Dangerous road conditions contribute to the increased likelihood of a serious motor vehicle crash. One of the reasons for this in rural Vermont is that many of our roads were designed and built before the automobile age began more than 100 years ago. Some of our Class...

Vermont Route 15 from the roundabout in Hyde Park to the roundabout in Morrisville located at the northern end of the VT Route 100 Bypass around Morrisville is a particularly dangerous stretch of road. There is a lot of traffic because both State of Vermont Route 15...

While Ernie Patnoe may disagree with this assessment, he became internationally famous with the publication of an article in The New Yorker entitled “Black Ice, Near-Death, and Transcendence on I-91” written by John Seabrook, a staff writer for The New Yorker since...

The likelihood of crashing into an animal more than doubles during October, November and December, when collisions with dogs, cats, deer and other animals significantly increase. Vermonters know that bucks are in rut and are far more active in the fall. While the...

Although Vermonters might be surprised, car insurance premiums in Vermont are generally lower than in other parts of the country. There are many factors like age, gender, your driving record, the type of car or truck you have and the type of coverage you have that...

Safe Ideas for Halloween Millions of American children go trick or treating every year. Children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car on Halloween than on any other day of the year. 70% of the collisions on Halloween involving children occur away from an...

Under Vermont common law, a dog owner is not liable for injuries to persons and property unless the owner had some reason to know the animal was a probable source of danger. Where the owner knows that the dog is dangerous, she or he has a duty to exercise reasonable...

Why You Should Have Medical Payments Coverage (Med Pay Coverage) Writing and talking about insurance can be boring and tedious, but saving money and making sure you have the right insurance isn’t. We have had many clients from Hyde Park, Morrisville, Stowe,...

Are Roundabouts Safer than Standard Road Intersections? There is no doubt that roundabouts improve safety. Studies have clearly shown that roundabouts are safer than traditional stop signs or a signal-controlled intersection. Roundabouts are relatively new in Vermont....

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