Being in a car accident can cause thousands of dollars in medical bills and vehicle damages, on top of losses such as lost income and pain and suffering. Georgia is a fault-based insurance state, meaning you should not have to pay these costs out of pocket if someone else negligently caused the collision. You have…
A Comprehensive Review of the Facts and Information on Prevention Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States. While getting a driver’s license and riding with friends is a rite of passage for most teens, riding in a passenger vehicle with a teenage driver (whether as the driver…
Many people involved in motor vehicle accidents assume the only possible defendant is the other driver. In single-vehicle collisions and some multivehicle accidents, however, it is not another driver that bears fault for the accident but the city for a defective roadway. Road defects can make rural and urban streets unreasonably dangerous for drivers and…
A Move Over Law is a traffic rule that requires drivers to move over or slow down to accommodate stopped authorized emergency vehicles, such as ambulances and police cars. It serves to improve the safety of emergency roadside workers, as well as utility workers and motorists. Georgia passed a Move Over Law in an effort…
In Georgia, not only is it wrong to leave the scene of a car accident but it is also illegal. Being in a car accident is stress enough but having the at-fault driver just drive off without exchanging information, or at the very least making sure you’re all right, is not only infuriating but very…
