If you have a car crash, showing how it was the other driver’s fault will be crucial to claiming compensation. California works on the basis of percentage fault, so the higher percentage of fault you push onto the other driver, the higher the percentage of costs you...
If you are out cycling and a car hits you, the odds you escape without injury are low. How much harm you suffer comes down to several factors. Speed is one. The faster the car is going, the greater the impact force. That is why it is crucial that areas with lots of...
If someone crashes into you and you feel fine, you might consider the crash has already disrupted your day enough, without wasting more time going for a medical check-up. Yet this could be a massive mistake. Getting immediate medical attention is crucial after a crash...
There is no shortage of danger when you get behind the wheels on Costa Mesa roads, and rear-end accidents are the most common of them all. Accounting for nearly 40 percent of all road accidents in the United States, a rear-end accident happens when a motorist hits the...
When people talk about vehicle crashes, they often separate categories of road users. For example, they call motorcyclists or teenage drivers irresponsible and dangerous. Or label mothers on the school run as distracted and truckers as people in charge of death...
It would be nice to think that the most dangerous vehicles on the road had the most experienced drivers behind the wheel. That is how most things work – the biggest responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the most experienced staff. Yet, new legislation on the...
If someone asked you whether roads were roads more dangerous in town or in the countryside, you might assume in town. It seems logical as there are far more people and vehicles, far more intersections, parked cars and so on. Yet, surprisingly, it is not true. Figures...
Auto accident injuries can range from minor bruises to long-term or, worse still, fatal injuries. If you are hurt in a car accident that is another person’s fault, you may be entitled to financial compensation. One of the factors the court will take into account when...
It is normal for drivers to blame each other when a collision occurs. Rear-end crashes are no different, and however obvious it is that the driver who rear-ended you is to blame, do not expect them to admit it. First off, admitting blame would be daft, as it could...
People who get hit by a car while crossing the street often get blamed for what happened to them. Others may assume that the victim was crossing against the light or jaywalking. That they brought their serious, even fatal, injuries upon themselves. The idea that...