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Study of Truckers Quantifies Risks Created by Distracted Drivers

[profileleft][/profileleft]Professional truck drivers spend more time on the roads than just about anyone else who climbs behind the wheel of any vehicle.  As such, one would expect that truckers would drive at a very high level as compared to others.  While that may be the case, distracted drivers are distracted drivers, and any quantification regarding […]

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Study: Smartphone Distraction Levels Extremely High Among Motorists

[profileleft][/profileleft] April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month.  The San Diego car accident lawyers at Gomez Trial Attorneys have been working diligently to raise the awareness level with regards to this issue.  We’ve seen studies that focus on the use of cellphones before a crash.  We have discussed studies that reveal how distracted driving affects motorists’

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Distracted Driving Causes Accidents – Another Reason Why

[profileleft][/profileleft]As Distracted Driving Awareness Month continues, the San Diego car accident lawyers at Gomez Trial Attorneys continue to work to raise our collective level of awareness with regards to this public safety problem.  Those who are aware of the details regarding distracted driving understand that items such as smartphones are the reason for a large

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Study: Over Half of Car Crashes Involved Drivers Distracted by Cellphones

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month.  The San Diego car accident lawyers at Gomez Trial Attorneys are going to continue to bring about awareness to this serious public safety issue.  The current volume of car crashes caused by distracted driving is unfortunate.  Fortunately, the problem is such that people are studying this issue like never

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Taxi Accidents Study: Does Vehicle Color Make a Difference?

[profileleft][/profileleft]Many people feel somewhat uneasy when they climb into a taxicab for a ride.  That’s likely at least in part because taxicab passengers are not in control of that trip.  Not to mention, some passengers are quite nervous about the driving norms in different places.  For the most part, people who experience these feelings are

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Survey: Distracted Driving Accidents Tied To Regular Smartphone Use in Vehicles

[profileleft][/profileleft]Generally, when society identifies and almost uniformly agrees that a behavior is dangerous, people tend to respond by avoiding that behavior as much as possible.  The past several years have seen more and more information coming out with regards to using mobile phones while driving.  A vast majority of jurisdictions in the United States now

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10 Ideas for Avoiding Holiday Car Accidents on New Year’s Eve

As we move towards the precipice of 2017, many of us are already making or looking forward to plans for celebrating the New Year.  New Year’s Eve is a time for family, friends and anyone else who is important in our lives.  We plan on attending celebrations of all types.  Unfortunately, one of the aspects

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Weather-Related Traffic Accidents: A Statistical Perspective

We watch and read the news and regularly see stories about weather disasters that occur.  We tend to struggle to imagine what it’s like to experience such an event.  Those of us who have been through this type of a situation understand that it’s impossible to explain what it’s all about.  This is particularly true

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Study: Traffic Deaths Spike In United States Due to Increase in Distracted Driving

[profileleft][/profileleft]We posted recently with regards to the troubling rise in traffic fatalities in the United States in 2015.  It was the sharpest rise in traffic deaths in the country in 50 years.  More recently, we followed that information up with another look at traffic deaths in the United States.  They continued to climb upward during the first

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