For first responders and road workers, being stationed on Montana roadways has always held significant risk of an auto accident. Drivers speed past; they are distracted; some are under the influence; and many simply do not account for the safety of those simply trying...
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Red light cameras a “no” in Montana despite auto accident risks
Road safety is a frequent worry in Montana. Among the primary causes of injuries and fatalities in auto accidents are speeding, drivers running red lights and distracted driving. To combat these issues, lawmakers strive to formulate strategies to discourage drivers...
What factors result in truck drivers causing a truck accident?
Large trucks account for many of the vehicles on Montana’s roads each day. These trucks may be traveling to different destinations in the state or they may just be driving through to another location. These trucks may be common, but they also present dangers that...
Broken bones are not always obvious after car crashes
We all know that broken bones are common car accident injuries. After all, when two or more multi-ton vehicles ram into each other, a natural result is the braking of bones for those inside those vehicles. However, there is this pervasive idea that, after Missoula,...
Montana data shows roads getting more dangerous
Statistics from the Montana Department of Transportation paint a grim picture of traffic safety in our state. According to data available on the DOT’s website, there were 1,057 reported accidents in the state in 2020, the most recent year for which a full report was...
Large trucks pose risk to motorists
There were over 5,600 people killed in accidents involving large trucks in 2021. This is the highest number of fatalities in almost four decades, according to preliminary figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As these data indicate, truck...
Who is responsible when autonomous vehicles crash?
For sci-fi fans, the idea of autonomous vehicles has been a dream for decades. But autonomous vehicles are slowly becoming a reality. Even though it may be a few years before fully autonomous vehicles are widespread, driver assistance technologies are quite common...
The school bus/seatbelt conundrum
Numbering in the hundreds of thousands, school buses transport more than 25 million children to and from their respective academic institutions, covering 5.7 billion miles annually. The American School Bus Council reported that that number represents half of the...
Five things you shouldn’t do after a car accident
Time can seem to pass by in a blur when you’ve been involved in a car accident. You may struggle to remember the details of the wreck itself, and you might not clearly remember what was said to you, what you said, or who was present at the scene of the crash....
Winter is coming, and so are winter car accidents
While we still may be in October, that will not stop the skies of the Treasure State from sending snow and ice our way. We all know the dangers created when snow and ice build on the roads and on our cars. Unfortunately, the weather changes do not mean we can stop our...