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What to do after a car accident

Things can be chaotic immediately after a crash, but following some basic steps can make filing your claim a little easier. " Car crash  occurs at any time". What to do after a car accident ? - Protect the scene. You can prevent further accidents by setting up flares, or keeping your flashers on. If it is dark and your lights don't work, you should have a flashlight to keep your safe while you wait in your disabled car or by the side of the road. - Call the police. If someone is injured, call 911. Immediately call the police and report the accident and any injuries. - Stay with your vehicle until police arrive. remember, do not admit fault. By Schekinov Alexey Victorovich [ CC BY-SA 3.0  or  GFDL ],  via Wikimedia Commons - Gather information * Exchange information with other involved in the accident including:   - Name, address, phone number   - Driver license number   - Make, model and year of the car ...

Accident prevention - The key research.

I will begin by referring to accident prevention. This is a practical science that uses scientific principles and disciplines to study many accidents where damages (injuries and fatalities) are presented and seeks to prepare those involved in automotive transportation for future events are prevented, or at least reduce their number or their consequences are minor.    Three factors in the prevention of accidents (and even the study and the accidents that occur) is based: The vial factor, the vehicle factor and the human factor. On the human factor building new roads and improving exisstentes they are especially mentioned, considering factors such as: - The widest possible routes - Routes with the fewest possible curves, in order to improve the visibility of drivers. - Well demarcated and facilities for vehicle bypass routes, avoiding unnecessary risks in these maneuvers. - Suitable for bicycle and pedestrian traffic areas. - Zoom highways in urban centers, mini...

The investigation of a traffic accident

Forensic experts are essential in the investigation of accidents. Normally a traffic accident is a complex and difficult to understand event both for people in general, as a lawyer and / or a court. For this it requires a forensic expert for objective evidence about the accident. Scene accident - site for forensic expert The forensic expert has often able to determine as events occur and / or to determine what events did not occur. This information is used by lawyers to determine who is responsible for the accident and carry out the claim. Many forensic experts working for individual insurers, or to lawyers who made claims on the private sector companies. Indeed, in some countries these experts work as civil servants. Forensic experts based their analysis on the information they can gather the accident. This can be: - Reports of the accident. - The statements of witnesses. - Videos of CCTV. - Videos and pictures that could be taken by individuals. - Ph...

Bus Accident

Bus accidents are usually catastrophic events requiring, where possible, the legal counsel for claims generated by the extensive damage, serious injury or death that occur there. If you are one of the many people who have been victims of a bus accident, a good advice is to contact an experienced attorney to provide legal assistance. Bus accident It is that you can dedicate to rest while it heals, leaving the legal part that involves traffic accident in the hands of a good lawyer. This is also good advice if you are a family who has been injured or has died from an accident with a bus. Worldwide, and here in the United States, traffic accidents occur frequently, including accidents where buses are involved. According to statistics, in the United States more than 300 fatal accidents occur during a year. These accidents, although no fatalities include also involve property damage, serious injury costs and possible disabilities. All this has a high frequency in a bus acciden...

Why should we hire a lawyer for a traffic accident claim

You have a lot of stress when you have been in a car accident. Has tasks because of their injuries, how to handle a complaint, the arrangement of your car and several other issues. This is where lawyers can assist in managing demand, reducing stress that this process generates. Anyway, it is important to determine whether to hire a lawyer is a good choice for you. If you are the driver and / or owner of the car you will have an immediate loss due to vehicle damage. The damage can be severe and difficult to fix, or even your vehicle can be considered a total loss. You must know if the vehicle is deemed a total loss. We must recruit and make reparations payments. The question is whether the damages are covered by another insurance company or if your coverage will pay. When the responsibility is yours, it is intended that the payments make their own policy. When responsibility is another driver, seek to make the payments the insurer of...

Based on research - how an accident occurs

A traffic accident is an event that occurs instantaneously. This is what an event evolves and develops in two physical dimensions, ie in space and time. These phases should be valued at the time at which a driver perceives to be presenting an event, because it is an obstacle in its path or presents him a sudden danger; the first thing after a quick assessment of the circumstances, is to decide the maneuver that seems more convenient to circumvent the emergency. To analyze the evolution of the accident, then they raised three (3) phases, namely: 1. STAGE OF PERCEPTION At this stage all those involved in the accident (drivers or pedestrians), perceive a risk (Point of Perception Possible) and likewise the risk is understood as a danger (Point of Perception Real). This moment of perception vary from those involved, because it can be influenced by special sensitivity motivated by, or practice reflections, producing a rapid response to stimulation, without an accurat...