Category: Car Accidents

Welcome back. In our last post, we discussed how, despite strict laws against it in many states, the percentage of drivers who admit to emailing, surfing the Internet and checking social media is increasing while the percentage of drivers who admit to texting is staying roughly the same. Only the percentage of drivers who say…

Ever since cellphones became a staple in American culture we have seen an increase in car accidents caused by distracted driving. In response many laws have been enacted throughout the country in effort to convince people to put down their devices and drive. Unfortunately, though, this has proven to be an extremely difficult task, especially…

Even though a parking lot may seem safer than the street, this isn’t necessarily true as 20 percent of all car accidents occur in parking lots, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports. With Black Friday and the holiday shopping season quickly approaching, we wanted to take time this week to discuss the topic of…

Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, is next week. While Black Friday can be exhilarating, it can also be stressful, especially when car accidents occur in shopping center parking lots. Following a parking lot accident, it can be difficult to determine which driver was liable because not all drivers are…

Black Friday is right around the corner, which means that many Sacramento residents will soon be heading to local shopping centers to kick off their holiday shopping. However, the excitement of one of the busiest shopping days of the year can come to a screeching halt when drivers are involved in parking lot accidents. Even…

Car accidents occur for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes they happen because of a distracted driver or an impaired driver. Other times they happen because of the weather conditions or an animal running out into the road. In most car accident cases, there is at least one driver who is responsible for the crash,…

Even though many states, including California, have adopted laws that forbid people from texting and/or using their cellphones while driving, they don’t appear to be doing much to help the problem of distracted driving, an epidemic that kills more than nine people per day on average in the United States. In fact, research from the…

Three teenagers were hit by a vehicle in California recently while engaging in trick-or-treating activities. Sadly, all three died. The accident took place on Halloween night, and police searched for the passenger and driver of the vehicle, who allegedly fled the car accident scene. According to police, witnesses reported that the three girls wore dark clothes…

Trucking is a serious industry in California, and it comes with a lot of responsibility. Semi drivers are held to a higher level of responsibility than most drivers, due to the rules and regulations that govern the way that they can operate their vehicles. These include things like: – Keeping a log of the hours…

  A pair of crashes in California left a staggering 10 people dead in their wake. In one of the accidents, four young people who passed away had all just graduated together, as they were classmates in high school. Police are now investigating to see what caused both fiery wrecks to occur. One of the…