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Traffic trends can be difficult to analyze. Increases or decreases may be a one-time anomaly, or they can be part of a larger trend. Changes may be attributable to many different causes or a combination of causes. But the sad reality remains that San Antonio sees many fatalities every year as the result of serious...

Some areas of town simply have more car accidents than others. The risk of being injured in a car accident can be increased when drivers frequent intersections known for high accident rates. While it is not always possible to avoid these areas entirely, drivers should be aware of them and exercise particular caution when driving...

Distracted driving accidents get a lot of coverage in the media these days. Likewise, drunk driving gets plenty of attention; it seems as though not a day goes by that a DWI does not make the news. Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies in Texas are cracking down on both. But neither qualifies as the worst...

As anyone living in Space City will tell you, Houston has always had a problem with heavy traffic. Moreover, after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas at the end of August last year, it devastated many of our homes and roadways. Even now, months later, the effects are still felt on the roads. The traffic is so...

New data is out that highlights the ways traffic safety has improved, and ways it has grown worse, in the counties surrounding Houston. The annual State of Safety Report, issued by the Houston-Galveston Area Council, breaks down the crash data available into regional sets by county and twelve accident types. Total accidents, serious injuries, and...

If you have recently purchased a 2017 or 2018 vehicle, a new in-dash app called Marketplace may have already caught your attention. Perhaps you’ve used the app to order a cup of coffee from Starbucks or take-out from TGI Fridays. Additionally, these new vehicles will be equipped with WiFi hotspots. For some drivers, built-in apps...

Navistar has recently recalled almost 900 school and commercial buses in their RE series. In these recalled vehicles, the drop hose on the air brakes might not be positioned correctly, which could prevent the brakes from working entirely. Continuing to drive a bus with a faulty brake line could have devastating consequences, should the brakes...

Attorney Lance Walters, of Tracey & Fox, reached a $100,000 settlement this week with an insurance company on behalf of the family of a pedestrian killed in north Harris County. The 29-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck by a pickup truck. The victim’s survivors include his wife and three children. Walters worked to achieve a settlement...

The Houston-Galveston Area Council Metropolitan Planning Organization has released their 2017 State of Safety report, an analysis of data on car crashes from 2012-2016. The H-GAC report breaks down crashes into a number of categories, with five being identified by the council and the State of Texas as being areas of focus going forward. These...