more popular policies tend to be...
Read MoreDriving Safety Views Change Based on Who is Driving
Over the course of 2012, a total of 161 drivers of vehicles were killed in motor vehicle crashes in Massachusetts. According to the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, there were also 48 passengers killed along with 72 pedestrians, 15 bike riders and 51 motorcyclists. The total number of fatalities due to vehicle collisions...
Read MoreTraffic Safety Data Not Providing the Public with an Accurate Picture
According to the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security in Massachusetts, a total of 349 people lost their lives in motor vehicle accidents in Massachusetts in 2012. During this same time period, 4,384 people suffered serious injuries. Although thousands of people are injured or killed in auto accidents each year in Massachusetts and nationwide,...
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