2/27/2009
New Bill Hopes to Reduce Alabama Automobile Accidents Involving Teenage Drivers
Teenage drivers are at a much higher risk for being involved in a car accident than any other age group. In 2005, 4,544 teenagers 16 to 19 died of injuries caused by automobile accidents. The risk of motor vehicle accidents is higher among 16 to 19 year olds than amoung any other age group. In fact, per mile driven, teenage drivers ages 16 to 19 are four times more likely than older drivers to be involved in automobile accident.
An Alabama jury returned a 78.4 million dollar verdict on Tuesday February 24, 2009, against the drug manufacturer Sandoz, a subsidiary of Novartis. The 
A recent report has found that there has been at least one bright spot of the recent economic downturn and that is a reduction in fatal car accidents in Alabama. The report found that traffic accident fatalities have dropped by nearly half in Alabama's wiregrass area over the last year. Alabama Governor Bob Riley recently reported that early numbers showed a 17% reduction in fatal motor vehicle accidents state wide in the last year. 
A new Alabama trauma system is being evaluated for 11 west Alabama counties. The hope is that this new trauma system will streamline the process of getting critically injured people the best possible treatment in the fastest possible manner. According to a