Updated Car Seat Guidelines May Save Lives, Reduce Child Accident Injuries Newly supported research by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is impacting changes in U.S. child car seat guidelines. The updated guidelines recommend rear-facing car seats for children until they reach the height or weight limit for the seat, likely beyond a toddler’s second birthday, and leaving... read more
School Year Driving Reminders for Your Teen Back to school congested roads mixed with excited yet inexperienced, distracted, lack of seat belt using operators who have riskier driving habits like speeding, school zones are naturally the home of a driving disaster waiting to happen for many of Kentucky’s teens. In fact, the number of young drivers... read more
What Drivers Should Know Before They Tow Earlier this summer, two motorcyclists died after colliding head-on into a utility trailer that came loose from a truck on U.S. 150 in Mount Vernon. The trailer went into the eastbound lane, where the motorcycles were also traveling. While towing accidents aren’t always the riskiest roadway hazard for... read more
6 Medical Care Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Car Accident Case If you’ve been seriously hurt in any type of motor vehicle accident, you will need the support of the appropriate medical team to help you gain a successful recovery from the injuries sustained. You may also need the help of a car accident attorney... read more
Parents of Young Athletes Should Know Risk of Personal Injury If your child is headed to a summer sports camp or beginning practice for school year athletics, they could be become one of the five million athletes under the age of 19 who are injured in sports-related accidents each year. According to the Centers for... read more
5 Ways to Reduce the Chance of Injuring a Cyclist This Summer From the Trans-America Trail to the many new paths and city bike lanes popping up throughout Western Kentucky communities, most drivers will share the road with cyclists this summer. And when they do, transportation experts say many will be traveling too close despite... read more
Teen Driver’s Fatal Mistakes Caused Prom Night Crash Two passengers were hurt, and another teen passenger was killed when a 17-year-old driver was operating a 2013 Tesla at speeds faster than 100 mph on Milkin Road in Liberty Township and then lost control and drove into a telephone pole. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office recently released documents... read more
Your Accident Free Guide to Safe Spring Travel The spring season is here, and we are all so pleased to welcome the bloodroot, spring beauty, and Virginia bluebell wildflowers to bloom. Something else pops up this time of year too though: increased traffic and more car and truck wrecks due to wet roads, construction zones,... read more
5 Social Security Disability Questions You Need Answers To More than 11 percent of Kentuckians receive some form of Social Security disability payment, making Kentucky the second highest state in dispersing the funds. If you have a disability and find that you are no longer able to support yourself and your family, nothing should stand in the way of... read more
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month Each year an estimated 1.5 million Americans sustain a TBI and the 230,000 people who survive will face long-lasting, life-changing effects. In Kentucky, approximately 30,000 brain injuries occur each year and thousands experience the onset struggle of long-term disability following a brain injury. The needs of these victims and their families... read more
