Posts under ‘car safety blog’

The Seattle Times reports that Washington State Senator Tracey Eide (D – Federal Way) has introduced a bill to make using a cell phone while driving a primary offense.  Currently, a police officer cannot stop a motorist for talking on the cell phone while driving unless the driver has committed some other infraction.  By making [...]

Not every accident case or personal injury claim needs a lawyer.  If the claim is small, then you may be able to settle your claim on your own. 
There are no hard and fast rules to tell you whether the claim is small.  Generally, a small claim is one where (1) the accident is minor or the property [...]

March 9, 2009
MSNBC reports that there have been a rash of pedestrian accidents in Snohomish County over the last few weeks.  Since mid-February, at least five (5) teenagers have been hit by trucks or cars while walking along Snohomish County roads.
“I’m not even sure why this is happening,” says Kristen Thortenson, a spokesperson for the [...]

Today I took the deposition of an orthopedic surgeon who was hired by the defense lawyer in a high-speed car accident case.  The defense lawyer was hired by the at-fault driver’s insurance company.  So technically, this defense expert was also hired by the insurance company.
Now, this defense expert did not tell me much that I [...]

Yesterday there was 2-car crash that occurred in Seattle at or near the intersection of Beacon Avenue South and South Ferdinand Streets.  One of the drivers was an 83-year-old man who was trapped in his vehicle after it overturned following the crash.  Both drivers were taken to Harborview Medical Center.  There was no word on which driver [...]

Bremerton, Washington
On February 1, 2009, it was reported by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office that a 3-year-old child was killed while the child’s mother was backing up a truck.  Reports were that the mother went outside to the truck, and the child followed without the mother’s knowledge.  The toddler climbed into the bed of the [...]

King 5 TV recently reported that the number of uninsured motorist in Washington State is on the rise.  Approximately 17% of all motorists now have no insurance.  Washington now ranks 10th highest in the nation when it comes to the number of uninsured drivers.  Now King 5 is saying that this number is on the [...]

SEATTLE, WA –
The biggest or most populated county in the state of Washington is King County.  For those that aren’t familiar with Washington state, the city of Seattle is located in King County.  Yet, the King County Superior Court has serious problems right now when it comes to implementing a process that governs the civil [...]

My good friend and colleague Mike Schafer, a personal injury attorney from the great state of Kentucky, informs me that his state is now considering enacting a cell phone ban law.  If it does, Kentucky will be the seventh state, in addition to the District of Columbia, that will prohibit drivers from using a cell phone [...]

Today Parade Magazine quoted a study by researchers from Australia which stated that white colored vehicles have a higher safety record than darker colored cars.  Compared with cars in daylight hours, black vehicles had a 12% higher crash risk; gray colored were 11% higher; and 10% higher for blue or red colored vehicles.    At dawn or dusk, [...]