Automobile Accidents

• How to Drive Safely in Stormy Weather

  Amber Wheat | November 04, 2008 5:56 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Now that the rains have come, it is time to pay closer attention to how we drive everyday. Everyone knows that the first rain is the most dangerous because oil, dirt, and debris in the road gets...

• The Roads are Dangerous on Election Days

  Amber Wheat | October 01, 2008 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A new study published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association compares the number of deaths and serious injuries in collisions on election days than to other Tuesdays in October...

• A Sacramento Lawyer Publishes a Guide to Auto Accidents in California

  Amber Wheat | September 19, 2008 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  I came across this article this morning and thought you should know about it. After being in an automobile accident you can't be expected to think clearly and do everything that you need to, that's...

• Consumers Evaluate Auto Insurers for Fairness

  Ed Smith | August 19, 2007 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  In the past, consumers primarily purchased auto insurance by price, looking for the low cost insurer for the amount of auto coverage they desired. Over the past decade, however, car owners have increasingly come to the conclusion, often after bring involved in an accident, that the lowest cost insurer is often not the best one.Ottimes insurers blantantly ignore the interest of their...

• Citrus Heights Crash Injures 3 Pedestrians

  Ed Smith | July 30, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  An accident involving 2 vehciles on July 17th near the intersection of Greenback Lane and Auburn Boulevard in Citrus Heights sent three nearbye pedestrians to the hospital in serious condition. The victims were taken to nearby Mercy San Juan Hospital.Pedestrian-Car collisions are often avoidable with simple safety precautions.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on...

• Buckle Up for Safety

  Laura Mackie | February 19, 2007 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  According to an article published in a recent issue of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics, there are a total of nearly 1,500 spinal cord injuries sustained by children (ages 18 and younger) every year. Of those 1,500 injuries, approximately 70% are a result of a motor vehicle accident. Among those children in that 70%, 68% of the time the victims were NOT wearing a seatbelt.Additional...

• Pedestrian Accidents: When the victim is a child

  Laura Mackie | November 13, 2006 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Whether you are the parent of a child who was injured as a pedestrian or the driver of the vehicle in the same accident, the long term effects of that single event can be devastating. Perhaps more than any other type of vehicle accident, Pedestrian Accidents involving children tug at our heartstrings. Children are especially vulnerable to being hit or run over by vehicles. In California,...

• Calcuating Forces in car crashes

  Ed Smith | November 06, 2006 6:44 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  What force is required to stop a car weighing 3000 lbs. and going 40 mph in one foot? What forces will be exerted on a driver...with and without a seatbelt? To answer these questions in a courtroom, attorney's bring in accident reconstructionists with long years of training in their field.However, an online site can aide an attorney in estimating the forces of a car crash by simply inputting...

• Fatal Accident Statistics

  Ed Smith | November 03, 2006 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Over the last several years in California the number of fatalities caused by motor vehicle accidents have been on the rise. This is also true in other states and counties across the nation. For example, fatal accidents in Sacramento County seem to be increasing annually which can be linked to certain intersections and streets which seem to be more dangerous then others.For a list of statistics...

• One in Four Motorists are Uninsured?

  Ed Smith | November 02, 2006 6:15 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Many do not know that nearly one in four vehicles on the road in California have no car insurance. Even though the Department of Motor Vehicles has long required proof of insurance as part of the vehicle registration process One in four are uninsured even though, if involved in an accident or stopped by a highway patrolman, the driver of an uninsured motor vehicle stands to lose driving...