Two men died at the scene of the accident when a 26 year old man struck another vehicle while driving northbound in the southbound lane on the FDR Drive. Both the 26 year old man and the driver of the other vehicle were pronounced dead when the paramedics arrived. The crash involved another vehicle that [...]
Car accidents are a problem that effects most of us at least once in our lives. Some accidents are worse than others but we can help our clients with all types of accidents. Last Saturday there was an accident that left the police with a case of mistaken identity for the victim. “Alfred and Geri [...]
There were a lot of delays and injuries today when a dump truck being used for road construction hit an overpass, knocking off its bed into the eastbound lanes of New York State Thruway. Two were critically injured with 15 other injuries. State Police said the accident occurred about 5 a.m. at mile marker 337 [...]
TOYOTA ACCIDENTS | PRIUS–LEXUS-TOYOTA RECALLS | “SUDDEN ACCELERATION” Never before in the history of the automobile has there been a manufacturer’s recall even remotely approaching the 10,000,000 recall notices issued by the Toyota Motor Company. It is a number that staggers the imagination and, inevitably, will lead to an avalanche of lawsuits. The lawsuits will [...]
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS Since records of the “rate of traffic fatalities” have been kept, 2009 has recorded the lowest rate ever! “Fatality rate” involves the number of traffic fatalities combined with the number of miles traveled. In just the last year alone, there was an 8.9% in the number of deaths reported: 37,261 in 2008 [...]
AUTOMOBILE INJURIES: HOPEFUL SIGNS | POTENTIAL DANGER A recent report by the Insurance Council of Texas indicated a steady seven year decline in Texas in the number of people injured or killed in automobile accidents. The decline is over 20%. The Texas Department of Transportation confirms a drop in five of the last six years. [...]
DISTRACTED DRIVING | DRIVING WHILE TEXTING | CELL PHONE USAGE WHILE DRIVING United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood declared the recent findings of an insurance industry study “irresponsible.” The conclusion of this study was that laws enacted by several states, banning phone calls and/or texting on hand-held devices, have NOT led to fewer accidents. [...]
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING: UPDATE In a follow up to our posting (January 12, 2010) regarding the Presidential Executive Order banning federal employees from texting while driving government vehicles, the Federal Government has just (January 26th, 2010) banned all texting by drivers of buses and large commercial trucks. This ban is enforceable by fines of up [...]
Jill Mattice, a six-year veteran of the New York State Troopers was fatally injured in a head on collision with a tractor-trailer on the evening of Wednesday, January 20th. Mattice was pronounced dead on Route 23 where the accident took place. “Her community was enhanced by her service,” Governor David Paterson said in a written [...]
DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED | CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING | TEXTING WHILE DRIVING On January 11, 2010 the New York Times, in its “Technology” section, published some interesting, yet disturbing, statistics: 11% of drivers, at any one time, talk on their cell phones while driving (per a federal study); Drivers using cell phones cause 2600 [...]
