Auto Safety

If you’ve ever been on a long road trip and suddenly realize a few miles have passed by with you barely noticing, you’ve experienced highway hypnosis. This phenomenon, also known as automatic driving, is a contributing factor to a number of distracted driving accidents; however, it’s not discussed as often as issues like texting and driving or paying more attention to the controls inside the vehicle than what’s going on outside.

Highway hypnosis is an avoidable form of distracted driving, but only if drivers recognize the signs and know what steps to take to stay focused on the road ahead.

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Many people drive through parking lots properly and follow the rules. But some people choose to drive recklessly through parking lots because they think the rules of the road don’t apply. Although the rules of parking lots are not the exact same as regular roads, there are still rules to follow and ignoring those rules can cause serious accidents and injuries.

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Before you take a trip through the Palmetto State, you should know South Carolina was ranked the second-worst state to drive in 2019 based on accidents, speeding tickets, DUIs, citations, and fatalities. Because of that, you might want some advice for driving through South Carolina for the first time so you can avoid sections of highway or other areas that are more challenging to drive through than others.

Even though the scenery in our state is beautiful and distracting and you’re allowed to drive barefoot, you still need to drive carefully and as safely as possible. Even if you do drive carefully, sometimes accidents still happen. If another driver’s negligence or reckless actions caused your auto wreck, a car accident lawyer from Solomon Law Group can help you.

Keep reading to learn some tips about how to drive through South Carolina for the first time.

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Car accidents can be complicated. Not only do you have to focus on healing from your physical and emotional injuries, but you also might have car damage, missed work, and other stress-inducing issues to handle. But when your accident was out-of-state, you could have yet another headache to deal with.

That’s where a car accident lawyer from Solomon Law Group in Columbia comes in. Our experienced attorneys can guide you through the process of filing an out-of-state car accident claim since it can be complicated and confusing. Let’s take a look at what you should do after a car accident so that you are prepared to take action.

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After a car accident, you might experience neck pain as a result of whiplash, which is when the head is whipped quickly from one side to the other after an impact. Since there’s damage to the soft tissue of the neck in this back and forth motion, is it possible that the brain is also injured in this motion since it is soft tissue as well?

To put it simply, the answer is yes. Some people who get whiplash from collisions report pain, whether immediate or delayed, in their heads as well as their necks, which could mean they have experienced a brain injury caused by the whipping motion. This makes sense, since the head rests atop the neck, which is the body part that gets moved violently when whiplash occurs.

Let’s take a look at some of the brain injuries that can happen from whiplash.

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Written by: Reginald C. Hair

Physical injuries are the most apparent after a car wreck. However, did you know that it is possible to sustain psychological and mental injuries after a car wreck, as well? Therapy is a treatment option that is available to victims that find it difficult to process the trauma that comes along with a car wreck, sustaining injuries, attending medical appointments, missing time from work, and being unable to do things that were once routine tasks.

A therapist can be a great resource if you are unable to overcome what you are going through. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, it is normal that during the healing process, you may begin to notice signs of increased stress such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, anguish, fearfulness, issues with sleep, reoccurring nightmares about the crash, and more. These emotions, if not addressed properly, can have long-term effects that may never go away. [Read more…] about Dealing with Mental Trauma After a Car Wreck