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Texas fairs relatively poorly, all things considered, in terms of the cost of auto insurance. As Jerry Edgerton reports for CBS News, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Michigan are the top three states where car insurance is the most expensive. Texas is number 12 at $1,661 per...
As Mark Collette reports for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom is an economic "shot in the arm" for Texas, but the deteriorating roads are an unfortunate side effect. If you're a driver on any highway or county or farm roads near the Eagle...
On one hand, you've got an old-fashioned oil boom that's bringing with it plenty of prosperity to local communities on or near the Eagle Ford Shale. One man, for instance, is bringing in roughly $10,000 per month charging 17 men $150 each in rent per week. On the...
All too often the news includes a report that a tanker truck or 18-wheeler has crashed on a Texas highway. For example, in late March the driver of a gasoline tanker truck died when his truck rolled over and caught fire after a collision with a car. The occupants of...
According to a study conducted by TRIP, a nonprofit national transportation research group based in Washington, D.C., Texas ranks second out of 20 states for the number of elderly drivers who lose their lives in motor vehicle accidents, from car accidents to truck...
Energy resources are increasingly in demand, so oil and gas drilling, once an activity left to smaller communities in rural areas, is beginning to affect (and has been for some time) more densely populated areas of the U.S. Unfortunately, the associated risks to local...
Last month saw another truck accident related to the oil and gas boom happening right now in South Texas. A massive increase in tanker truck traffic has come along with this oil and gas boom, where truck drivers haul supplies to - and haul fossil fuels away from - the...
"You have two kids all of a sudden in wheelchairs. They've lost their parents. They've been through so much." This is a quote from an uncle to two boys who were paralyzed after a distracted driver swerved into the lane and caused a head-on car wreck in Texas, as...
As Jack Z. Smith reports for the Miami Herald, oil and gas mining operators in Texas, such as those engaged in hydrofracking on the Barnett Shale, must now disclose the types of chemicals they use. The rule was created by the Texas Railroad Commission, and is intended...
Truck driver Marc Simard and his employer Drive Logistics have been sued for wrongful death after a tractor trailer accident involving a dropped mobile phone and a woman (who goes by T.A.R. in the lawsuit) who had stopped and gotten out of her vehicle to help another...
