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Safety Tips and Facts about Teen Driving and Auto Accidents

An event both eagerly anticipated (by the teen) and apprehensively feared (by the parent) is the teenager reaching the legal driving age. By their nature, teens are risk-takers and consider themselves to be indestructible. The notion of catastrophic personal injury and mortality is beyond their immediate comprehension. This is a dangerous attitude which leads to car accidents or a truck accident. Recognizing the risks associated with driving and some responses to those risks may be beneficial to both the teen and the parent and help to reduce the frequency and severity of automobile accidents.

Who Needs a Will?

Think wills are only for the rich and powerful? Not so. If you have any assets at all – house, car, stocks, certificates of deposit, etc. – not having a will means not having a voice in what happens to those assets after you die.

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Protect Your Interests with a Power of Attorney

Do you take the precaution of giving a trusted friend a spare set of keys to your car? If you do, you may be a wise planner. Planning for eventualities can take many forms, from the old “spare keys” to choosing a trusted friend or relative to give your power of attorney (POA). But the idea is the same.

Five Legal Documents Everyone Should Have

If you are an organized sort - you know the kind - who has all of his, or her, t's crossed and i's dotted then this advice probably won't apply to you. But, for the rest of us, a vast majority, I imagine, this checklist of "Five Legal Documents Everyone Should Have" may be a good reminder.