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“Bike sharing” is a system in which a fleet of bicycles are available for shared use to individuals on a short-term basis. The central attraction is that a person can borrow/rent a bike from one location, ride it around, and return it to any of a number of hubs within a city, usually at a very low cost per hour. The affordability and the at-will nature of these rentals makes them very attractive to tourists, young people, and professionals who have only occasional need for a vehicle.

Don’t become another victim. Buckle up and encourage your loved ones to do the same.We don’t want car accident fatalities to continue to rise. Let’s do everything we can to stay safe each time we are in the car.

What car accident victims feel, more than anything, after surviving a collision is gratitude to just be alive. While this is indeed important and a cause for profound gratitude, don’t forget that you deserve not only to live, but to recover the life that you had before this accident happened to you. Hiring an experienced attorney can make all the difference between tragedy and true healing.

Pittman Dutton & Hellums is a personal injury law firm that represents car accident victims, including those hurt in a drunk driving collision. Although we are attorneys who are passionate about our legal work, we are first family people and members of the community. To protect everyone in the fine city of Birmingham, we hope you will completely avoid drinking and driving on St. Patty’s and any other day of the year.

Being a positive role model and communicating are simple, convenient ways to shore up your child’s driving habits and make those formative years on the road a whole lot safer.

The state of Alabama has a motor vehicle accident death rate that is twice the nation’s rate, according to the Centers for Disease Control. There are a number of driver behaviors that contribute to our state’s high incidence of car accident mortality – such as speeding and not using seatbelts.