This is the time your teenager has been looking forward to all year – school is out and they have a driver’s license. There might be no greater feeling of freedom than the experience of being a new driver with unlimited time and plenty of places to explore. While your child did have to pass a state-licensing exam in order to be able to legally drive, that doesn’t mean they are automatically a safe driver.
While many people use the warmer weather and extended hours of daylight to pack up the car and hit the road, car accidents are a problem in the summer. Reports from AAA indicate that teenagers are especially at risk for experience a car accident. They note that car accidents increase dramatically in the 100 days following Memorial Day weekend. Even if you aren’t traveling with a teenage driver, it is important to proactively practice driving with extra caution in the summer.
You see it all of the time in cartoons and slapstick comedies, a character is walking down the street and all of the sudden, their feet fly up from under them and they end up flat on their back. While this device is aimed to provoke laughter from the audience, in reality, falldown incidents can result in surprisingly severe injuries. If you have ever been the victim of a falldown or if you’ve seen this happen to someone else, you probably understand how this injury can be so dangerous and unpredictable.
Suddenly, you’re in the situation you’ve always hoped to avoid—another car has collided with yours and you find yourself in the hospital dealing with injuries. You’re missing time from work while you attempt to regain your physical health and the stress of lost wages seems to add emotional duress to your injury. Unfortunately, there’s no shortcut when it comes to recovering from a car crash. Even after the initial impact of the car crash is long gone, the medical bills you’ve incurred are very real and continue to compound.
