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Are you ever driving down the street, maybe at night, and look in the rearview mirror suddenly blinded and ask yourself, "Have headlights gotten brighter?" You may not be imagining it.

It turns out that the average halogen headlight is about 40 to 70 percent brighter today than it was 20 years ago, reports The Boston Globe in an investigation. And if that bright headlight isn't enough here is what is really shocking:

But that's nothing compared with those bluish-tinged, high-intensity discharge lights, which are more than 400 percent brighter than headlights from the early 1990s.

In two separate instances, two pedestrian deaths were reported on Massachusetts highways. Police are still investigating both cases and it's not clear if criminal or civil charges will be filed.

In the first case, a Somerville man, David Dang, had gotten into a minor fender-bender on I-93 in the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel, reports The Boston Globe. The 75-year-old Dang had parked his car on the shoulder and exchanged information with the other driver. However, as he returned to his car, he was struck and killed by another car.

An unidentified woman was driving along Route 128 in Gloucester when a tree fell on her car. The woman was not injured, but her car had to be towed, reports The Boston Globe. While this accident may seem minor and simply an act of nature, there may still be legal liability.

Generally, no one is responsible for acts of God like unpredictable earthquakes, windstorms, or flooding. For example, if a flash flood sweeps your neighbor’s car into your house causing damage, your neighbor likely cannot be held liable for the damages. This is because the accident could not have been predicted and prevented, and it would be unfair to hold your neighbor responsible.

Mark McMullen was shot and killed by police after a Boston hit and run of a pedestrian. This was a textbook example of what not to do after a car accident.

The strange series of events started in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, reports The Boston Globe. The 44-year-old McMullen apparently struck a woman at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Dewey Street. The accident was minor and the woman was neither injured nor hospitalized. However, instead of stopping to check up on the woman he had just struck, McMullen took off.

Do you know what to do after an accident? Boston car accidents are so prevalent that Massachusetts legislators are even considering a road menace bill to permanently revoke licenses of certain drivers. So everyone should know the basic steps of things to do immediately following an accident.

Below is a summary of some of the first steps to take after a Boston car accident.

Anyone who has been injured in a car accident can generally seek damages against the driver at fault if that driver’s careless or reckless behavior caused the accident. But most of us would agree that when someone is seriously injured in a car accident, or even killed, no amount of money will be enough to make one whole.

Now, Massachusetts legislators are considering implementing a road menace bill that could permanently revoke the licenses of habitual traffic offenders. The purpose of this bill is to prevent accidents and injuries from occurring in the first place, by attempting to keep drivers who cause most of the accidents off the road.

Hingham traffic data shows that the leading cause of traffic accidents leading to serious injuries in the town is tailgating. According to The Patriot Ledger, tailgating sent more people to the hospital than either speeding or drunk driving.

The Ledger reports that there were 851 car crashes in Hingham last year, with 93 of those accidents causing serious injuries. Of those 93 accidents, 30 were caused by tailgating. Surprisingly, only six serious crashes were caused by speeding and four by drunk driving. The second leading cause of serious car accidents was drivers who crossed into another lane, and the third leading cause was drivers who ran stop signs.

Another deadly Amtrak train crash leaves one person dead, this time involving a Boston-to-Portland train.

According to The Boston Globe, the Amtrak Downeaster train originating from Boston was carrying 109 passengers when it struck a tractor-trailer at a railroad crossing in North Berwick, Maine. The driver of the truck was killed, while several Amtrak passengers were injured -- none fatally. Officials are still investigating the cause of the accident.

This train accident follows the deadly train accident last month when a Chicago-to-California Amtrak train struck a big rig in the Nevada desert killing six people.

Eight people were injured in a collision between a MBTA bus and car in Milton. Albert Hale, 72, allegedly made a sharp left turn in front of the MBTA bus causing the accident, reports The Milford Daily News. The MBTA bus driver broke quickly to avoid a major collision with Hale, though the bus still struck Hale’s car.

According to the Daily News, seven bus passengers were taken to area hospitals for neck, back, shoulder, and head injuries. Albert Hale was also hospitalized with a neck injury. Adding insult to injury, Hale will also be cited for failing to yield when turning.

Is no one safe from the random bike accident in Boston? It seems not, on news that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer suffered a bike accident while riding near his home in Cambridge. According to a Supreme Court spokeswoman, Justice Breyer suffered a broken collarbone from the fall which took place over the Memorial Day weekend.

Despite the broken bone, the accident did not keep the Justice from his speaking engagement in New York, reports the Associated Press. Justice Breyer was not present in court on Tuesday morning, but his absence was unrelated to the accident said spokeswoman Kathy Arberg.