Cell Phone Accident Injuries And What The New York Law Says
Distracted driving due to cell phone use while behind the wheel is a major cause behind many car accidents in New York. Since 2009, accidents related to texting and cell phone use in New York have risen by a whopping 86% according to comprehensive analyses by TrafficTickets.com based on the DMV data. In 2009 alone, […]
How do Occupant Ejection Car Accidents Occur in New York?
Occupant ejection accidents involve a driver or passenger getting completely or partially propelled from their car during a collision. Injuries resulting from accidents that involve occupant ejection can be extremely severe and even fatal. This is due to the sheer force of being thrown out from the vehicle and making contact with the ground, hard […]
How do Side-Impact Car Accidents Occur And Who is Liable?
Side-impact, broadside or ‘T-bone’ accidents are the result of vehicles crashing head-on into the side of other vehicles, generally at an angle of 90-degrees. This causes the namesake T-shape accident. Side-impact car accidents are the cause of 10,000 deaths in the United States each year. This accounts for one-fourth of the total traffic fatalities in […]
How Do Sideswipe Car Accidents Occur And Who is Liable?
Sideswiping accidents typically occur when a car driver makes a mistake in judging the distance between their car and other cars on the road or suddenly swerves into an adjacent lane. This can cause severe injuries and even result in death of someone. The Insurance Information Institute reported 940 fatal sideswipe accidents in 2016 alone, […]
How to Prove That The At-Fault Driver Was Speeding
Accidents caused by excessive speeding can be of various types. Few of the more common ones are: Speeding: Each year, there are more than 30,000 car accidents that result in fatalities. Excessive speed is the chief cause in at least a third of them. Drivers that disregard established speed limits place everyone around them at […]
How to Prove Your Injuries Occurred Due To a Road Defect and Who is Liable?
Road defects directly or indirectly cause more traffic deaths than other conditions, according to the experts. Problems like speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, and driving under the influence, therefore, all contribute less to the death toll than the fatalities occurring from road defects. Some of the common road defects that can contribute to less than […]
Proving Drunk Driving will Strengthen Your New York Personal Injury Lawsuit
When you are on the road, you want to take the best possible precautions to keep yourself and others safe. But accidents still do happen, and road safety is not always in your own hands. How other people behave on the road also factors into your safety. Some careless drivers on the road may not think twice before putting another in danger. This particularly includes individuals who think drinking and driving is acceptable. A driver operating a car under the influence of alcohol isn’t just dangerous, it is also illegal. Alcohol content in the blood can alter motor skills and cognitive abilities of a person. It is possible that a drunk driver may react more slowly and differently that could result in an accident. This is a clear example of negligence and one that can be avoided. The New York City drunk driving injury attorneys at Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff & Wolff, LLP are dedicated to helping victims seek the compensation they deserve so as to cover their damages from an accident.
How to Prove Your Case for Personal Injury Damages in a New York Car Accident?
One of the most common causes for serious personal injuries and deaths in the United States is motor vehicle accidents. Unfortunately, automobile accidents are still quite common and rampant despite the significant improvements in safety of cars and advancements made in automotive technology. In fact, vehicle accident lawsuits and claims are among the most common civil tort cases filed by lawyers today. However, it’s crucial to understand that every vehicle crash does not warrant litigation. No-fault laws of New York come into force when injuries sustained are not considered serious or there are no injuries at all. These laws are responsible for governing injury claims and restricting recovery. In addition, serious injuries as a result of car accidents tend to have better chances of obtaining successful recoveries. Car accidents are that class of tort cases, which in most part, are derived from the basic tort principles amounting to negligence. In general, negligence is a term used to describe the lack of ordinary care. It can be better explained as the failure to use a degree of reasonable care which any prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances. Negligence may constitute the failure to perform an act that any other reasonably prudent person would do under similar circumstances. It may also occur from doing an act that any other prudent person would refrain from doing under similar circumstances.
Don’t Ignore Distracted Driving if a Negligent Car Driver Injured You in New York
Distracted car drivers cause over a thousand injuries each day on an average in the United States. There have been approximately 400,000 instances of distracted driving per year since 2015 that have resulted in injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a report, according to which 20% of all car accidents are the direct result of distracted driving. Distracted driving involves all actions that take away a car driver’s attention from the road. These drivers significantly increase the risk of car accidents and injuries while focusing on non-driving activities.
Statistics Regarding Distracted Driving
Distracted driving has been around ever since automobiles have been on the roads. Drivers have always felt tempted to adopt novel ways of combating the sheer boredom or monotony associated with driving. Complacency can easily set in when any length of time is spent sitting in the driver’s seat. The danger begins when people grow increasingly comfortable on the driver’s seat. This is when they tend to succumb to diversions. But, distracted or negligent driving is not acceptable as a cure for road boredom. These are a few shocking figures regarding distracted driving in the United States:
Coronavirus 2019 aka COVID-19 – An Informative Guide
If you have been following the buzz around world news, then you are sure to have heard of the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020. In fact, discussions on this dreaded virus (aptly nicknamed by some as the “demon virus”) have taken the center-stage all across the globe.
While the danger of this highly contagious virus becoming a pandemic (a global epidemic) is real, the situation can improve with proper awareness and by taking the right precautions.