Car Crash Kills “Jackass” Star

A fiery crash in the early morning hours of Monday, death took Ryan Dunn, the star of the bizarre and popular “Jackass” movies. Another yet to be identified person was also killed with the actor in the deadly inferno of car metal and gas. The police say it occurred near 3am in the Township of West Goshen in Pennsylvania, on New Street and route 322.

The car flew into the woods off the road and plunged into flames that encompassed the Porsche owned by Dunn. There had been some socializing not long before the crash at the Barnaby’s of America bar where he had been drinking and police estimate that the car he was driving when he left the bar was moving at over 100 miles an hour on a 55 mile an hour area.

Film critic Roger Ebert has now tweeted about friends not allowing friends to drive after… Read the rest

What auto insurers do not want you to know about accidents

When you file your insurance claim, the wheels of the insurance industry machine start turning based on studies, business analysis, and strategies on how to increase profits.  The insurance adjuster’s job is to figure out how to save the insurance company money, not to see that your claim serves your best interests.  For that reason, claimants are typically offered lowball settlement proposals and adjusters try to persuade them to settle and not use a Atlanta accident attorneys.

Lawyers settle most accident cases outside of court by negotiating settlements with insurance companies.  The average accident victim may not recognize that an offer is unfairly low, has no experience estimating damages, and lacks knowledge on how juries award accident victims.

Fighting industry giants

An Anderson Cooper blog post in 2007, titled Insurance companies fight paying billions in claims, explained how Allstate and State Farm, two industry giants, boosted profits through… Read the rest

Top 10 Craziest Road Laws in the World

There are hundreds of road laws across the globe that are often overlooked and therefore forgotten about. From the obvious to the downright ridiculous, it beggars belief as to where these laws stemmed from, and what the crackpot authorities were thinking at the time they penned such rules to abide by.

Alabama

The deep south of America is famous for many things – BBQ sauce, segregation during the last century and hillbillies, but they’re just the stereotypes. In truth, Alabama has some very interesting road laws. First off, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded. Topping that, however, has to be the fact that it is legal to drive down the wrong way of a one way road if you have a lantern attached to the front of your car.

California

Another U.S. state, and another insane law that could do with a bit of a 21st century… Read the rest

Three Reasons State Minimum Car Insurance Isn’t Enough

Lawmakers in several states are beginning to look into the minimum state requirements for car insurance. Most of the current rates were set in the 1980s or 1990s, and they are quickly becoming outdated. The minimum coverage does very little to cover the real costs of repairing or replacing a car after an accident. The goal of requiring minimum car insurance is so that the driver responsible for the accident will be able to finance the repairs of the other driver’s car. Today, both drivers are having to chip in their own money to make up the difference between the insurance and the real costs of repairs and medical bills in many situations.

Current Rates Largely Ineffective Personal Injury Coverage Falls Far Short

Medical costs are even worse than the property damage costs. Some states do not even require residents to purchase personal injury coverage in order to drive… Read the rest