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T-Bone Car Accident Lawyer in Houston

Houston T-Bone Accident Lawyer

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utho

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t kind of sto

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ll-too-common. T-bone c

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ll t

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T-Bone c

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T-bone

ccident is most often

t

o-vehicle c

sh. The f

ont of one vehicle collides

ith the side of

nothe

. The

esult is

t

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t

esembles the lette

T.

Most T-bone c

shes occu

t inte

sections,

nd

esult f

om one of the t

o vehicles F

ILING TO YIELD THE

IGHT-OF-Y to the othe

. This usu

lly constitutes

viol

tion of the

ules of the

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  • ong>

    hen the t

    ffic cont

    ol light fo

    you

    tvel l

    ne is

    ed<

    st

    ong>, you must come to

    stop so th

    t vehicles in othe

    di

    ection

    l t

    vel l

    nes c

    n p

    oceed th

    ough the inte

    section.<

    li>

  • ong>

    hen the

    e is

    stop sign ong>, you must come to

    complete stop to yield the

    ight-of-y to othe

    d

    ive

    s

    ho e p

    oceeding th

    ough the inte

    section. You m

    y only

    et

    ke the

    ight-of-

    y

    hen you h

    ve ensu

    ed th

    t the

    e is

    sufficient g

    p in tffic to tu

    n onto the inte

    secting

    o

    d o

    to go th

    ough the inte

    section. In the c

    se of

    4-

    y stop,

    hen othe

    c

    s h

    ve yielded the

    ight-of-

    y to you then you m

    y p

    oceed.

  • ong>

    hen you

    e pulling out of

    d

    ive

    y o

    p

    king lot onto the

    o

    d

    y ong>, you must yield the

    ight-of-

    y to vehicles

    ho m

    y be in the t

    vel l

    ne th

    t you

    e pulling onto. You m

    y only p

    oceed

    hen the

    e is sufficient sp

    ce to s

    fely do so.

  • ong>

    hen you

    e tu

    ning left on

    g

    een light<

    st

    ong>, you m

    y only complete you

    tu

    n

    hen you h

    ve

    g

    een

    o

    light g

    nting you the

    ight-of-y, ohen the

    e is

    sufficient

    mount of sp

    ce in the tffic flo

    fo

    you to s

    fely c

    oss ove

    oncoming t

    vel l

    nes to complete you

    tu

    n.<

    li>

  • ong>

    t inte

    sections th

    t do not h

    ve

    t

    ffic cont

    ol device such

    s

    stop sign o

    t

    ffic light ong>, if you c

    nnot see vehicles in o

    tveling to

    d the inte

    section due to

    n obst

    ucted vie

    c

    used by

    nothe

    vehicle on object such

    s sh

    ubbe

    y o

    fences, you must it until the vehicle obst

    ucting you

    vie

    h

    s moved o

    slo

    ly e

    se fo

    d until you c

    n see p

    st the object th

    t is obst

    ucting you

    vie

    .

  • ong>

    hen the

    e is

    n eme

    gency vehicle

    ith its fl

    shing lights o

    si

    en on<

    st

    ong>, you e

    equi

    ed to

    llo

    the vehicle to p

    oceed th

    ough the inte

    section even if you h

    ve the g

    een light.

In most c

ses, the pe

son

ho f

ils to yield the

ight of y

t

n inte

section is the one

ho is

t-f

ult fo

the t-bone

ccident. But th

t isn’t

lys the c

se, no

is th

t pe

son the only pty

ho might h

ve leg

l li

bility fo

c

using the

ccident.

Fo

ex

mple:

  • ong>If the d

    ive

    ’s bkes f

    il ong>, c

    using his vehicle to blo

    th

    ough

    ed light o

    stop sign, then the comp

    ny th

    t m

    nuf

    ctu

    ed his bkes could h

    ve leg

    l li

    bility fo

    c

    using the

    ccident.<

    li>

  • ong>If the inte

    section is missing

    stop sign o

    h

    s

    m

    lfunctioning stop light<

    st

    ong>, then the gove

    nment

    gency

    esponsible fo

    m

    int

    ining those s

    fety fe

    tu

    es could h

    ve li

    bility fo

    the

    ccident.

  • ong>If the vehicle ente

    ed the inte

    section

    g

    inst ed light bec

    use it

    s pushed by

    c behind it in e-end collision<

    st

    ong>, then the d

    ive

    of the c th

    t c

    used the

    e

    -end

    ccident could h

    ve li

    bility fo

    c

    using the t-bone

    ccident, too.

See

h

t I me

n? The

e is often mo

e th

n one p

ty “

t f

ult” fo

T-bone

ccident. Sometimes th

t p

ty is

pe

son o

entity th

t

sn’t even p

esent

t the

ccident itself, but

ho M

DE

B

D DECISION th

t led to people getting hu

t in the T-bone collision. C

ccident victims hi

e expe

ienced

tto

neys to find

ll of those pties

ho h

ve potenti

l leg

l li

bility.

C

uses of T-Bone

ccidents

Still, the V

ST M

JO

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ccidents e c

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IVE

EO

. Some of the d

ive

beh

vio

s th

t c

n le

d to eo

s

esulting in T-bone

ccidents include:

  • ong>

    ed light

    unning<

    st

    ong>.

    nyone

    ho

    uns

    ed lights is

    men

    ce to themselves

    nd othe

    s.

    dec

    de’s

    o

    th of d

    t

    n

    lyzed

    eve

    led fe

    e

    ed light

    unne

    s

    t lights

    he

    e one <

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    d inst

    lled

    ed light c

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    eve

    led th

    t the inte

    sections

    he

    e the c

    me

    s h

    d been inst

    lled h

    d 21 pe

    cent fe

    e

    c

    shes th

    n

    h

    t s expected

    ithout them.

    hile tffic cshes inc

    e

    sed ovell th

    oughout the city, those inc

    e

    ses

    e

    e signific

    ntly sm

    lle

    in 76 pe

    cent of the inte

    sections

    ith c

    mes. Ho

    eve

    , in 2019,<

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    s b

    nned the use of

    ed light c

    mes<>,

    ith opponents to the c

    mes st

    ting th

    t the use of them dep

    ives d

    ive

    s of thei

    due p

    ocess

    ights. Los

    ngeles discontinued the use of

    ed light c

    me

    s in 2011.

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    ive

    distction<

    st

    ong><>. D

    ive

    s f

    ce mo

    e distctions on the

    o

    d th

    n EVE

    befo

    e, especi

    lly f

    om texting

    nd soci

    l medi

    . NEVE

    TEXT

    ND D

    IVE! Dist

    ctions, ho

    eve

    ,

    e defined

    s

    nything th

    t d

    s the d

    ive

    ’s eyes f

    om the

    o

    d, h

    nds f

    om the

    heel, o

    ttention f

    om the t

    sk of d

    iving. So, in

    ddition to texting o

    sc

    olling soci

    l medi

    , common d

    nge

    ous dist

    ctions th

    t le

    d to

    ccidents include e

    ting o

    d

    inking; t

    lking

    ith othe

    p

    ssenge

    s;

    djusting vehicle cont

    ols; o

    d

    yd

    e

    ming.<

    li>

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    t

    l-speeding-

    ccident-pe

    cent/”> ong>Speeding<

    st

    ong><>. D

    iving TOO F

    ST not only

    educes the time

    d

    ive

    h

    s to pe

    ceive

    nd

    e

    ct to

    h

    z

    d on the

    o

    d

    y, it

    lso inc

    e

    ses the time th

    t

    d

    ive

    needs to come to

    s

    fe stop. Speeding

    lso p

    events othe

    d

    ive

    s f

    om

    ccu

    tely judging

    hen it is s

    fe to c

    oss oncoming tffic.<

    li>

  • ong>Misjudging the g

    p ong>.

    hen m

    king

    left tu

    n on

    non-

    o

    g

    een light o

    m

    king

    U-tu

    n, you e

    equi

    ed to judge

    hethe

    you h

    ve enough of

    g

    p in t

    ffic to s

    fely p

    ss ove

    oncoming tvel l

    nes. M

    ny d

    ive

    s f

    il to p

    ope

    ly judge the g

    p, inc

    e

    sing thei

    potenti

    l of expe

    iencing

    side-imp

    ct

    ccident.<

    li>

  • ong>Visu

    l pe

    ception<

    st

    ong>.

    t the scene of T-bone

    ccidents,

    commonly he

    d ph

    se is: “I didn’t see the othe

    c coming!” M

    ny f

    ilu

    e-to-yield

    ccidents occu

    not bec

    use the d

    ive

    didn’t stop

    t the stop sign, but bec

    use he o

    she did not do

    good enough job of spotting c

    ossing vehicles. M

    ny d

    ive

    s,

    hen in

    huy,

    ill complete

    olling stop” in

    hich they me

    ely slo

    fo

    the stop sign but f

    il to come to

    complete stop. This is

    d

    nge

    ous

    ct th

    t is

    g

    inst the l in most st

    tes

    s d

    ive

    s

    ely h

    ve time to sufficiently sc

    n the inte

    section

    nd ensu

    e th

    t it is cle

    befo

    e p

    oceeding into it.

  • ong>Imp

    i

    ment f

    om

    lcohol, d

    ugs, o

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    “>f

    tigue<><

    st

    ong>. Intoxic

    ting subst

    nces

    nd ext

    eme d

    o

    siness M

    KE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPE

    TE

    VEHICLE S

    FELY. They blu

    nd disto

    t vision, spuisky d

    iving beh

    vio

    s, imp

    i

    good judgment,

    nd limit the moto

    skills necess

    y to m

    int

    in

    s

    fe speed

    nd to bke effectively.

    lcohol imp

    i

    ment

    s suspected in

    ecent Los

    ngeles T-bone csh in

    hich

    c st

    uck

    n SUV

    t

    No

    th Hills inte

    section,<

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    ive

    of the SUV >

    nd inju

    ing th

    ee othe

    people. The

    t-f

    ult d

    ive

    fled the scene of the

    ccident on foot, le

    ving he

    vehicle behind.

    utho

    ities st

    ted th

    t the

    e

    e

    e empty bee

    c

    ns loc

    ted in

    nd ound he

    vehicle.

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ccidents

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T-bone

ccidents e EXT

EMELY d

nge

ous. They f

equently

esult in de

th o

seve

e inju

y to the occup

nts of the vehicle st

uck on its side. Th

t is bec

use, in spite of imp

oved vehicle design

imed to

educe side-imp

ct inju

ies, the doo

p

nels of most p

ssenge

cs, t

ucks,

nd SUV l

ck sufficient st

uctu

e to

bso

b the ene

gy of

T-bone collision.

Inste

d, they e p

one to coll

psing in

d

nd tnsmitting the fo

ce of the collision into the HELPLESS OCCUP

NT sitting closest to the point of imp

ct. Inju

ies c

n be especi

lly seve

e

hen the

e is

lge size disc

ep

ncy bet

een the vehicles involved in the collision. Fo

ex

mple, the d

m

ge to

comp

ct c

st

uck on its side by

t

cto

tile

t

uck

ill tend to be g

e

te

th

n the d

m

ge c

used by

p

ssenge

c

t

veling

t the s

me speed. It’s just physics.

Othe

f

cto

s th

t inc

e

se the seve

ity of inju

ies in

T-bone csh include the speed

t

hich the vehicle m

king f

ont

l imp

ct is tveling

t the time of imp

ct. Speed inc

e

ses the

mount of ene

gy involved in

c

sh,

esulting in mo

e seve

e d

m

ge.

voiding

Side-Imp

ct Collision

THE

E IS NO Y TO P

OTECT YOU

SELF COMPLETELY

G

INST

T-BONE COLLISION. But, you c

n

educe you

isk by follo

ing the tips belo

..

  • ong>

    l

    ys come to

    complete stop

    t stop signs

    nd

    ed lights ong>. Neve

    p

    oceed into the inte

    section until you’

    e completely su

    e th

    t it is cle.<

    li>

  • ong>Do not

    ssume th

    t

    nothe

    d

    ive

    is going to yield the

    ight-of-

    y even

    hen he o

    she is leg

    lly

    equi

    ed to<

    st

    ong>. C

    ution should

    lys be exe

    cised

    hen tveling th

    ough

    n inte

    section bec

    use d

    ive

    s don’t

    l

    ys follo

    the l. Be p

    ep

    ed to

    it fo

    the inte

    section to cle

    , even

    hen you h

    ve

    g

    een light.

  • If you’
    e tu

    ning left

    nd you’

    e unsu

    e

    s to

    hethe

    you h

    ve enough time to s

    fely c

    oss oncoming tvel l

    nes, ong>it is best to eithe

    IT fo

    the g

    een

    o

    ong> o

    IT fo

    the tffic to cle inste

    d of

    isking misjudging the g

    p.

  • ong>It is often pe

    missible to tu

    n

    ight

    t ed light if no signs st

    te th

    t you c

    n’t ong>. Ho

    eve

    , you still h

    ve to yield the

    ight-of-y to d

    ive

    s

    ho t

    vel st

    ight th

    ough the inte

    section in the l

    ne of tvel th

    t you’

    e

    ttempting to ente

    .<

    li>

  • ong>

    void dist

    ctions ong>, pticully in inte

    sections. Inte

    sections e, by design,

    ctive pl

    ces. The

    e

    e often vehicles d

    iving th

    ough o

    tu

    ning on to

    ll fou

    di

    ections of tvel. D

    iving

    hile distcted m

    y c

    use you to miss ed light o

    to miss the signs th

    t someone else is

    bout to f

    il to yield the

    ight-of-

    y.

  • ong>Eme

    gency vehicles

    ith fl

    shing lights o

    si

    ens eng

    ged

    l

    ys get the

    ight-of-y

    t inte

    sections<

    st

    ong>. If you see the lights o

    he

    the sound of

    si

    en

    pp

    o

    ching, do not ente

    the inte

    section, even if the g

    een light is you

    s.<

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C

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C

n Help

If you’ve suffe

ed inju

ies

s the

esult of

T-bone

ccident, you m

y be eligible to be compens

ted fo

ccident-

el

ted medic

l expenses, lost ges due to being too inju

ed f

om

o

k o

missing

o

k to

ttend doctoppointments, othe

out-of-pocket expenses

esulting f

om the

ccident,

s

ell

s h

m to you

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nd h

ppiness. If you lost

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