From 2016 to 2018 more cyclists died in traffic incidents in California than during any other three year period in the past 25 years. During that three year span 45 cyclists were killed and countless more injured according to the National Highway Transportation Administration. These alarming figures translate to about
Are you aware that just the act of downloading the Uber app means you agree you’re 18, not using a stolen credit card to pay the driver and you won’t seek a jury trial against Uber? In March of 2018 Jillian Kemenosh was halfway home when the Uber she was
The next time you’re stuck in traffic and the radio states the reason for the back-up is a non-injury accident do you know what that really means? Anyone who’s ever been in a car crash understands the reality as no one was transported from the scene via ambulance. They also
Glenn Guenard was named Advocate of the Year by the Capital City Trial Lawyers Association. The Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association is the voice of and for Sacramento Trial Attorneys. The CCTLA was founded in the early 1950s to create a meaningful source of information about Sacramento juries, CCTLA has
A study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in collaboration with Virginia Tech has found that drives who own cars with assistance technology are nearly twice as likely to engage in distracted behavior like texting, playing with the radio or not paying attention to the road. The distracted behavior
The C.H.P. reported some extremely sad news Sunday night from Northbound 99. A Sacramento woman was killed after she got out of her car after a crash and was struck by another car. The initial crash happened at about 10:30 p. m. and involved three vehicles. The resulting crash would
Three crashes that killed three people have heightened the scrutiny on Tesla’s much talked about Autopilot Driving System. Autopilot Driving is the system Elon Musk and Tesla designed to put self-driving cars on the highways of California. Recently in Gardena a Tesla Model S left the freeway at a high
As Beyond Meat’s new “Impossible Burger” is bringing increased attention to the alt-protein food category, it’s important to know what’s actually in it. The Impossible Burger was first written about in 2017 when Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents uncovered that the FDA disagreed with the company’s safety assessments of
The warnings against distracted driving have existed since cellphones have existed. The most important change in the last decade is cellphones have morphed into “smart” handheld devices. That change has moved injuries from the driver’s seat to so many other places. Researchers at Rutgers have reviewed information from a national
The families of two 17 year olds who were fatally electrocuted while trying to save a dog from a canal in Dixon each received $7 million in civil settlements from the irrigation district. Jacob Hourmouzus and Jacob Scheider were killed after they jumped in the Weyand Canal off Dixon Avenue
