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Texas Dram Shop Laws a Factor Into Fatal Houston DUI
About 9 days before Christmas, a Texas teen allegedly downed as many as a dozen alcoholic drinks before he slipped in behind the wheel of his truck, where he proceeded to cause a wrong-way DUI crash that took the life of a young mother. Underage and Overserved Back on Dec. 16, 19-year-old driver Erick Hernandez swerved…
What’s Happened to Our Roads In the Last Century? Not Enough
Sunday, November 18 marked the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The purpose of this day is to be a reminder of the human tragedies that lie behind all of the horrible data related to traffic crashes. According to auto historians, the first few years when people started taking to the streets…
TxDOT Identifies the Worst Spots for San Antonio Crashes
On November 7 of this year, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) commemorated an anniversary everyone in Texas should want to relive. You see, that marked the 18th anniversary of the last day in the state of Texas without a road fatality. Here is their Tweet: Since Nov. 7, 2000, at least one person…
The Most Dangerous Spots for Traffic in Bexar County
We all have dealt with traffic in San Antonio and throughout Texas, and we all know that the number of accidents is too high. Well, according to new data from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), if you think there are a lot of car crashes, you’re right. There were more than 50,000 crashes…
Honda Issues Two Recalls, Including an Additional Takata Airbag Recall
As part of the ongoing problems with faulty and extremely dangerous Takata airbags, on Monday, the Honda Motor Company issued a voluntary recall of an additional 1.4 million vehicles to fix those faulty safety features. In a recall that has now gone on for more than four years now and targeted more than 50…
Are Truck Drivers Getting Adequate Training?
According to the Federal Highway Administration, in 2014, the last full year data is available, 31 million trucks carried 10.5 billion tons of freight more than 279 billion miles overall, nationwide. That is a lot of driving and that is a lot of road sharing with passenger cars. This is very true in Texas,…
Study: The Most Dangerous Places for Pedestrians in Texas
Pedestrian safety is a priority driver safety issue in Texas – where non-motorist fatalities have steadily increased every year since 2012. PAGE CONTENTS: What Are The Most Dangerous Places for Pedestrians in Texas? San Antonio Austin Houston Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Brownsville Laredo Why is This Important? Pedestrian Safety Tips At the Hill Law Firm, we…
What to Do If You’re in a Ride Share Accident
Ride-sharing services are exploding in popularity throughout Texas. Earlier this year, the Texas legislature passed and Governor Greg About signed a law that creates a new set of statewide regulations for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft, which the state now calls, “Transportation Network Companies, or TNCs. The purpose of the new law was…
San Antonio Sinkhole
San Antonio Sinkhole Claims Life of Sheriff’s Deputy In San Antonio, a massive sinkhole opened up late Sunday and claimed the life of a 69-year-old part-time Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy named Dora Linda Nishihara. According to reports, Deputy Nishihara was driving down a San Antonio road Sunday night when the San Antonio sinkhole opened…
Texas 5-Vehicle Accident
18-Wheeler Triggers Texas 5-Vehicle Accident A terrible crash involving five vehicles Monday morning near Sweetwater left two teenagers dead and their families in mourning. In addition, four others were injured. The teens who were killed were actually on their way to a mission to help Louisiana flood victims. According to the Texas Department of…