Car Accidents
Will Driverless Cars Decrease Accidents? Cars that are entirely driverless aren’t quite here yet, but they are coming. Tech companies like Google have been using California roadways for several years now to test out self-driving cars. Driverless cars have been touted as a way to dramatically decrease crashes, particularly those caused by driver negligence (drunk […]
100 Deadly Days The AAA designates the 100 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day as the deadliest days, particularly for teen drivers who are on the road more during the summer and whose inexperience and reckless may put them in a vulnerable position on the roadways. The numbers are telling. Teens Have Bad Driving […]
Steve S. v. City of Sacramento, et al., Motor Vehicle Collision: Wrongful death of 9- month-old infant Record settlement of $9.75 million obtained in trial Attorney John Demas represented the parents of Raiden S., a 9-month-old baby that was killed in a motor vehicle collision involving a police officer for the City of Sacramento, obtaining […]
Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist feature is not only flawed, but causes cars to steer erratically when it is engaged, according to a class-action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of three Tesla owners. According to a USA Today news report, the lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose seeking class-action status. Tesla has […]
California is preparing for driverless cars to go solo, or operate without a driver. According to a report in Technology Review, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has announced that it plans to allow companies to test driverless cars on its roads without on-board backup drivers before the end of the year. The vehicles would still […]
We know that driverless cars are not a question of if but when. We know they are coming, whether we like them or not; whether we are comfortable with them or not. Recent research on autonomous vehicles has shown that while they could help fix some of the problems we have with transportation today, they […]
A Sacramento startup company has created an app that is geared toward enabling the public to get paid for reporting distracted drivers to law enforcement. The startup has been accepted into the 500 Startups business accelerator program according to Bizjournals.com. Text to Ticket has created an app that allows users to submit footage of people who […]
Car culture in California is quite well established at this point. It generally requires being able to drive to just about every place including your work, school, gym, or to visit family and friends or even to get your groceries. The California Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) estimated that it had issued a total of […]
The holiday season is a joyous one when many of us travel long distances to visit family members or to attend reunions and get-togethers. However, the holidays also tend to be a time of year when traffic accidents spike significantly. Law enforcement officials in California and around the country are reminding drivers about the dangers […]
The city of Sacramento had the second highest total number of dangerous intersections, according to a study that listed the deadliest intersections in California, based on 2015 collision data. ABC10 news reported recently that Sacramento came in second behind Los Angeles with 13 dangerous intersections. Los Angeles, with an estimated 221 dangerous intersections, placed at […]