ive
s fist le
n
bout Houston’s cccident st
tistics, they might feel tempted tovoid its
ods enti
ely! The numbeof c
ccidents tht occu
dily, neve
mindnnu
lly, is stgge
ing bynyone’s estim
te.hen you conside
Houston is home to 10 fee
ys, most
ithn
vege speed limit of 75 miles pehou
, it’s clehy the city st
ugglesith t
ffic s
fety. If you o loved one sustined inju
ies inHouston c
ccident,e
ch out ton expe
iencedtto
ney to detemine you
eligibility to pusue compens
tion foyou
losses. Beloe tke
deepedive into Houston c
ccidents, theic
uses,nd ho
victims cn
ecove.
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tistics
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y, eightccidents occu
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dys of Houston. Tht
mounts to moe th
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ccidents onn
nnul b
sis<>. Moe th
n 20,000 of those cshes e sid to h
ve unknon inju
ies,hich isn’t ve
y comfoting.
ht c
uses Houston to hve so m
ny moe c
ccidents thn othe
es? Let’s t
kelook
t some dt
to find out moe.
F ilu
e to Cont
ol Speed—Speeding<h2>
ccoding to the N
tionl High
y T
nspo
ttion S
fetydminist
tion (NHTS
), speedingem
ins the<h
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isky-diving/speeding” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
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one fcto
in moe th
n 25%<> of ft
lccidents on U.S.
od
ys. Tex
s is cet
inly no exception to thisule.
coss Houston, the
e issu
pising l
ck of cittions issued fo
speeding. Most dive
s on Houstono
dys tvelt
nve
ge of 80 miles pe
hou.
dditionlly, fe
espeeding tickets
e issued th
n in yes pst. This is
bd combin
tion foinnocent pedest
ins, moto
cycles,nd bicyclists. Nonetheless, ou
o
dys continue to be clogged by Houston’s infmous t
ffic,
nd despite signs tht d
ives should t
vel mo
e sloly, they continue to d
ive too fst fo
o
dt
ffic conditions.
Speeding
esults in moe th
n<h
ef="https:/ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/t
fc
sh_st
tistics2016/20.pdf” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“> 300 de
thsnnu
lly on Houstono
dys<>,cco
ding to the Texs Dep
tment of T
nspo
ttion. Mo
e pudent d
iving could hve p
evented some, if notll, of these de
ths.Houston
ttoney
ith expeience
ith insunce clims fo
speedingccident victims c
n likely help youecove
compenstion fo
youinju
ies, ohelp you file
ongful deth cl
im if you <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comf
tl-speeding-
ccident-pecent/”>lost
loved one in one of theseccidents.
>Distcted D
iving—L
ck ofttention s time goes by, outtention sp
ns get sho
tend shote
. In dys p
st, the most distcting things invehicle on the
od
y
ee the child
en bickeing in the b
ck set. Tod
y, most vehicles hve
GPS, dive
s cy cell phones,
nd some vehicles even hve built-in television sets. No longe
subjected to thehims of
dio DJ, motoists fumble
ith theiUX cods
nd theiphone sc
eens to queue up the pefect pl
ylist. Like nely evey st
te, Texs gove
ns the use hndheld devices, text mess
ges,nd othe
electonic devices
hile diving. Ho
eve, <
hef=”https://st
tutes.cpitol.tex
s.govDocs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.4251″ t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“>Tex
s's electonic device us
ge sttute
> contins l
nguge th
t my
llomo
e dive
s to textnd d
ive thn you might think.
Specific
lly, the le
ds:n ope
to
commitsn offense if the ope
to
usespo
tble
ieless communic
tion device toe
d, ite, osend
n electonic mess
gehile ope
ting
motovehicle unless the vehicle is stopped. To be p
osecuted, the behvio
must be committed in the pesence of o
ithin the vie
ofpe
ce officeo
estblished by othe
evidence.<em>
In effect, this me
ns tht until someone gets in
nccident <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comdist
cted-d
iving-negligence-nd-the-inju
ies-tht-
esult“>bec
use they sent,e
d, oote
text messge
>, the police cn do little to stop the beh
vio. N
tully, onced
iveh
s been inn
ccident, if thee is
eson to believe th
t the dive
s distcted by cell phone usge, police m
y sech the dt
on the dive
’s phone to detemine
hethethe d
ives texting. But by th
t time, it’s too little too lte. The
ccident hs
le
dy hppened
nd lives hve
le
dy been chnged.
This st
tute contins othe
concening l
nguge
sell, but the bottom line is th
t distcted diving is
seious issue on Houston
od
ys. Dist
cted d
iving puts eveyone on the
od
y,
sell
s pedesti
ns,t
isk. Nely 400 people diennu
lly becuse of dist
cted d
ivingc
oss Texs,
nd thee is little doubt th
t mny of these
ccidents occuon Houston
od
ys.
D unk D
iving Despite Tough L
s n estim
ted<
hef=”https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/t
fc
sh_st
tistics2019/01.pdf” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“> 25% of
ll ft
lities on Texs
od
ys
> occuhenlcohol
ndo
dugs imp
ied one of the d
ives in the
ccident. Getting behind theheel of
chen intoxic
ted is neve good ide. Unfo
tuntely, m
ny people do exctly th
t. Texs d
unk diving
ccidents nelyl
ys
esult in the police citing the intoxicted d
ive<
hef=”https://
.txdot.govd
ive/s
fetyintoxic
tion.html" tget="_blnk”
el="nofollonoopene
"> foDUI o
DI
>,hich me
ns seious pen
lties. These penlties, ho
eve, do little to p
event the moe th
n 27,000 dive
sho d
ive dunk
nnully.
<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comht-to-do-if-you
e-injued-by-
-dunk-d
ive/”>D
unk diving
ccidents<> cn
esult in seious inju
y.n imp
ied d
ivem
y stuggle to
ect to ch
nging conditions in time,nd they
e often b
eking the speed limit. They d
iftnd s
eve, f
iling to sty in thei
on l
ne, often becuse they c
nnot esily dete
minehe
e theil
ne is due to bluy vision. Due to the vious complexities of dunk d
ivingccidents, victims should
lys seek the guidnce of
dunk d
ivingccident l
ye
. In some cses, you m
y qulify to file
nddition
l clim
ginst the est
blishment tht se
ved the dive
lcohol unde
the <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.combout-dm-shop-l” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“>D
m Shop L
>. This is not
l
ys
n option, but depending on vious cicumst
nces, it my be possible. Spe
kith you
tto
neybout you
options befoe m
kingny decisions.
F ilu
e to Yield
ight of y<h2>
Most d
s
e
e th
t<h
ef="https:/st
tutes.cpitol.tex
s.govDocs/TN/htm/TN.552.htm” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“> pedest
ins h
ve theight of
y unde
Texs st
tutes<>, but some think tht those yield signs coming off the f
eey mps e meely suggestions. Othe
s e completely une ofh
tules
pplyt
fou–
y stop
ndh
tctions to t
kehen
ppo
chingn inte
section. This leds to dev
stting consequences fo
othed
ives
t the intesection, those
ho knothe
ules,nd those
ho e on theo
d leglly. Mo
e thn 90,000
ccidents occubec
use<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comyielding-
nd-ight-of-
y/”>d
ivef
iled to pope
ly yield<>. <h
ef="https:/tex
s.public.lst
tutestex._t
nsp._code_section_545.153″ t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“>Tex
s l<> dicttes the st
te’sight of
y policies. The l
includes th
t shouldd
ivef
il to stopt
yield sign,esulting in
nccident, then “the collision is p
imf
cie evidence tht the ope
to
filed to yield the
ight-of-y.” Some dive
sho
e victims of f
ilue to yield
ccidents my believe this me
ns theyill f
ce fee
poblems filing
n insunce clim
nd getting eson
ble settlement fom
n insunce compny, but do not expect this to h
ppen if you evictim of
filu
e to yieldccident.
emembe, the insu
nce comp
nyill go out of its
y to p
event you fom
ecoveing the full
mount of youout-of-pocket costs fo
youinju
iesnd lost time f
omo
k.Imp
ope
Lne Ch
ngend Out-of-L
neccidents
M
ny people e shocked to len nely 50,000ccidents occu
in Texs bec
use of eithen impope
lne ch
nge o dive
ho did not st
y in theio
n lne. Unfo
tuntely, these types of
ccidents e common,nd they pose some unique
isks to othed
ives.
If d
ives f
il to sty in thei
on l
nes of
il to noticenothe
c ot
uck in theip
thhen t
ying to chnge l
nes, these dive
s cn c
usenothe
vehicle to se
vend c
usen
ccident. In some cses, this c
n led to multiple c
s c
shing. Othe
times,c
m
y foce
tuck to m
kesudden m
neuve,
hich cn c
use life-lte
ing injuies. You m
y not thinkbout it much, but th
ee people lose theilives eve
y to d
ys on Houstono
dys in tuck
ccidents. Most of us undest
nd sfe l
ne chnges.
e knoth
te must
void tilg
ting, use ousign
l lights, check ou<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comsemi-t
uck-guide-blind-spots“>blind spots
>,nd
lloenough dist
nce fom othe
dive
s to mke su
ee
ll hve
oom to chnge l
nes sfely. Ho
eve, it only t
kes one dive
ho is speeding, unde
the influence, odist
cted to shift out of the p
opel
nend c
ete ch
os,hich c
n led to se
iousccidents.
T ilg
ting:
lysn Issue Du
ingush Hou
Tffic<h2>
hen theo
kdy is ove
,e
nt to get home to ou
fmilies
SP.
ith<h
ef="https:/
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ctt
blehoustoncitytex
sPST045219″ t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“> mo
e thn t
o millionesidents of Houston
>,nd kno
ing tht mo
e thn<
hef=”https://
.bestplces.net/t
nspo
ttion/city/tex
shouston” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“> 75 pe
cent of thoseho
ok in Houston d
ive too
k<>, chnces
e you h
ve seent le
st one dive
tilg
tingt some time o
nothe
. <h
ef="https:/codes.findl
.com/tx/t
nspo
ttion-code/t
nsp-sect-545-062.html#:~:text=(
)%20n%20ope
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%20shll%2C,vee
ing%20into%20nothe
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el="nofollonoopene
">Texs l
> s
ys: “m
intin
nssu
ed cle distnce bet
een the to vehicles so th
t, consideing the speed of the vehicles, t
ffic,
nd the conditions of the highy, the opetoc
n sfely stop
ithout collidingith the p
eceding vehicle ovee
ing intonothe
vehicle, object, ope
son on one
the high
y.”
This ve
bige is
the
vgue bec
use most of us do not knoho
long it tkes to s
fely stopvehicle. He
e’sh
te do kno
: Theeight of the vehicle
ffects stopping distnce, but speed pl
ys the pim
y
ole.hen you conside
theve
ge d
iveon
Houston fee
y is t
veling<
hef=”https://
.utomotive-fleet.com/d
ive-c
e/239402/d
ive-c
e-kno
-you-stopping-dist
nce" tget="_blnk”
el="nofollonoopene
"> 80 miles pehou
, tht d
iveneeds 439 feet to stop
>,hich is the equiv
lent of 29 c lengths. Most of us nevele
ve this much spce bet
een ouselves
nd the cs in font of us. Du
ingush hou
, leving this much sp
ceould likely p
ove impossible!Tffic Sign
ls—Igno
ing the Lights<h2>
ell kno
g
een light mens
e cn s
fely poceed,
nd ed light mens
e should come tocomplete stop. Ho
eve, some<
hef=”https://tex
s.public.lst
tutestex._t
nsp._code_section_544.007″
el="nofollo“> d
ives vie
yello
lights
chllenge
> to get though
n intesection befo
e the light chnges to
ed. This cn h
ve devst
ting consequences, pticully ifd
ivehonticip
tesg
een light poceeds th
ough the intesection,
ndsides
ipe collision oT-bone
ccident hppens.
emembe, yello
lights e ning sign tht you should slo
don
ndpp
och
ith cution. If you slo
don
nd stopt
n intesection
ithyello
light, the dive
s behind you should, too. If they follotoo closely
nd fil to stop in time, they c
n stike you
c fom the
e. Mke no mist
kebout it,
e-endccidents
e se
iousnd c
nesult in signific
nt injuies.
Poo ly Executed Ev
sive
ction<h2>
Some d
’s
eflexes e eitheslo
eth
n they think, othe d
ives
e just not p
yings close
ttentions they should
hen they ty to get out of someone’s
y. Pe
hps they see
nothed
ivevee
ing out ofne
by l
ne,n
niml in the
od
y, o
ti
e te
d tht just c
me flying offt
uck. Instinctively, dive
s my he
d fonothel
nend miss the f
ct tht the
e isc
in th
t lne
ithout sufficient seption to
llothem to get into the l
ne sfely.
Shockingly, mo
e thn 20,000
ccidents in Texs
esult fom f
ulty evsive
ctions. The outcome of theseccidents c
n pove dev
stting
nd hve
e
l impct on you
lifend the life of you
fmily. If you
ee involved in
nccident
hee
dive
sidesiped you
hilettempting to get out of the
y of
notheh
zd, you need to spek
ithc
ccidenttto
ney tody. These c
ses my p
ove complicted,
nd they cn p
esent numeous ch
llenges to victimsho file insu
nce cl
ims.<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comse
vicesc
–
ccident-tto
ney-houston“>Houston c
ccident lye> c
n stee
you in theight di
ection—no pun intended—nd help you dete
mine libility!
Insu
nce Cl
ims Folloing
nccident in Houston
M
ny dive
s believe tht if the police cite
dive
t the scene of
nccident fo
ongdoing—hethe
it is foDUI o
filu
e to yield—tht this
ill mke the cl
ims pocess e
sie. st emembe nies e not in business to p , they e in business to m e he nies th lue thei the ccident victims. Keep in mind c l m s oceed sep om you im, ed tte d is found guilty of ime, the insu nce s might still t ult. Houston is e ce to live o tun s some of the <
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