2020 Was a Record Year for NYC Traffic Fatalities (Despite Fewer Cars Being on the Road)
2020 was a year for the record books in many ways. The pandemic left us reeling and kept cars off our city streets, but the upshot of this decrease in traffic isn’t what you’d think. In fact, the New York Times reports that New York City saw a rise in traffic fatalities in 2020. Further, this trend isn’t specific to NYC. Across the nation, traffic fatality rates have soared, while traffic itself has languished.
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Self-Driving Trucks Are Coming Sooner than You Think
We’ve all heard the hype regarding trucks that drive themselves, but most of us thought that was something for the distant future. Not so, explains the Wall Street Journal. In fact, the self-driving startup TuSimple recently raised over a billion dollars in an IPO (which comes on the heels of a U.S. investigation into the company’s ties to China), and it’s poised to kick off driverless trucks this year.
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Can You Sue for Emotional Distress After a Car Accident in NY?
Being injured by someone else's negligence in a car accident can leave you with serious physical injuries that can make moving forward with your life very difficult. A violent car accident, however, can also lead to immense psychological pain and emotional distress for which you also need compensation, and in the State of New York, you can seek this compensation in your car accident claim.
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How Much Money Do You Get for a Back Injury from a Car Accident?
Back injuries can be highly disruptive. Not only are they exceptionally painful, but they are also prone to causing lingering pain. Suffering a back injury as a result of another driver’s negligence can be especially difficult, but obtaining just compensation can go a long way toward helping you reach your fullest recovery.
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America’s Parking Lot Scores High in Terms of Danger
There is a section of the Cross Bronx Expressway – often lovingly referred to as America’s Parking Lot – that Go Safe Labs has deemed one of the most dangerous roadways in the nation.
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Does Health Insurance Affect Your Car Accident Claim?
When it comes to car accidents, New York is what is known as a no-fault state. This means that if you are injured in a car accident – regardless of who is at fault – your claim will process through your own car insurance coverage.
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What Happens if the At-Fault Driver Doesn’t Have Sufficient Insurance?
To register a car in New York, motorists must carry a minimum amount of liability insurance, which is called into action if they are responsible for an accident.
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How Safe Do You Feel on the Cross Bronx Expressway?
Not for nothing, the Cross Bronx Expressway is known as America’s parking lot, and if the Cross Bronx leaves you feeling nervous, there’s a good reason for that.
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Slowing Down the Streets of NYC
Residents and visitors of New York City alike know how heavy traffic can be, and whether you drive or not, that traffic can directly affect your safety.
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5 Injured when Car Jumps Curb
When it comes to traffic accidents, pedestrians are obviously most vulnerable to serious injuries. When you’re on foot, after all, there is nothing to protect you from the immense impact of any ensuing accident.
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What to Do if You’re Injured by an Underinsured Driver
If you’ve been seriously injured in a car accident that was caused by someone who carries only the minimum requirement for liability insurance, that driver’s insurance may be inadequate to cover the full extent of your damages.
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Does Every Car Accident Claim go to Court in New York?
If another motorist’s negligence leaves you injured in a car accident, it also leaves you in a difficult position.
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Ridesharing Accidents Linked to Pick Ups and Drop Offs
Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft have revolutionized the way we get around. After all, it’s hard to beat having your own personal driver as close as that app on your phone.
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If New York is a No-Fault State, Who is Liable in a Car Accident?
Although New York is a no-fault state, liability is still important in many cases. Motorists in New York must carry both no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) benefits and bodily injury liability coverage.
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What to Do after a Hit-and-Run?
Fleeing the scene of an accident is against New York law. In particular, New York Vehicle & Traffic Law SEC. 600 makes it a crime to fail to stop after a crash.
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Were You Injured by Reckless Driving?
New York has stiff laws on the books against reckless driving. In particular, Vehicle & Traffic Laws Section 1212 makes it a misdemeanor offense to drive in a way that unreasonably interferes with the use of the highway or that endangers the public unreasonably.
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Do You Need to File a Crash Report with the DMV?
New York State collects crash information and makes those statistics available to the public. However, the stats are only as good as the reporting.
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What Kind of Lawyer Do I Need to Defend a Car Accident Case?
Most personal injury lawyers represent accident victims on contingency. But those who are named as defendants in lawsuits also need legal help. Fortunately, their insurance company should be able to find an attorney and pay the fee for legal representation.
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What Determines Fault in a Car Accident?
If you’ve been injured in a car accident, who’s at fault will be a determining factor in how you’ll be compensated by the insurance company – or by the at-fault party.
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Are Hit and Run Accidents Increasing in NYC?
It is against the law for motorists to flee the scene after an accident. If someone was in the vehicle at the time of a collision, then a motorist should stop and render assistance.
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Legal Update: New York Ridesharing Laws and Restrictions
Ridesharing companies like Lyft and Uber have been operating in New York City for several years now, and these services have undoubtedly changed the way New Yorkers are tourists get around the City.
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Senior Drivers Can Cause Serious Car Accidents
A recent article in the New York Post highlights a fatal accident on the streets of Brooklyn in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a senior driver.
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Uber Facing Legal Issues After Self Driving Car Struck Pedestrian
Uber has had its share of legal issues, but a recent article in the Washington Post highlights a recent problem with its self-driving cars.
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NYC Injury Update: Dump Truck Hit & Run in Brooklyn
Another dump truck accident has claimed the life of a woman in Brooklyn. As reported by the New York Daily News, this accident occurred in Bensonhurst, on the 86th street near Bay Parkway.
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Serious Injuries Sustained in MTA Accidents
Recent reports show that the number of injuries to MTA bus riders in the absence of collisions have increased this past year - by a significant 11 percent. These numbers show that the risks of serious injuries exists even when buses do not crash, as 494 injuries were reported without a collision.
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Can I Sue NY City for a Pothole Accident Injury?
When you drive in New York City, you naturally expect plenty of traffic, but you may not realize how many potholes are out there. The fact is that a pothole can seem to come out of nowhere, and there is often simply no way to avoid these dangerous defects.
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2019 Is a Dangerous Year for MTA Bus Riders
Buses help alleviate traffic, but they also must navigate safely with traffic, and when bus drivers fail to do so, it can result in serious passenger injuries.
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Common Causes of Truck Accidents
Large commercial trucks transport goods from New York City to around the country. Without these trucks, economic activity would undeniably decline, and New Yorkers wouldn’t enjoy fresh fruit in winter or wine from California vineyards.
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Commercial Truck Tire Blowouts Can Cause Serious Accidents
Large commercial trucks like semis, tractor-trailers, tanker trucks, and car haulers are an unavoidable constant of roadways throughout the United States. These vehicles and their cargo can weigh as much as 80,000 pounds and travel at speeds of 70 miles per hour or more, and when their tires blowout, it can cause drivers to lose control and cause catastrophic accidents.
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NYC Accident Report – October 20th, 2017
In our New York City accident report for October 20th, we take a look at three tragic examples of reckless individuals causing accidents and leaving...
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