A recent study by AAA suggests in-car chaos created by dashboard displays and smart phones are fundamentally unsafe. This study piggybacks onto the previous year’s study and added specific new cars as offenders. All so-called Infotainment systems are not created equal in that some required “very high” demand from drivers
Car insurance for new drivers is almost prohibitively expensive. Before you blame the greedy insurance company let’s review some statistics. According to the California DMV the crash rate for 16-year-olds is 3.7 times higher than drivers of all ages and the crash rate for 16 to 19-year-olds is 2.7 times
I had the honor of meeting retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on several occasions. While he was on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, he taught Constitutional Law at McGeorge School of Law. I took his class during the 1984–1985 academic year. Learning Constitutional Law from Anthony Kennedy is
Maricela Sotelo was driving in Santa Barbara on February 12, 2013 when she was rear ended by Brooke Holland. Sotelo alleged that Holland was negligent in the operation of her vehicle and Holland admitted negligence. Holland’s Insurance Company was Farmers and they refused to offer anything so our Senior Partner
We are amazed at how new car safety has progressed and we now walk away from crashes that would have killed everyone just a few years ago. That doesn’t mean uninjured and it doesn’t mean newer cars are safer in every aspect: Here five ways newer cars may be more
A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is likely to give even the most ardent supporters of self driving cars a heightened level of concern. According to Raj Rajkumar, a Carnegie Mellon researcher and the leader of the autonomous vehicle research the car involved in the fatal
Doug Schaub died in his sleep from Carbon Monoxide poisoning after leaving his Toyota RAV-4 running in his garage for over 24 hours. His car idling for over 24 hours filled his garage and eventually the living space of his home resulting in his death. Blame has been placed on
Imagine owning a 1931 Model A Ford you personally restored with your aging father. Imagine the feeling you’d have after the distracted driver of a Toyota Corolla destroys the link between father and son as a result of a cell phone. This is the exact scenario we want to tell
We typically are able to meet victims of car crashes in the comfort of our office on Elk Grove Boulevard or in Downtown Sacramento. However, when a motorcycle rider is involved in a collision with a car, the victim is often hospitalized for several days to several weeks and doesn’t
Many people from our area missed work yesterday and others have the weekend planned to watch the Amgen Tour Bicycle race. This event brings world class athletes to our area to demonstrate their particular talent and this is likely to motivate many of us to get our bike out and
