Veterans, who
are returning back home after active combat duty, have enhanced risks of being
involved in accidents. According
to a study by the USCA, returning service members, especially those who served
in the Army and Marines, are much more likely to be involved in accidents.
Enlisted ranks
had a 22% higher likelihood of being involved in at-fault accidents. Non-commissioned officers had a risk of
being involved in accidents that was about 10% higher, and in the case of
officers, the risk of being involved in at-fault accidents was about 3.5%
higher.
The most common
cause of accidents reported by veterans returning home from combat was
accidents involving objects on the road.
Younger service members below the age of 22 were approximately 3 times
as likely to be involved in accidents, compared to older vets.
California veterans benefits lawyers believe that the increased stress brought on by multiple deployments is
also a possible reason for the high numbers of car accidents involving service
members. Multiple deployments were
linked to a higher risk of accidents, while persons who had longer durations of
deployments were also found to be much more likely to have high accident risks.
According to the
study analysts, the reasons for this high susceptibility to accidents after
veterans return home are manifold.
It could have something to do with failure to drive at posted speed
limits when they return home.
Some veterans also
likely suffer from an inability to discard some of the driving practices that
they used during combat. For
instance, veterans may be reluctant to wear seat belts when they get back home,
or may be reluctant to stop at intersections. Both of these are behaviors that dramatically increase a
person's risk of being involved in an accident and the risk of being injured in
an accident.
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