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When a Teen Driver Causes a Crash, Can the Parents Be Held Responsible?
Louisiana law can make parents pay for a wreck their minor child causes, even when they did nothing wrong, but that responsibility has limits and is separate from what insurance pays.
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Understanding School Bus Safety and Responsibility in Louisiana
The school bus is the safest way to school; the risk is outside it. What Louisiana drivers, parents and students should know about the danger zone and the stop law.
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School Bus Safety in Texas: What the Law Requires
Texas drivers must stop for a school bus with its signals on, from either direction. When they may go, what passing costs and the rules for phones near schools.
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Labor Day Weekend Is Here. Get Home.
Labor Day is Monday, September 7. Here are the numbers on drunk driving over the holiday, when the risk peaks, and a handful of plain habits that get everyone home, from six offices across Louisiana.
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Fireworks Injury: Is the Maker or Host Liable?
A fireworks injury can fall on the maker or seller of a defective device, on the host or property owner whose negligence caused it, or on both, with the injured person's own fault reducing what they collect. Here is how Louisiana and Texas law decide who pays.
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Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in America in 2023
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5,283 U.S. workers died from work-related injuries in 2023, roughly one death every 99 minutes. Logging workers had the highest fatal injury rate at 98.9 deaths per 100,000 workers. The overall fatal work injury rate was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, down from 3.7 in 2022, though risk varies sharply by occupation.
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Truck Accident Statistics: Key Facts and Trends in the United States
This page compiles U.S. truck-accident data: over 14 million large trucks share the roads, weighing 20 to 30 times more than passenger vehicles, and 89% of those killed in large-truck collisions are not in the truck. It reports 184,058 truck crashes in 2023, notes more crashes on weekdays than weekends, and tracks fatality and injury trends across recent years.
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Daylight Savings Time & Car Accidents
This post examines the link between Daylight Saving Time and car accidents. It explains that the spring time change correlates with an increase in traffic fatality risk, largely because losing an hour of sleep contributes to drowsy driving. It also notes that disrupted circadian rhythms can impair focus and concentration, and offers safety tips such as getting adequate sleep and taking breaks or switching drivers when tired.
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How the Cold Affects Your Car
Six ways cold weather affects a car, from tire pressure and fuel lines to batteries, belts, and road salt, and what to do about each one.
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Why Oilfield Work Is More Dangerous in 2021
Rapid growth in oil and gas extraction has come with more on-the-job accidents, injuries, and fatalities. This page cites CDC data showing the industry doubled its workforce between 2003 and 2013, notes OSHA's count of 489 worker deaths from 2013 to 2017, and lists the most common fatal incidents: vehicle crashes, struck-by or caught-between events, explosions and fires, falls, and confined spaces. It also flags pressure on injured workers to use company-paid clinics.
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The Ultimate Car Maintenance Checklist for Road Trips
A pre-trip maintenance checklist for a long drive: fluids, tires, lights, filters, belts and hoses, battery, and brakes.
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