Car Accidents

Ride-sharing giant Uber has launched a new product that allows doctors and hospitals to schedule rides for their patients, like picking up patients for appointments or medical care, or taking them home afterward. Called Uber Health, doctors can use the application, which means patients don’t need to have the Uber app installed or even have…

After rainfall caused mudslides and flash flooding in Southern California last month, rapper Soulja Boy took to social media to talk about a close call. “Was involved in a very bad car accident last night due to a flash flood and mud slide,” he tweeted on January 6. He later tweeted a news photo of…

When a car accident resulting from the negligent actions of another party leaves you injured, you expect to receive compensation for the losses you incur due to your injuries, pain, and suffering. Many times, this compensation will be provided through the at-fault driver’s insurance company. Often, however, receiving compensation through a personal injury claim involves…

In many cases, it’s relatively easy to figure out who caused a car accident. For example, if you are driving a car through a green light at an intersection and within the legal speed limit, and another driver runs the red light and crashes into side of your vehicle, all the liability will likely rest…

You may have had the experience of driving down the highway and seeing a large piece of debris, such as a tire or a piece of furniture, in the road. Car crashes caused by road debris can cause serious injuries and death, and the larger tragedy is that they are preventable. The AAA Foundation for…

In California, there were 1,059 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities in 2016, which represented about 29.2% of total traffic fatalities that year. Most of the time, when we talk about drunk driving fatalities, we are talking about innocent people who are hit, and killed, by drunk drivers. Sometimes, however, it is the drunk driver who dies. If…

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently released its official guidelines on lane-splitting. Lane-splitting was legalized in California in 2017, but formal guidelines had not been issued until now. These safety tips are for both motorcyclists and other drivers on the road. What’s notable about these guidelines is that they clearly state that it is illegal…

We’re quick to blame the tech of self-driving vehicles whenever there is a crash. As it turns out, the major hindrance to the proliferation of safe self-driving vehicles on the road may actually be us. A new report detailed in Axios indicates that of the 88 accidents involving autonomous vehicles (AVs) in California since 2014,…

The dog days of summer are dangerous times of the year for drivers and passengers on the roadways. According to an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study evaluating data from 2012-2016, August 2 is the day in which more people die on the roadways, on average, than any other day of the year. This…

Five years after the accident, an injured woman and the family of a deceased woman recently came to a settlement with the City of Los Angeles, ending lawsuits accusing the city of failing to properly maintain parts of the Venice Beach Boulevard, allowing a driver to get around barriers and plow into pedestrians. The Los…

Technology and traffic apps can be a lifesaver for those of us trying to find our way around unfamiliar areas, or when we want to find a shortcut if we’re stuck in traffic during our daily commute. We might find ourselves in neighborhoods we never knew about before, on side streets that help us escape…

Waymo has just announced a new partnership with Jaguar to build and outfit up to 20,000 I-PACE fully electric cars over the next two years for their self-driving ride-hail service. They plan to put the fleet into production by 2020 and have prototypes on the road in Arizona by the end of 2018. This will…

A recent expose by Jalopnik has called the Goodyear G159 RV tire “the worst tire made in history,” and tied it to hundreds of crashes and several deaths. Evidence disclosed for the first time in an Arizona court on April 4, 2018 that the tire is linked to more than 700 complaints—including nine deaths, hundreds…

No matter how well you take care of your vehicle, you can’t predict when car trouble might happen. Breakdowns or flat tires can happen at any time, as can car accidents. And, here in California, there’s always the possibility of Mother Nature throwing us a curveball with the threat of wildfires, mudslides, or earthquakes. Our…

Most drivers understand the concept that speeding-while-driving has the potential to reap disastrous results. Although speeding and reckless driving may only result in receiving a traffic violation ticket, it can also end much more tragically, with life-changing injuries and even death as the consequence. The recent tragedy of a famous couple In the early morning…

In a story that might make you say, “Only in California,” police were recently called to the scene of a car accident where a sedan had driven into the side of a building. On the second floor. The car was actually embedded into the side of the building, like something out of an action movie.…

Car accidents can be very nerve-racking events. You do everything you can to avoid them, but sometimes they still occur. But the more prepared you are, the less hectic the entire experience can be. Because accidents happen so quickly, it’s easy to forget the right steps to take. However, it’s important to be prepared—for your…

California’s congested highways unfortunately are not only the scene of long traffic backups and delays, but also multiple vehicle collisions. A specific example recently involved a multi vehicle car accident on the southbound 405 Freeway near Westminster. The accident forced the closure of all lanes on the freeway. More sobering was the overturning of a…

Earlier this month, a woman was killed and at least one person was injured when a truck rear-ended a car, pushing it into a city bus. According to witnesses, the woman was stopped at a red light and the truck came up behind her but failed to stop, pushing her car into the intersection, where…

At one point, self-driving cars seemed like something out of a futuristic movie. But it is time to put on your seat belt, because the future is here. Self-driving cars hold much promise in reducing accidents and traffic fatalities—autonomous cars do not drive under the influence, recklessly, or get distracted. They can help keep drunk…

Often, it is not clear how an accident happened. Since the accident victim has the burden to prove someone is liable, an experienced Los Angeles car accident lawyer will occasionally use traffic reconstruction professionals to help analyze how the accident occurred, and who should be held responsible. Accident reconstruction advice may be needed if local…

On October 11, 2017, KTLA 5 reported that a 37-year old woman traveling on Bloomfield Street crossed into the opposite lane, striking four pedestrians who were crossing an intersection. The accident happened near Ball Road in the middle of the afternoon. The police do not suspect that alcohol or drugs were involved in the incident.…

Being in a car crash can create an unreliable sense of time passing – either slowing down or speeding up – particularly if you have sustained an injury of any kind or seen someone else be injured. Witness statements can help clarify not only to the police, but also to those involved in an accident,…

Hollywood makes it seem like being trapped in a burning car is a regular occurrence, with even the most superficial auto accident leading to a roaring inferno. A recent police chase in South Los Angeles resulted in a car exploding while the suspect fled into the comparative safety of police custody.  The car fire closed…

As reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2015 alone, more than 3,400 people died in distracted driver-related traffic crashes, while more than 390,000 were injured. The agency estimates that approximately 660,000 drivers use their cell phone while traveling the roadways during any given daylight hour.  Though it is no secret that…