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…
There’s a lot of road work going on in the area during this time of year. Officials with the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) are taking advantage of the clear weather and are getting to work on making our streets safer and more efficient for our motorists.Our Bangor car accident…
Some media reports have indicated that steadily rising gas prices and an overall economy that continues to flounder will stall Labor Day travel plans in Maine and across the country. Not so, says the American Auto Association. Bangor car accident lawyers understand that the reality is, travel is going to…
It was only a handful of months ago that a school bus collided with a tractor-trailer in Farmington, sending more than a dozen middle school students to the hospital with cuts and bruises. Our Bangor personal injury lawyers know that as frightening as it was for those children, it could…
Over the last 10 years, the number of pedestrian deaths across the country has been decreasing ever so slightly, according to The Washington Post. But the increase in 2010 shows that pedestrian accidents remain a stubborn constant, even as the overall number of traffic fatalities has continued to decrease.In 2010,…