A guide must answer a usable question
Wreck Check chooses subjects around tasks a crash reader needs to complete. An article should explain the route, the records involved and the next action. It should not require the reader to know legal terminology before starting.
We develop the answer from relevant evidence, then organize it around the task. We avoid building a local claim around a statistic or a promise that cannot be supported. A place name in a headline must lead to useful information about that place.
Give the responsible authority priority
Georgia Code and court material lead on legal rules. Police departments and the Department of Public Safety lead on their report systems. GDOT supports road information. For subjects requiring national safety material or commercial-vehicle rules, we use NHTSA and FMCSA sources as relevant.
We check the scope of a source as well as its wording. County instructions should not be presented as city instructions. A historical traffic measure needs its period. An agency page with conflicting details calls for further checking, rather than combining whichever details look convenient.
Make evidence available at the point of use
Official references belong in the passage they support. A reader checking a report procedure should be able to reach that agency from the relevant paragraph. We distinguish recorded facts from practical suggestions and identify worked calculations as examples.
Before publication, we compare the article's names, thresholds, periods and local details with the underlying records. Wreck Check is both the author and publisher. We do not claim that a lawyer or an unnamed expert has reviewed the material.
Return to the text when the facts move
Changes in law, agency procedures or reliable evidence prompt a review of the affected guide. We check connected instructions too, because changing a location can also affect the route described elsewhere in the article.
Substantial factual corrections receive a dated explanation in the guide. Minor language fixes can be made without a separate entry. Readers can use our corrections process to identify a problem and offer the source supporting a change.
The callback service has a different purpose from editorial review. To ask about an accident, return to the home Free case review. Editorial mail should contain the disputed passage rather than private claim records.