April 7, 2017 Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyers: Pedestrian Deaths on the Rise due to Automobile Accidents Nearly 30,000 pedestrians died through 2010 and 2015, and all as a consequence of being hit by vehicles on roadways. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) notes that pedestrians make up 15% of all traffic fatalities annually. With numbers as high as these, it is clear that not enough preventative and protective measures are being … Read More »
March 7, 2017 Who is to Blame when a Driverless Car Crashes and Causes Injury? With technological advances being made at a shockingly fast rate, it may come as no surprise that driverless, or robot cars, are already on American roadways. The real question is, who is to blame if a driverless car crashes? If a person is injured in a vehicular accident but cannot hold another driver accountable, then … Read More »
February 17, 2017 Agencies Unite to Eliminate Traffic Deaths A recent surge in traffic fatalities is garnering the attention of government officials. In October, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a new partnership with the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Safety Council (NSC). Together, the agencies will work … Read More »
February 4, 2017 Philadelphia Car Accident Lawyers: Winter Car Accidents As winter temperatures drop, car accidents caused by snow and ice rise. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, over 6,000 people are fatally injured and 445,000 suffer personal injuries in weather related car accidents each year in the United States. Snow, ice, freezing rain, high winds, and low visibility all contribute … Read More »
November 14, 2016 Philadelphia Car Accident Lawyers Discuss Thanksgiving Travel Safety Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, and if you are one of the tens of millions of Americans preparing to travel by car to visit family or friends, now is the time to start planning for a safe arrival. Each year, hundreds of Americans are fatally injured and thousands more are seriously injured in car accidents over … 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 »
