Transgender individuals have long faced issues when it comes to being accepted and recognized for their gender identity. From discrimination and social stigmatization to legal hurdles and lack of access to healthcare, the transgender community has been fighting an uphill bat ...

Spinal cord injuries have an extreme range when it comes to symptoms and severity. Rehabilitation and assistive devices allow many people with less severe spinal cord injuries to lead productive, independent lives. Treatments include drugs to reduce symptoms and surgery to s ...

Due to the tight margins that many truck drivers and their carriers operate on, there’s a lot of pressure to keep a vehicle on the road as much as possible. This can result in neglect of the truck’s maintenance needs. If that neglect leads to mechanical failure while on ...

Once the winter weather gives way to a milder spring, especially in the Northeast and Midwest, more people take to the roadways on their motorcycles. Oftentimes, these places are heavily populated, like the New York metropolitan area where approximately 25 million people liv ...

The term “phantom vehicle” may sound odd when talking about real-life accidents, but it’s a common term in the insurance industry. A phantom vehicle is an unidentifiable vehicle that played a role in an accident. If there’s a hit-and-run accident with no witnesses an ...

The trucking industry is an enormous enterprise. Close to 70% of all goods delivered to market are transported by tractor trailers, making it a powerful political entity.  Lobbying efforts focus on changes that benefit truckers, namely longer hours, larger cargo limits, ...

Since the pandemic, I’ve noticed that traffic lawlessness is on the rise. There just seems to be a general disregard for the rules of the road. Statistics show that 2020 had more traffic fatalities than any year in the past decade. This issue is made worse by overwhelmed l ...