Key Points of This Article: Michigan’s most problematic intersections are often due to drivers who speed through traffic signals, are distracted, or disregard four-way stop rules. In Sterling Heights, Farmington Hills, Ann Arbor, Southfield, and Bloomfield, intersections, including roundabouts, continue to top the state’s list for most crashes. The Michigan intersection with the highest increase […]
Key Points of This Article: A recent analysis of National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration data found that fatal crashes increase by 29.8% during holidays in Michigan. Nearly 40% of all fatal Michigan car crashes occur on Michigan highways and interstates including, I-96, I-75, and I-94, according to Michigan Traffic Crash Facts. Drivers must be […]
Buying auto insurance in Michigan is never fun. It is not cheap, it’s confusing and the insurance agent on the other end of the phone doesn’t tend to do a good explaining it all. Then there are the questions we always ask ourselves. Am I buying the right kind of auto insurance? Did I get […]
Key Points of This Article: September is Child Passenger Safety Month, and September 20-26 is Child Passenger Safety Week. In the United States, crashes continue to be the No. 1 cause of death for teens. And about 700 children ages 12 years and younger die as occupants in motor vehicle crashes each year, and more than […]
Key Points of This Article: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the summer months have 29% more crash-related deaths than winter months, making it one of the deadliest times of the year to be traveling on roads. Inexperienced RV and motorhome drivers, as well as improper camp and boat tows, can make for an extra hazardous and […]
Key Points of This Article: Due to an increase in suppliers hiring a large number of truck drivers to support a network of delivery systems, such as Amazon, injuries to parcel truck drivers is on the rise in Michigan. Michigan State Police reports from 2019 note lightweight truck drivers have been assaulted, robbed, involved in road […]
Key Points of This Article: Progressive Auto is just one of many large car insurance companies responsible for paying Michigan no-fault benefits, such as medical bills, lost wages, and prescriptions. The group is known to take advantage of no-fault claims and ignore its duty to protect the insured by dropping further coverage as soon as […]
Key Points of This Article: On July 2, 2020, car insurance policyholders will be able to purchase limited and possibly risky coverage under the passage of Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance reform. Under the new law, if you cause an accident, or a family member or friend borrows your car and causes a bad crash, the […]
Key Points of This Article: Grand Rapids Police say a fatal crash involving a 71-year-old man was due to a medical emergency, which caused the elderly driver to cross the centerline. Head-on crashes can occur because the driver is confused, distracted, fatigued, battling a medical condition, intoxicated, or made a bad decision to speed or […]
Key Points in This Article: A car crash that causes a person to hit the steering wheel, be slammed against the dashboard or have a seat belt strain the chest during impact, can cause serious and lasting injuries including, cardiac damage. Cracked or broken ribs, punctured lungs, myocardial (heart) contusions, organ damage and permanent injury […]
