Riding a motorcycle can be exhilarating. Unlike in a passenger car, you can feel temperature changes, smell things around you, and feel your speed. Unfortunately, riders are vulnerable to injury and death in crashes. In fact, early data for 2015 shows a substantial increase nationwide in motorcycle deaths. If early projections are correct, 2015 will […]
Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
How Will Autonomous Vehicles Change Personal Injury Law
Cars that drive themselves? That sounds impossible to many people, but Tesla is selling a car that can do it. Whether it can do so safely is another issue entirely. The term for a self-driving car is an “autonomous vehicle.” These cars rely on technology that senses their performance and surroundings and adjusts accordingly. Many […]
CHP Impact Teen Drivers
The California Highway Patrol’s Impact Teen Drivers program is aimed at raising awareness about the specific risks and dangers facing teen drivers on roads in California. Since reckless and distracted driving is the number-one killer of teens in the U.S., the Impact Teen Drivers program puts an emphasis on the importance of safe and focused […]
Skateboard, Rollerblade and Scooter Safety
Children and adults on skateboards, scooters and rollerblades are at an increased risk for injury and death if they’re involved in collisions with motor vehicles. Even with helmets, injuries arising from car accidents can be incredibly severe or even fatal. Children and adults on skateboards, rollerblades and scooters are reminded that they have all of […]
Restrict Teenage Driving at Night
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently released the results of a study on night driving restrictions and drivers aged 16 or 17 years old involved in fatal nighttime crashes between 2009 and 2014. Overwhelmingly fatal crashes happen during the nighttime hours and the risk is especially high for injury causing and […]
