
DUI laws are tough in California, as they should be for many reasons. One would assume that police officers who enforce these laws would have a deep understanding of the dangers involved with driving under the influence of any type of substance that impairs judgment. Unfortunately, it appears that a deputy with the Sacramento County [...]
Continue reading Sacramento County Deputy Crashes Vehicle into Starbuck’s, Arrested for DUIThursday, August 20, 2009
We posted recently regarding a plan by Sacramento police to crack down on drivers who ignore pedestrians and the laws that govern the right-of-way as they make their way through town. While no one could have predicted what the number of tickets would be, reports from the first day of this operation were surprising to [...]
Continue reading Crackdown in Full Swing – Dozens of Tickets Issued for Pedestrian ErrorsThursday, August 13, 2009
Vehicle-pedestrian accidents have been high in number in Sacramento in recent times, and the prevalence of these occurrences has prompted the local police to initiate a sting designed to catch and hold accountable those vehicles that do not yield the right-of-way to pedestrians crossing in the crosswalk. The law requires that pedestrians be given the [...]
Continue reading Sacramento Police to Crack Down on Pedestrian AccidentsMonday, August 3, 2009
Certain times of the day tend to bring immediate thoughts to those who hear about incidents that occur at that time. One of those times is 2 a.m., which is often when large cities will have their roads filled with people driving after a night out on the town. While it’s too early to know [...]
Continue reading Single-Car Crash Kills Vehicle’s OccupantsSunday, August 2, 2009
Hit-and-run accidents are always difficult legal situations, and injuries often result from them and it can be difficult to locate the driver who was responsible for the fallout. Unfortunately, the search is on once again for an unknown driver in the area after the vehicle in which he was driving rear-ended another car and then [...]
Continue reading Hit-and-Run Driver Leaves Injured Horse BehindSaturday, July 25, 2009
While moving through traffic as a pedestrian is dangerous, road workers fully understand that they are generally in an even more vulnerable position given their stationary nature. Tragically, this reality was underscored once again on Thursday, as a Caltrans worker was struck and killed by a commercial vehicle while he was at work.
Continue reading Caltrans Worker Killed by MotoristSaturday, June 27, 2009
Construction work is done at night in the area for many reasons – it helps the workers avoid the dangerous heat and keeps traffic congestion to a minimum, just to name two – but that certainly doesn’t mean that the danger encountered by road construction crews is avoided. That notion was tragically reinforced recently when [...]
Continue reading Construction Worker Killed in DUI CrashFriday, June 19, 2009
Teen driving has long been an issue of concern for parents, friends and of course other drivers on the road. Thehttp://www.personalinjuryweblog.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpre’s a reason that insurance http://www.personalinjuryweblog.com/wp-admin/post-new.phppremiums are much higher for someone who is of teen-aged years than adults, and that’s because they are statistically more likely to be involved in auto accidents. Unfortunately, that’s exactly [...]
Continue reading CHP Identifies Two Teens Killed in Recent CrashFriday, June 12, 2009
Construction work on roads and infrastructure is being done at night more and more these days in order to minimize traffic jams that are always part of the day regardless and to allow the construction workers an opportunity to work when it’s cooler as Sacramento heads into the hot summer months. Unfortunately, there are also [...]
Continue reading Construction Zone Crash Leaves Two DeadThursday, June 4, 2009
Strollers should be clear indications to anyone behind the wheel to take extra precautions. Of course, that would also assume that someone behind the wheel was fully paying attention to what was happening on the road in order for that obvious step to occur. It seems that one driver’s eyes were distracted from the road [...]
Continue reading Twin Girls Injured as Car Strikes Stroller
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Auto Accidents, Drunk Driving Accidents