Distracted driving is an epidemic in Tennessee. In 2017, there were 24,786 traffic accidents related to distracted driving. That same year, distracted driving led to the deaths of 723 people. It is prohibited by law to text and drive, or to talk on the phone without a hands-free device. But clearly the law isn’t working. [...]
A 50 year decline in motor vehicle fatalities has reversed course in the last several years due in part to the ever increasing use of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2016, distracted driving crashes resulted in nearly 3,450 fatalities and 391,000 people injured. [...]
Texting while driving is against the law in Tennessee and it has been since 2009, yet Tennesseans along with other Americans on roads and highways throughout the United States do not seem to think that the law applies to them as drivers continue to read and respond to text messages, emails and surf the web [...]
In his freshman year at Stanford, Catalin Voss helped build an app for Google Glass that could recognize emotions. The software use facial recognition software to analyze expressions, and compared those expressions to a database to determine the emotion being expressed. The app was so successful that a Japanese company purchased the creation and is [...]
Car accidents happen all the time. Often, news agencies report that a single vehicle accident is “under investigation” or that the cause of the accident is unknown, though drugs and alcohol were not involved. Generally, if any cause at all is released, it is simply reported as “operator error.” A new report from the National Safety [...]
Earlier this year we wrote about a horrific school bus crash that killed two young children and a teacher’s aide in December of 2014. New information has come to light on the incident after an investigation by the Knox County District Attorney. The details uncovered during the investigation show that this tragedy was entirely preventable. [...]
At the Rocky McElhaney Law Firm, we know the kinds of serious injuries you face if you are in an accident with a distracted driver. The plain truth is that we don’t want you to get hurt, but we’re here for you when you do. RML is committed to reducing distracted driving. Our offices participate [...]
Everyone knows that car accidents can result in any number of short- and long-term injuries. Sudden deceleration can cause whiplash and herniated discs, rapidly deploying airbags can cause serious frictions burns, and even seatbelts can leave welts and bruises. However, not many people know that you can incur injuries from spending too much time in [...]
The American Association for Justice is an association of lawyers that works to promote justice and fairness in the justice system. The AAJ serves as a platform for lawyers to donate time to their communities in an effort to make those communities safer and better informed about important issues. The AAJ has recently started a [...]
Shelby County School Board last year approved a contract with Durham School Services to provide busing for its students through 2015 at a cost of more than $25 million. Durham’s CEO Emeritus, John Elliot, assured the Shelby County School Board that the company is taking steps to implement a three-point safety plan in response to [...]
