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Under NAFTA, Mexican big rigs are supposed to be allowed entry into the U.S., but Congressional representatives have "thrown up repeated roadblocks," as Jason Lange and Adriana Barrera report for Reuters. Presumably, among opponents' reasons to keep Mexican big rigs...
This recent motorcycle accident in Texas, in which the rider suffered fatal injuries after getting struck by a pickup truck towing a horse trailer, exemplifies the danger of motorcycle riding. Of that danger, the victim's brother-in-law, Jose Lopez, said, "We know the...
Now this comes after the Texas legislature voted to pass what would have been the state's first law against texting while driving, 124 to 16, as Pamela Kripke reports for the Huffington Post. But Texas Gov. Rick Perry - who many consider to be a possible GOP...
19-year-old Haifa Abubaker was crossing the street with her bicycle when the driver of a cement truck, who apparently did not see her, ran her over. He also did not realize that he had hit her in the first place, because he dragged Abubaker roughly 40 feet, as Shelton...
Abel Villalobos, who 10 years ago was involved in a car crash and was left paralyzed, has learned to make music again after doctors initially gave him a weak prognosis. Villalobos's career was quite promising; a "respected musician," as Ramon Renteria reports for the...
Operation Road Check went into effect on June 7 and lasted for 72 hours. It would be nice to see something like Operation Road Check more often; officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety went in search of big rigs that were in violation of commercial...
A police officer ran a stop sign while typing on his in-dash computer keyboard, hitting motorcyclist Louis Olivier, now 75 years old, leading to roughly half a million in medical bills, as PoliceOne reports. Olivier has had four skin grafts since the motorcycle...
A tractor-trailer rear-ended a driver's F-150, causing the pickup truck to flip and eject the driver, who may not have been wearing a seat belt, according to police, as Eva Ruth Moravec reports for San Antonio Express-News. The tractor-trailer accident occurred this...
Car wrecks are the leading cause of death for teenagers, as Vianna Davila reports for the Houston Chronicle. In fact, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has nicknamed summer the "100 deadliest days." Here, Davila reports the following "top factors" that lead to car...
Leaving the scene of an accident is always a bad idea. Now, as Shannon Wolfson reports for Austin News, the friends of a woman killed by a negligent driver are using Facebook to find "clues" in the hit and run accident. "Justice for Courtney Paige Griffin" is the name...
