August 15, 2016 Philadelphia Car Accident Lawyers Discuss Increases in Traffic Fatalities The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently reported an almost eight percent increase in traffic fatalities in the past year. While lower gas prices and faster speed limits on interstate highways across the country have contributed to this increase, human error still accounts for 94% of all fatal car accidents. NHTSA officials are pushing … Read More »
August 5, 2016 Fiat Chrysler Recall Alert Electronic Gearshifts Fiat Chrysler has announced its plans to recall and make repairs to electronic gearshifts in its vehicles. This decision comes after the news of the death of a young and up-and-coming actor, Anton Yelchin, who was recently killed after his Grand Cherokee rolled forward and crushed him against his security gate. Yelchin was … Read More »
June 15, 2016 Philadelphia Automobile Accident Lawyers on Distracted Driving, Snapchat and Speeding Reports of distracted driving have been flooding the news lately. The distracted driving epidemic is a far-reaching and serious one, with automobile accidents and accident-related fatalities occurring too frequently to be ignored. Distracted driving, typically defined as when the operator of a car is participating in other activities that could seriously limit their driving abilities … Read More »
May 9, 2016 Risk of Car Accidents Memorial Day Memorial Day, the unofficial kick-off to summer, is finally around the corner. A “perfect storm” of factors will lead to an unprecedented number of drivers taking to the road this year: cheaper gas prices, an improvement in the employment rate, and cabin fever after being cooped up all winter long. AAA estimates that over 31 … Read More »
April 25, 2016 Philadelphia Car Accident Lawyers Report on Headlight Safety Study A recent study of headlight safety conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that the majority of cars on the road today have unsafe levels of illumination from their headlights. Thirty-one cars, including Mercedes Benz C-Class and BMW3, were tested and ranked for safety based on their headlights’ amount of illumination and … Read More »
April 21, 2016 Dangers of Drowsy Driving The dangers of drowsy driving are severe and wide-reaching. Throughout the United States, each and every day there are automobile accidents caused by driving while drowsy. It is estimated that over 1.2 million accidents that occur annually are due to drowsy driving. Out of those 1.2 million crashes, roughly 8,000 people lose their lives. While … Read More »
April 19, 2016 Philadelphia Automobile Accident Lawyers: New Legislation to Decrease Accidents Caused by Texting While Driving There is a chance that in the near future, drivers involved in automobile accidents may have to allow police officers to “textalyze” a driver’s cellphone to determine whether or not it was in use at the time of the accident. The roadside technology, called a “textalyzer” would still protect the cellphone user’s privacy, by disallowing … Read More »
April 4, 2016 Philadelphia Car Accident Lawyers: April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month Distracted driving is an epidemic. Hundreds of people are killed every year because drivers are trying to text, browse the web, talk on the phone or check their e-mail instead of focusing on the road. Automakers are enabling this kind of “multitasking” by installing technology in cars that allows us to make phone calls, dictate … Read More »
March 21, 2016 Automatic Braking Technology Despite the pleas of safety advocates, government officials appear in no hurry to require automobile makers to install automatic braking technology in all new cars. The Associated Press recently revealed that at four meetings attended by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and automakers since the fall, the automotive industry indicated they will seek … Read More »
