Who is responsible when a self-driving car hurts or kills someone? What are the laws that govern this type of crash and what will the future hold as it pertains to laws which may or may not protect consumers that have been hurt or killed by a self-driving car.
A six year old girl was killed in a Jan. 28 school bus crash in Georgia. The girl died in the crash in Houston County, Georgia when the bus was going down hill and the driver tried to make a 90 degree left turn at…
Approximately 16 students were taken to the hospital in Gilmer County, Georgia on Jan 22 when their school bus flipped onto its side in a one-vehicle accident. The sheriff’s office in Gilmer County stated that the accident occurred on Yukon Road after 3 PM. The…
The successful implementation of PTC will be a challenge involving financial issues as well as technology integration.
The idea of talking trains may have originated with Thomas and Friends, but if tracks and trains could communicate, how drastically could safety on America’s railroads improve? It wasn’t until 2008 when the Rail Safety Improvement Act was sanctioned that Positive Train Control (PTC) became…
It takes a skilled team of investigators, experts and railroad crossing attorneys to identify critical information. A railroad company is responsible for assuring that train crossing warning systems are active and in working order.
