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Accident Terms and Definitions

 

 

Pedestrian Manifestations
Those items of evidence deposited at the collision scene by the pedestrian during or following impact.

Collision
Pays for damage to your car caused by physical contact with another vehicle or with another object, such as a tree, boulder, guardrail, structure, or person.

Failure to yield the right of way
Can be when you proceed forward while disregarding right of way signs or signals for other cars. You may not be the car that is sopossed to go forward.

Advanced Frontal Airbags
Advanced frontal air bags are designed to meet the needs of the occupant in a variety of specific crash situations. Depending on design, advanced frontal air bag systems automatically determine if and with what level of power the driver frontal air bag and the passenger frontal air bag will inflate.

Velocity
Speed and direction; used to describe a mode of functioning which is efficient and tightly aligned with conscious intention.

Reaction Time
The motorist who is not alert cannot cope with a sudden emergency as quickly as is necessary. An overly relaxed driver requires more time to react to an emergency than does an alert one.

Excessive speed & Speeding
Speeding is defined as travelling faster than the posted speed limit, or travelling too fast for the road conditions even at speeds under the posted limit.

Tort
An injury or wrong committed, with or without force, to the person or property of another, which gives rise to a claim for damages.

Affidavit
A written or printed declaration or statement under oath Affirm - The assertion of an appellate court that the judgment of the lower court is correct and should stand.

Using cell phone
Some state have banned types of cell phone use while driving. This can be very dangerous and my be a cause of an accident.

 

Contact our Tulsa Accident Lawyers if you have ever experienced a personal injury and think others are at fault for the accident.

 
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NHTSA study- Related Factors for Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes
Failure to keep in Proper Lane or Running off Road,Driving too fast for conditions or in excess of posted limit,Failure to Yield Right of Way,Inattentive (Talking, Eating, etc.),Failure to Obey traffic signs,signals, or officer & more.

 


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News about Accidents in Tulsa and nationwide:

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Accident Terms

 
 


Today's Terms

Misdemeanor

Definition:
Criminal offenses less than felonies; generally those punishable by fine or imprisonment of less than 90 days in a local facility.

Omnibus hearing

Definition:
A pretrial hearing normally scheduled at the same time the trial date is established. Purpose of the hearing is to ensure each party receives (or "discovers") vital information concerning the case held by the other.

Choice no fault

Definition:
In some state a hybrid no fault system known as " choice no fault " exists. In these states, you may choose to be insured under a strict no-fault plan, in which case you're unable to sue an at fault driver and also can't be sued if you're at fault.

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Accident Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Accidents:

  • Head Injury
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Neck Injury
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Severed Limb

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  • Ardmore
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  • Claremore
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  • El Reno
  • Enid
  • Guthrie
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  • Mustang
  • Norman
  • Oklahoma City
  • Okmulgee
  • Owasso
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  • Sand Springs
  • Sapulpa
  • Shawnee
  • Stillwater
  • Tahlequah
  • Tulsa
  • Yukon


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