This is going to be one of the biggest decisions that could affect the best outcome and the rest of your life. Hiring an injury attorney, the RIGHT injury attorney is an important decision. Be completely satisfied with your choice. You will be working with them for a long time. This relationship HAS to work!
Smart watches and fitness trackers are becoming a popular trend in today’s society, with devices such as the Fitbit, Apple watch, and Garmin Vivofit leading in popularity. These devices are advertised to monitor your everyday activity levels in an effort to promote a healthier lifestyle. In order to work appropriately, fitness trackers and other wearable technology devices must collect data about the wearer. This data is tractable and works essentially the same as black box data in an automobile or airplane, remaining available for review long after the collection date. This allows users to monitor their motion levels to ensure an increase in exercise and wellness activities over a long stretch of time. Recently, however, this data has been found to be useful for investigative means as well – even legal claims.
Although it’s going to be several years at least before autonomous cars become mainstream, car makers like Volkswagen and Toyota are already beginning to test technology that will be able to sense when you’re too distracted to drive a vehicle. Manufacturers like General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen are looking at systems that would trigger alarms that the driver is too distracted or tired to be behind the wheel of a car. These systems could even launch as early as 2017.
In a move usually reserved for stuntmen and action movies, more and more Utah motorcycles riders are engaging in an activity known as lane splitting. Lane splitting is activity where motorcycle riders use the space in between normal traffic lanes when traffic is slowed or stopped.
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The New Year is here and if you are still scratching your head over what your New Year’s resolution should be, why not make a New Year’s resolution for safer driving? If you resolve to be a better driver in 2016 and practice safe driving habits, you may save your life or the life of someone else. Some of the most serious injuries that a person can sustain in a car accident include:
An accident can happen in a split second, forever changing a person’s life. The good news is that the vast majority of accidents that occur every year are preventable. A New Year’s resolution for safer driving may be part of the solution.
News broke recently that another lawsuit has arisen from the tragic automobile accident involving a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that claimed the life of actor Paul Walker and Roger Rodas in November 2013 in the Santa Clarita area northwest of Los Angeles. The widow of the driver of the Porsche, Kristine Rodas, filed suit against Porsche, purportedly alleging negligence, wrongful death and product liability.
Paul Walker’s daughter, Meadow Walker, has alleged in her lawsuit that the car was unsafe and dangerous. According to the L.A. Times, her lawsuit claims Porsche took safety shortcuts, marketed the vehicle as a race car licensed for the road, knew the car had a history of instability, and failed to address safety concerns in the design and manufacture of the vehicle. Claims have surfaced of other deaths related to this particular vehicle.
Mary Louise Gilman, the editor of the National Shorthand Reporter has collected many of the more hilarious courtroom bloopers in two books - Humor in the Court (1977) and More Humor in the Court, published a few months ago. From Mrs. Gilman's two volumes, here are some transcripts, all recorded by America's keepers of the word.
Helmets are proven to save lives and money, and universal helmet laws are the most effective way to increase helmet use. Helmet use has been shown to reduce the likelihood of fatal injury in a motorcycle crash by approximately 37 percent and to reduce the likelihood of brain injury by approximately 67 percent. Moreover, helmet use undoubtedly increases among motorcyclists driving in states with universal helmet laws. Currently, 19 states and Washington D.C. have universal helmet laws, 28 states have partial helmet laws that require helmet use by young riders, and three states have no helmet law. States with universal helmet laws, 12 percent of fatally injured motorcyclists were not wearing a helmet, compared to 64 percent in states with partial helmet laws and 79 percent in states without any helmet law at all.
Some dogs are attracted to moving bikes, shiny spokes, spinning wheels, tires and chains. The question is this: If a dog runs after you while you are riding your bike, what is the best way to handle it? Having a dog or several dogs charging at you can be a very frightening experience. I know from experience how this feels, as it has happened to me on a few occasions. It is never a good idea to attempt to get away from a running dog. Dogs are hunters by nature and have an amazing ability to pick the right angle to catch you as you are riding. You are more likely to crash and then be confronted with an angry dog, not a good combination. You should safely come to a stop and put your bike between the dog and you. If you happen to carry around dog treats for occasions such as this, it would be a good time to throw one far away from you.