If you think you think you can drink heavily all night and be okay to drive in the morning you may end up seriously injuring someone on your way to work. And if you are the bar or restaurant that served that drunk driver, you remain open to liability lawsuits. Worse than either of these is the result for innocent drivers who are caught in the ensuing accidents from “morning-after” drunk drivers.
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Motor Vehicle Accidents
After Tesla Autopilot Death: Could Self-Driving Cars Actually Make the Roads Safer?
In decades ahead, driverless cars may be the new norm in America. Recently, Tesla Motors discloses the first-known death caused by a self-driving car. In that accident, the driver put his car into Tesla’s autopilot mode. The autopilot mode is able to control the car during highway driving. The car’s sensors apparently failed to distinguish a large, white 18-wheel tractor-trailer crossing the highway. The car attempted to drive full speed under the trailer, and the bottom of the trailer impacted the windshield of the car.
A police report stated the top of the vehicle was torn off by the force of the collision. However, the truck’s driver was not injured. Tesla noted that this was the company’s first known autopilot death in approximately 130 million miles driven by its customers. Tesla further noted that within the US, among all vehicles driven, there is a fatality every 94 million miles.
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Who is Really at Fault for Injuries Suffered at the Hands of Drunk Drivers?
Everyone knows that a drunk driver is liable for injuries he causes while behind the wheel. But what about the person or place that served the driver alcoholic beverages before he started driving? Is that person or place liable for injuries the person causes later on when driving while intoxicated? A recent case delves into this issue.
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Bicycle Accidents with Vehicles and Pedetrians
I learned recently that bicycling has increased by 60% over the past 15 years. Once considered an activity associated mainly with exercise or with leisurely rides on summer vacations, biking has become a commonplace mode of primary transportation for many people in cities and suburbs across the country. With this increase in usage, there has also been a marked increase in the number of serious collisions that have occurred involving bikes and motor vehicles as well as collisions that have occurred with bikes and pedestrians.
In this blog, I will focus on a recent case where a cyclist collided with a truck that was parked on a roadway.
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New Jersey’s New Child Passenger Safety Laws: What Parents Need to Know
Effective September 1, 2015, new child passenger safety laws will go into effect in New Jersey. These new laws were designed with enhanced safety in mind – specifically on improving protections for young children riding in cars. So what are these new rules?
- Every child under 2 years old and weighing less than 30 lbs. must be secured in the back seat of a vehicle in a rear-facing car seat with a five-point harness.
- Every child under 4 years old and weighing under 40 lbs. must be secured in the back seat of a vehicle in a rear-facing car seat with a five-point harness until the child grows larger than the height and weight standards set by the manufacturer.
- After a child outgrows the manufacturer’s height and weight standards, the child may begin sitting in a front facing child seat with a five-point harness.
- Every child under 8 years old and less than 57 inches in height must be secured in a rear-facing or forward-facing child seat with a five-point harness or a belt-positioning booster seat.
- Any child older than 8 years old or taller than 57 inches in height must be properly secured by a regular adult seat belt.
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Truck Accidents Can Result in Serious Injuries
Truck accidents often can result in serious or even fatal injuries. An example of such an accident is one that many people read about last summer: the accident where a Wal-Mart truck and a limo van collided. The accident severely injured comedian Tracy Morgan and two other occupants and killed fellow comedian James McNair.
Another…
Effective Legal Counsel Can Protect Family Interests in Bus Accident Litigation
Tractor-trailer bus collisions are among the worst that occur on busy American highways. Because of the relative size of the two vehicles in such a collision, the injuries are catastrophic, often with deadly consequences.
It is essential for anyone injured in such a devastating collision to seek competent legal counsel immediately to protect his or…
Are Helmets Required in Pennsylvania and New Jersey?
As most riders know, wearing a helmet is mandatory in New Jersey. Not so in Pennsylvania where anyone 21 years of age or older and has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for not less than two full calendar years OR has completed a motorcycle safety course approved by PennDOT or the Motorcycle Safety Foundation…
Northeastern Cities Have the Most Car Accidents
A recent story in USA Today by Dovie Rice concluded that it should not come as a surprise to Americans that the most hazardous and potentially deadly thing you do every day is to drive your car. Mr. Rice compiled statistics and information from a number of sources to substantiate his conclusion.
The bad news…
Tractor Trailer Trucks Safety Issues
Drive on any highway in America, and the chances are good that you will see at least one tractor trailer driving on the same stretch of highway. They are as ubiquitous as road signs. They may be called different things: big rigs, trucks, semis, tractor-trailers, but they all serve the same purpose: American commerce and…