http://www.lawyer-austin.com Helping Accident Victims in Austin and Texas Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:06:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday morning in a collision with a truck at Round Mountain Road and Big Sandy Drive in northwestern Travis County west of Leander, officials say. Tom Vinger, a spokesman with the Department of Public Safety, said the motorcycle was traveling east on Round Mountain Road and the ... http://www.lawyer-austin.com/news/motorcyclist-dies-in-wreck Austin police said Jon Seymour, 44, died Monday from injuries he suffered in a wreck on his, motorcycle Saturday. Police said Seymour was driving east on U.S. 290 and was struck by a Honda Civic that was traveling west and trying to turn onto FM 1826 about 7.a.m The other ... http://www.lawyer-austin.com/news/motorcyclist-dies-after-wreck A new state law that went into effect on September 1, 2009 is restricting the use of cell phones in school zones.  However, the only way to enforce this new law is by installing signs notifying drivers of the new law because the absence of signs is a defense against ... http://www.lawyer-austin.com/news/can-school-zone-cell-ban-stand Austin police have put 20 extra officers on roads to prevent fatalities and kicked off a safety campaign Monday aimed at preventing motorcycle fatalities during the Republic of Texas Biker Rally, which runs Thursday through Sunday at the Travis County Exposition Center. The rally, the fifth-largest event of its type in ... http://www.lawyer-austin.com/biking/safety-stressed-before-biker-rally-rolls-into-town