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When most people hear the phrase "traumatic brain injury," or "TBI" they often assume a severe and direct impact to the head accompanied by a loss of consciousness, internal bleeding and an immediate onset of debilitating symptoms. They think of the inability to function and perform basic daily activities.  However, this scenario occurs only in...

Aggressive driving leads to more aggressive driving. Road rage is real. Sometimes we witness it from another lane, and in some cases it gets so out of hand we end up seeing the carnage on the nightly news. "We assume other drivers behave badly on purpose,'' says Dr. Christine Wickens, who studies road rage for the...

You don't have to look very far to find examples of road rage when you're behind the wheel. It could be the aggressive driver who cuts in and out of traffic without signaling. It could be the motorist who tailgates someone they feel is driving too slowly. It could even be the person you see...

Hear that noise? No? Then you could be in big trouble. One of the unique features of electric and hybrid cars is that they are quiet - too quiet, sometimes. When these cars are traveling at low speeds, pedestrians are in danger because they cannot hear the vehicles approaching. After years of delays, the U.S....

Recently, our District Department of Transportation released a report listing the most dangerous intersections in the District of Columbia in 2017. The analysis had an overall ranking, which focused on the severity, frequency, and rate of crashes. Contributing to this were three other sources of data, that compiled for  total number of accidents involving bicycles,...

We now live in the era of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and numerous  forms of social media pathways that have become windows into our daily lives and activities, and in some cases, into our privacy. By the stroke of a keyboard or click of a mouse we expose information about our personal lives, activities, family and...

The latest news about the number of sleep-deprived drivers on our roadways is, well, eye-opening. In a study described as the most in-depth ever on the subject, researchers found the percentage of crashes involving drowsy drivers is almost eight times higher than previously thought, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. A new study...

The start of 2018 brought some sobering statistics; pedestrian fatalities are among the highest this country has ever seen. According to a report released by the Governors Highway Safety Administration (GHSA), just under 6,000 pedestrians lost their lives last year. "We've plateaued at a very bad place," claims the report's author Richard Retting. "This should...

It is hard to deny the benefits of vehicle backup cameras. They allow drivers to see around blind spots and alert them to any impediments near the back of the vehicle. They increase safety for everyone on the road by reducing the risk of avoidable injury. This device, once viewed as a luxury item, is...

Negligent security lawsuits are recognized as valid claims as part of Maryland's premises liability tort law. Under Maryland law, property owners have a duty to ensure that people on their premises are not the victims of "foreseeable" crimes. When a property owner fails to provide adequate protections, and a crime results, he or she may...