The Pottenger Law Firm – Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Serving Kansas City, MO Summer is here, and with the sun shining and temperatures rising, motorcycle enthusiasts are hitting the road across Kansas City and throughout Missouri. While biking can be an exhilarating way to travel, it’s also incredibly risky. According to the National Safety Council, nearly [...]
In the United States, approximately 2.5 million people are involved in car accendents each year. Of those, 1.6 million involve the use of a cellphone. That’s 64% of all traffic accidents in the US. Driving an automobile while distracted by your cellphone is inherently dangerous, and if you cause an accident while using a cellphone [...]
April is nationally recognized as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in order to remind drivers that doing other tasks while behind the wheel can be extremely dangerous to everyone. According to officials with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the most dangerous distraction when a person is behind the wheel is texting, because it takes away [...]
A recent car accident claimed the life of a nationally-acclaimed BMX cyclist. Kyle Bennett, a 33-year-old professional BMX cyclist was killed in a single-vehicle car accident in Conroe, Texas on Sunday morning. Bennett was driving at a high rate of speed in order to assist his fiance after she claimed that her car was broken [...]
