Category: Motor Vehicle Accidents

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pedestrians are among the most vulnerable on American roadways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that an estimated 76,000 pedestrians were seriously injured in auto accidents in 2012, and approximately 5,000 lost their lives. Within the next 24 hours, approximately 450 pedestrians will be treated in hospital emergency rooms in the United States for auto accident related injuries, and in the next hour, one person will die. Unfortunately, that number keeps going up, and the State of Nevada is not immune.

Sharing the road with tractor trailers can leave Nevada drivers facing a significant risk of accidents. These massive vehicles dramatically outweigh passenger vehicles, and they are less responsive to driver input in emergency situations. Many of these issues are compounded when tractor trailers are overloaded, as any Las Vegas truck accident attorney would agree.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that they will be adding automatic braking to their 5-star safety ratings. This is a move that will have a far reaching impact that will reduce injuries and save many lives over the coming years.