A recent headline from the Chron reads: "Rodeo traffic will be worse than usual this year." A bold, if ominous, statement. Every spring, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo draws millions of visitors to NRG Park for rodeo competitions, concerts,...
Lights Out: An Entire County in the Dark If you live in or around Atascosa County, you might have found yourself suddenly sitting in the dark recently on March 4th. We usually expect a power outage to be the result of a bad storm or a blown...
On Sunday, March 1, 2026, one of autonomous taxi company Waymo's vehicles was filmed blocking an ambulance in Downtown Austin following the tragic 6th street shooting. The vehicle blocked emergency traffic for 1 to 2 minutes, and law enforcement...
Two of the most catastrophic types are underride and override collisions. Both involve a mismatch in height and mass between a passenger vehicle and a commercial truck or trailer, and both can bypass the passenger vehicle’s crash-protection...
Negligence per se is a doctrine Texas courts use in certain personal injury cases when a defendant violates a safety statute. Instead of arguing about what a “reasonable person” would have done, the statute can supply the standard of care. Texas...
School-bus “stop-arm” laws exist for one reason: children are most vulnerable when they are stepping into the roadway. In late 2025 and early 2026, that long-standing safety rule collided with a new reality, autonomous and semi-autonomous...
Fault is not always "all or nothing" after a crash. In Texas, multiple people (including the injured person) can share responsibility for the same collision. This matters because your share of fault can reduce-and sometimes eliminate-what you can...
In many Spanish-speaking communities, there is a common phrase people repeat after a crash: “el que pega paga” - literally, “he that hits, pays.” The idea is simple: the person whose vehicle strikes another must automatically be...
Houston isn’t built for frequent winter weather, and let's face it: neither are our drivers. That's exactly why this year's snow storm has turned Houston's streets and highways into high-risk zones overnight. Even a thin layer of snow or ice can...
"Swangas," also known as "tire slabs" or "wheel elbows" are oversized, protruding rims most commonly associated with Houston’s slab car culture. These rims extend well beyond the vehicle’s wheel well, sometimes by several inches on each side. On...
