In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog site, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports that automakers are developing intelligent vehicle technology to warn drivers of impending accidents before they occur. Rick notes that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to test out vehicle-to-vehicle communication devices in communities throughout the United States to…
As a Virginia (VA) and West Virginia (WV) personal injury attorney, as well as a father I know that personal injury cases involving children are very different than adult cases. A lot of emotions play out when a child is injured or killed due to someone’s negligence. Also, there may be long-lasting medical consequences from…
A new study finds the use of any cell phone, hands-free or bluetooth, can be distracting enough to cause a car crash. According to PCmag.com, the Governors Highway Safety Association combined a decade’s worth of findings about the causes of car accidents. Shockingly, distractions caused by cell phones accounted for between 15 and 25 percent of all accidents….
Corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, standards are regulations in the United States intended to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks, vans, and sport utility vehicles. The federal government’s fuel economy mandates may lead to fewer cars being equipped with spare tires, according to the Wall Street Journal. Spare tires are…
A Sampson County, North Carolina man, age 47, was charged in early July 2011 with drunken driving and reckless driving after his pickup truck hit an oncoming car on NC 242, killing the driver, of Red Road in White Oak, NC, according to fayobserver.com. The crash occurred about a mile south of Roseboro, NC. The…