The State of Virginia recently threatened the maker of its transportation system’s guardrails that it would ban and remove the existing product due to concerns over safety if additional testing did not occur. The notification came after the contractor, Trinity Industries, a Dallas-based company, redesigned the guardrails without informing the state and then failed to […]
Car Accidents
Safe driving campaigns have been in action for years – “Drive Sober or Get Pulled over,” and “Click It or Tick It” are a few of the catchy marketing names used to draw attention to the importance of safe driving. Now a new program, known as “U Drive, U Text, U Pay,” uses common texting […]
http://www.nhtsa.gov/Research/Crash+Avoidance
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811875.pdf
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811856.pdf
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811851.pdf
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811870.pdf
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812006.pdf
§ 8.01-419.1. Motor vehicle value. Whenever in any case not otherwise specifically provided for the value of an automobile is in issue, either civilly or criminally, the tabulated retail values set forth in the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) “yellow” or “black” books or any vehicle valuation service regularly used and recognized in the automobile […]
The first step to getting the most from your auto insurance is to choose your insurance company wisely. Barbara S. Williams offers tips and hints for choosing the right company, and what common “gotchas” to look out for in insurance contracts. Be sure to educate yourself before signing on the dotted line, and show the […]