Male teenagers are more likely to drive under the influence of alcohol, but female teenagers are now at a higher risk of dying in these accidents than they were a decade earlier. Those are the alarming findings of a new study that has just been released. According to the study, in 2007, female teenage drinkers [...]
A San Fernando Valley woman, who was found guilty of causing a fatal accident that killed a 76-year-old woman in Woodland Hills last year, will not have to serve time in jail for her role in the accident. The 41-year-old woman was convicted by a jury on charges of vehicular manslaughter, arising out of the [...]
This summer, beach goers in Newport Beach will have to do without firing up their fire pits, after the City Council moved to eliminate all 60 fire rings in the city. The decision came because of concerns over the risk of fire pit-related injuries to both adults and children. The California Coastal Commission is required [...]
Police in San Bernardino are conducting a motorcycle accident prevention program that includes additional enforcement. Police have begun issuing citations, and making arrests. There are more numbers of police officers patrolling the areas that see heavy motorcycle traffic, and which are frequently the scene of motorcycle accidents. So far, San Bernardino police officers have conducted [...]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging owners and operators of 15-passenger vans to focus on safety as we head through spring and into summer. Many people including church groups and summer camp organizers will use 15-passenger vans over the next few weeks and months. However, it’s important to remember that these vehicles may [...]
A string of recent accidents involving students in Volusia County, Florida, has had local transportation officials and Florida personal injury lawyers very concerned. A number of safety measures have been set in place in some of the most dangerous areas near US Highway 17-92. More measures are to follow. Last week, a panel of local [...]
Since California passed a law in 2008, banning the use of hand-held cell phones by motorists, there has been a substantial reduction in the number of accidents caused by cell phone use while driving. New research conducted by the University Of California Berkeley’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, considered accident data in California 2 [...]
A former Rancho Santa Margarita childcare worker was convicted last week of the molestation of 2 young boys. The molestation occurred in 2000 and 2006, and the worker was an employee of the Saddleback Unified School District. For 6 years, Christensen worked as a childcare leader at the Learning Connection, an after-school childcare program conducted [...]
California fire pit injury lawyers have long been aware of the health and safety hazards from these fire rings. Now, the Newport Beach City Council has voted to eliminate fire pits within city limits. Under the decision, all 60 fire rings which currently exist at the Big Corona Sate Beach and Balboa will be removed [...]
Any Los Angeles truck accident lawyer would be alarmed at the increase in truck accident fatalities in California and the rest of the country, after a couple of years of declining fatalities. Yet another fatality was added to the toll list in 2012. Last week, a motorcyclist in San Diego was killed when his motorcycle [...]