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Study Quantifies Specific Driving Distractions and Their Risks

[profileleft][/profileleft]Every San Diego car accident lawyer with any degree of experience has represented clients who were injured by distracted drivers.  We recently discussed a study that linked the increase in traffic deaths to an increase in distracted driving.  We also discussed a survey that linked car accidents in general to the use of smartphones in […]

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Traffic Accidents (Partially) Explained? San Diego Commute Ranked Among Worst

[profileleft][/profileleft]According to census data, more than 80 percent of San Diego residents commute to work daily by way of a passenger vehicle.  That should make it easy to see why most people think that traffic in the area is generally terrible.  Not to mention, congested traffic conditions make driving conditions stressful and dangerous.  Just how

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Parking Lot Accidents: Underrated Problem Rears Its Head in San Diego

[profileleft][/profileleft]Many of us have become annoyed as we drove through parking lots and parking garages over the years.  This tends to happen when a large number of vehicles are crammed into tight spaces.  Everyone is in a hurry to either get in or get out and people are generally thinking of other things as they

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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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Pothole Accidents – An Overlooked But Serious Traffic Safety Problem

[profileleft][/profileleft]There are certain things that we may find annoying as we drive through our daily routines, but we also tend to accept them.  Debris on the road is one example.  However, as we’ve covered recently, this is a problem that actually leads to a large number of car accidents.  Potholes are another annoyance that everyone,

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Two Fatal San Diego Accidents Occur During Most Recent Storm

[profileleft][/profileleft]It’s been quite some time since motorists in San Diego have had to navigate their vehicles through difficult weather conditions on a regular basis.  We have all gotten involuntary retraining in recent months.  The winter rains have returned.  People need to drive differently in inclement weather.  Unfortunately, mistakes tend to be magnified when they occur

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Dangerous Driving: AAA Survey Reveals Troubling Percentage of Drivers Taking Risks

[profileleft][/profileleft]If we are honest with ourselves, most of us think that the only bad drivers out there are the other drivers.  Many of us have used terms that cannot be repeated in front of children to describe people who were engaging in dangerous driving.  The acts of other motorists that prompted these unfortunate utterances often

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Study: Alcohol-Related Accidents Lower In States With Stronger Policies

[profileleft][/profileleft]For over 100 years, driving under the influence has been against the law in parts of the United States.  New Jersey was the first state to pass such a law in 1906.  However, given the lack of technology at the time, there was no set limit in terms of the amount of alcohol a motorist

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Why? Texting and Driving Survey Uncovers Reasons for This Dangerous Act

[profileleft][/profileleft]By now everyone should understand that texting and driving is extremely dangerous.  The vast majority of jurisdictions in the United States outlaw this act on some level.  That’s because the statistics are clear:  texting and driving causes car accidents that lead to serious injuries and fatalities.  Unfortunately, people still send and read text messages while

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