Winter in Maine often brings snowy weather and icy roads. While treacherous winter conditions are dangerous for everyone, winter weather driving can be especially dangerous for teens who may not have the experience to handle adverse road conditions. Teens may also be at greater risk of accidents in the winter…
Driving through Maine’s winter season increases your accident risks. It’s dangerous out there with all of the snow and ice. It’s especially important to talk with our younger drivers about these risks. And don’t forget to take your own advice parents!Our Maine personal injury lawyers understand that drivers age 16…
The holiday season is a time when kids are very excited to receive presents from friends and family members. Many of those presents are toys. Unfortunately, with an influx of new products coming into your home during the holiday season, there is always a risk that some of those toys…
If the risks of getting into a car accident aren’t enough to keep you off of your cell phone while driving, you might want to check your wallet. According to FOX Business, insurance companies are going to soon start collecting from cell-phone using drivers.Our Bangor injury lawyers have recently blogged…
On the 4th of November, residents throughout the U. . will be able to enjoy an extra hour of sleep. It’s all a part of Daylight Savings Time. When it ends, we turn our clocks from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., and claim that extra sleep time. But early dark…
Newscasters are predicting the scariest of ghost and goblins for this year’s Halloween. They’re also predicting some serious dangers for pedestrian and trip and fall accidents, too. We can make a change to prove them wrong though. In past years, Halloween has been the number one most dangerous night for…
In a recent accident, an 84-year-old woman found herself and her vehicle sitting in Maine’s Portland Harbor. According to the New York Daily News, the woman lost control of her vehicle, slammed through two fences and landed in the water. Luckily, there was a group of brave bystanders nearby.”It looked…
The number of work accidents is down. Is this because work places are safer or because we had less people on the job during the release of the most recent stats?sAccording to CNN Money and the most recent release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were close to 5,000…
The leaf peepers are among us! Portland personal injury lawyers know this last deluge of tourist traffic before winter can be particularly dangerous for a number of reasons. As it gets dark earlier, accident risks increase. That is also true of the deteriorating weather conditions. Of course we all know…
Road Rage!sIt’s a serious problem on our streets and it’s overlooked by many. According to a recent study of over 500 drivers, about 90 percent of them reported that they had either seen acts of road rage or were actually the victim of a road rage incident at least once…