Sometimes the details of a car accident are obvious. Whether through talking with those involved or simply by looking at the scene after the crash, one can determine what caused the accident. In other cases, however, the accident may not be so self-explanatory. Such is the case with a fatal…
An accident on a well-traveled road can often lead to more crashes. Such was the case recently in upstate New York. According to the Bennington Banner, a woman was killed as she was driving northbound on Route 22 near the Vermont border and was struck by a southbound vehicle that…
Speed frequently is a contributing factor in serious car accidents. Whether a driver was going too fast to stop for a light or they were driving too fast for poor weather conditions—speed can mean the difference between arriving safely and being involved in a horrible wreck. Recently, a fatal accident…
Sometimes it’s hard to know who to blame in a car accident. Sometimes more than one driver is at fault; at other times a single person is to blame. But what happens when no one is in the vehicle that strikes a pedestrian? What happens when an unattended car is…
Usually when you’re involved in an accident, you know it. You know it enough to stop and wait for the police or (at the very least) to exchange information with the other driver. But, in some cases, drivers don’t make the best decisions following an accident or even in the…
No matter how safe of a driver you are, you may still be at risk of being involved in a serious and potentially life-altering accident if your vehicle does not perform the way it was intended to. From the tires to the airbags and even the brakes, an automobile is…
For all of the criticism that NYC faces for its handling of accidents and its reconfiguring of streets and traffic patterns, they’ve largely been able to say, “But, it makes the city safer.” Officials have been able to point at data for the past several years and show that car…
If you’ve spent any time on New Jersey freeways, the fact that our drivers speed should be no surprise. But a study from Fairleigh Dickinson University published last month indicates speeding isn’t the only risk-taking behavior among our drivers, though it might be the most common. Many other behaviors, including…
If you’ve ever tried to cross a busy street in the city without the help of a traffic light, you may understand the motivation behind David Bookstaver’s battle. According to the New York Times, Bookstaver took up the cause when he and his then-4-year-old daughter had problems crossing East 85th…
When you are in a NY / NJ car accident, everything seems to happen in slow motion. But, in reality, it usually happens in a split second. In this second, your whole life can change. And while most people would love nothing more than to put the accident behind them,…
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