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Avoid Distracted Driving and Stay out of a Crash: Three Tips

By | February 22nd, 2018

Driving is a dangerous activity that demands your full focus. But this is hard to do for experienced motorists because for them, driving doesn’t seem to require much effort. However, if something unexpected happens, you’ll have to quickly react to avoid a crash. This won’t happen if your attention isn’t on the road. According to NHTSA, distracted driving claims thousands of lives each year. To avoid becoming a statistic yourself, follow these three tips for staying focused: Stay off the Phone Too many people regard driving as underutilized time. Arriving.

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All-Wheel Drive Overconfidence: Why It Causes Car Accidents

By | February 22nd, 2018

It’s not uncommon for first-time owners of all-wheel drive cars to get into a car accident because they became overconfident in the capabilities of their vehicles. What happens is they get enthralled by the excellent traction when driving out of deep snow and the good acceleration all-wheel drive gives them in slippery road conditions. Acceleration is good until you have to brake or swerve, at which point, all-wheel drive does nothing to help you. The Limitations of All-Wheel Drive All-wheel drive provides engine torque to all four wheels of your.

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Wrongful Death Involving School Children Pedestrians

By | October 26th, 2017

When school is in session, children are exposed to traffic hazards when crossing streets in front of their schools, when getting on and off buses, and while walking along neighborhood roads. Unfortunately, this exposure causes fatalities every year by motorists who are distracted, intoxicated, negligent, or fail to observe school zone or school bus laws. Common ways in which these fatalities happen include: Failing to Stop When a School Bus Flashes Its Red Lights Motorists must stop when a school bus flashes its red lights regardless of whether they’re behind the.

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Car Accident Fault: Could You Unknowingly Be a Negligent Driver?

By | September 14th, 2017

Ignorance of the law will not likely be an adequate defense when involved in a liability suit. That’s the reason for the saying that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” The illegality of some driving acts is apparent to most people such as violating the speed limit, running red lights, or passing a school bus while its lights are flashing. However, there are many ways that drivers can unknowingly commit negligent driving acts. If you get into an accident while doing any of these four examples of negligence, you could be.

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Why Rear-End Collisions Happen

By | July 20th, 2017

Obstacles on the road are collision hazards that can cause a serious crash. Debris from a landslide, a fallen tree, or a large animal such as a deer are three such obstacles. However, too many motorists fail to appreciate that every car, motorcycle, and truck in front of them on the road are potential obstacles if they rapidly brake or come to a sudden stop. Traffic isn’t viewed that way because most of the time, it matches one’s speed. But that situation can change in an instant. Here are three common.

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Negligent Driving and Wrongful Death

By | December 15th, 2016

Tragic accidents involving death occur every day in the United States. Many who die in these accidents were doing nothing wrong.  They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.  An operator of a motor vehicle can be held responsible for the death of another if they are driving negligently. One can be considered driving negligently if they caused the death of another by doing something that could have been prevented. This is referred to as a wrongful death. Distracted Driving Driving while using a cell phone or other device, reading a.

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Knowing Your Options in a Car Accident Personal Injury Claim

By | November 12th, 2013

QUESTION: Last night I was getting off the freeway ramp and realized that the car in front of me decides to slow all the way to about 10mph. I decided to get into the other lane, drive up, and safely get back to the original lane I needed to get into. I asked the passenger what he was doing, and she told me that he was full on texting while driving. I stopped at the stop light ahead, and 5 minutes later I feel a ram into my car and.

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Legally Blind Person Directly Involved in a Car Accident

By | November 2nd, 2013

QUESTION: My cousin was struck by a car in a shopping mall parking lot in California. He is legally blind (almost no sight) and was carrying his white cane. The parking lot is usually busy with lots of people walking to and from their cars and crossing to the stores from the street. At about noon on a clear day, he was crossing the parking lot to the sidewalk when a driver backed out of a parking space. It appears from the diagram in the police report that he was.

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Child was Hit by a Car After Exiting Her School Bus

By | July 16th, 2013

QUESTION: My daughter was crossing in front of her stopped school bus and was struck by a car. The bus driver turned the lights off prematurely. Is this negligence? ANSWER: While negligence is often pleaded as an alternative theory, the strict liability cause of action does not require proof of “duty” and “breach” (conduct falling below the applicable “reasonable” standard of care). In other words, negligence focuses on “reasonableness” of the defendant’s conduct.

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Determining Who is Liable in a Country Road Accident

By | July 1st, 2013

QUESTION: If I rode a dirt bike on a country road and got hit head-on by a truck, am I at fault? The road had no dividing lines and the truck was travelling very far to the left, preventing safe passage. The rider of the bike was seriously injured. The accident report stated that the rider slid into the truck, but that is completely false, because the truck hit the dirt bike and the rider in an upright position. ANSWER: You may be proven not at fault provided you were.

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