As tech giant Google continues to test its self-driving vehicles on various states' highways, the final hurdles to complete safety and vehicle autonomy are coming under the microscope. Most regulators consider autonomous vehicles to be the next evolutionary step in...
Month: October 2012
City of Columbus to pay $1.25 million for pothole car accident
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 25, 2012 | Car Accidents
The City of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay an accident victim $1.25 million to compensate him for the injuries he sustained because of poor road conditions. The victim's lawsuit alleged that large potholes that the city failed to repair were a major contributing...
New technology promises fewer truck accidents
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 23, 2012 | Truck Accidents
Ohio drivers can readily see the benefits to improved safety technology on our roads. From backup cameras on our SUVs to cutting edge emergency brake systems, safer cars mean fewer accidents on Ohio highways. However, it's not only families on their way to soccer...
Enhanced focus on young motorists during Teen Driver Safety Week
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 18, 2012 | Car Accidents
Ohio adult drivers are every bit as aware as are their peers nationally that the teen motorists amidst them constitute a somewhat special driving group.Young drivers are immediately distinguished by certain things. Foremost and obviously, they are comparatively...
Ohio drivers, peers nationally: Note fake air bag concerns
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 16, 2012 | Car Accidents
Drivers in Ohio and across the country might want to rack their brain to recall whether they have had new air bags replaced in the past few years. According to warnings issued by federal safety officials, those air bags could be counterfeit and subjecting drivers and...
OSU construction zones, projects pose campus safety challenges
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 11, 2012 | Construction Accidents
The Ohio State University campus is always a busy and frenetic place, with thousands of people on the move and engaged in myriad activities within a limited -- though sprawling -- area.That combination of finite space, ongoing construction projects at all times, and...
Should Ohio, drivers nationally be alarmed by car accident report?
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 9, 2012 | Car Accidents
Drivers in Ohio and across the rest of the nation might be interested in the latest NHTSA study that shows projections for fatal car accidents. Estimates are that the traffic fatality rate nationally is headed up, and that's particularly disconcerting because the rate...
A problematic nexus: Returning combat vets and motorcycle accidents
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 4, 2012 | Motorcycle Accidents
Here's something that some psychologists and therapists who work with veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan say should command more attention than it is currently receiving: the driving behavior of many service members back from deployments,...
Recipe for disaster: commercial trucks with faulty GPS directions
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Oct 1, 2012 | Truck Accidents
Continued commercial truck accidents caused by faulty GPS technology have prompted one U.S. Senator to call for the government to step in and demand improved standards for global positioning units, while many industry experts think the task of regulation should be...
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