Car Accidents

For many teenagers, school’s out for the summer. With a bit of newfound freedom, they may pick up a side gig, take a day-trip to the beach or just drive around with friends. Now is a good time to remind them that the period from Memorial Day to Labor Day…

The COVID-19 quarantine has most of us a bit squirrelly. We’re ready to escape the confines of home and hit the road. If you’re like most of us, you’ve got stuff to do and you’ve been waiting for weeks to get at it. Whether returning to the workplace, running errands,…

As a popular tourist destination, traffic in Surfside Beach can get very heavy, particularly in the summer months. With the crush of vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic, intersections in Surfside Beach become frequent locations for accidents in the community. Several intersections in and around Surfside Beach and Horry County have…

In a perfect world, South Carolina drivers would spend their daily commutes enjoying sunshine and clear skies. However, inclement weather and dangerous conditions cannot always be avoided. In fact, almost a quarter of all vehicle crashes in America are the result of bad weather. Researchers estimate that almost 1,235,000 car…

Driving near a large truck on the highway can be intimidating, and for good reason. More than 15.5 million trucks currently operate on roads in South Carolina across the United States, and more than 2 million of them are tractor-trailers. When a heavy truck collides with a passenger vehicle, cyclist,…

Earlier this year, WBTW-TV reported that nearly 1 in 5 of the people killed in traffic accidents so far this year were pedestrians, and the South Carolina Department of Public Safety said pedestrian deaths had increased 60 percent between 2013 and 2017. The Greenville News reported that pedestrian fatalities in…

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), speeding-related car accidents caused 10,111 fatalities in one recent year – a 4 percent increase from the previous year. Speeding puts all drivers at greater risk of an accident because it increases stopping distances, decreases the amount of time a driver…

The explosion in popularity of rideshare services like Uber and Lyft have raised significant questions about customer safety. Serious injury accidents, assaults, and even abductions and murders have caused many to be concerned about these companies’ commitment to the consumer safety. The rideshare injury attorneys at Jebaily Law Firm want you to…

Getting into an accident in a rental car is not all that different from being in a collision in your own car, except for the issue of insurance coverage. Your first responsibility is to check for injuries, and then to get help for anyone who is injured. Also request that law enforcement comes…

In the aftermath of a car accident, drivers and passengers who have been injured need to seek immediate medical treatment. In the weeks and months that follow, it may also be necessary to seek treatment from a chiropractor to correct any lingering neck, spine, back, or other musculoskeletal issues. Some…