Are Modern Vehicles Too Distracting for Drivers?
Drivers Are Taking Their Eyes off the Road to Watch Movies and Ask Questions of their Cars New car owners, those who have purchased recent year models, may have been “wowed” by all the bells and whistles that come along with a newer vehicle. While the technology is...
Uber Implements New Safety Rules for Drivers
Discover How Drowsy Driving Leads to Car Accidents Uber now requires its drivers to take an extended break if they have been driving for 12 hours straight. The nationwide mandate is due to safety issues aimed at combating drowsy driving. 6-Hour Break Mandated for...
Colorado 2017 Car Accident Death Count Swells
Numbers Track Impaired Driving, Deadly Counties It's hard to keep track of the rising tide of death on the streets, roads, and highways crisscrossing Colorado's 64 counties. Even in February, the state agency in charge of keeping the death tally was revising its grim...
The Impact of the Eggshell Skull Rule on Colorado Auto Accident Cases
How Is Recovery for Previously Injured Plaintiffs Affected? When an auto accident occurs, most people are naturally concerned with the injuries sustained as a direct result of the collision, not the injured person's particular circumstances that might unexpectedly...
NHTSA Urges States to Lower BAC Limits
Why Agency Believes Changes Could Reduce Auto Accident Fatalities A growing amount of evidence indicates that excessive alcohol consumption can lead to a wide array of health problems. From a public health perspective, however, the relationship between alcohol and...
Colorado Auto Accident Deaths Unrestrained in 2017
Unbuckled Riders Are More Likely to Die More than half of the people who died in passenger-vehicle crashes on Colorado streets, roads, and highways in 2017 were not wearing seat belts. And those deaths represent nearly a third of all of the 638 people who died from...