Springfield Injury Law Blog : Springfield Injury Lawyer & Attorney : Jason Krebs Law Firm : Branson, Tri-Lakes, Missouri: car accident, personal injury, food poisoning, medical malpractice, wrongful death

 1. Seek medical attention as soon as possible. 

2.  Get as many photographs of the accident scene and vehicles or objects involved in the accident as you can.  If you fell, get pictures of what you believe made you fall. YOU CAN NOT TAKE TOO MANY PHOTOS.  Make sure you have them "developed"or printed and safely stored on disk.  Do not leave them solely on your computer.  Now is not the time to save costs.

3.  Keep all medical records and bills that you receive.

4.  Keep a running list of all health care providers see.

5.  Immediately make a police report in case of any motor vehicle, motorcycle or bicycle accident.   Get  a copy of the police report.

6.  Keep a careful list of witnesses' names and contact information.  Get the name of the manager of the premises for any premises or slip and fall injury.

7.  Keep a list of all expenses or costs including lost wages you believe attributable to the accident.

Save your  prescription drug bottles and any casts, hardware, pins, braces, screws.  Save damaged personal property like clothing, eyeglasses, bicycles.  Anything damaged in the accident

Don't speak to anyone without the advice of an attorney.

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 I came across an article on CNN about a Twitter site for calling out bad driving.  It does say at the end that they should pull over.  I doubt that advice will be taken.  

Just what we need on the streets, roads and highways people twittering or tweeting to complain about the driving habits of people probably on the cell phone or texting wile driving.

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There is currently a bill before the Missouri state Senate that would prohibit drivers from reading or writing text message while operating a moving motor vehicle. The bill does not affect the use of a wireless telephone as a telephone by the driver. However, the bill preempts the field of regulating the use of all wireless communication devices in motor vehicles. In other words, in the future, no municipality could regulate the use of a wireless phone by the driver of a vehicle. 

Click here for the full text of the bill.

I have previously written about this issue

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Below is a article from the News-Leader.  I am not sure that I agree with the traffic division.  I think an argument could be made that the reason there were fewer accidents is the increase in gas prices over the summer meant that fewer cars were on the road.  That may also account for the increase in motorcycle fatalities.  I wish the city of Springfield would have shown a monthly breakdown of the car crashes.

Springfield had the lowest number of traffic crashes in nearly 10 years in 2008, but fatalities nearly doubled, according to the city's Traffic Engineering Division.

There were 7,486 reported traffic crashes in the city of Springfield in 2008, the lowest total since 1997.

But there were 17 fatalities in 2008, compared to nine in 2007.

The 2008 fatality total is in line with yearly averages during the past six years.

Nine of the fatalities involved motorcycle crashes, the report noted.

Traffic crashes decreased by 4.6 percent and property damage-only crashes decreased by 4.9 percent compared to 2007.

The crash reduction represents a savings of more than $20 million, based on the cost per crash calculated by the National Safety Council.

The traffic division attributes the reduction in crashes to better driving along with improvements in engineering, enforcement and education.

If you or someone you love has been involved in a car crash or motorcycle accident in the Springfield, Branson, Lebanon, Southwest Missouri area, contact The Krebs Law Firm LLC for a free consultation regarding your injury claims.

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