NYPD Implements Non-Injury Vehicle Collision Program In Staten Island
In order to “improve response times to serious emergencies, and save time for busy New Yorkers”, the NYPD will no longer respond to motor vehicle incidents which only involve property damage. Under the new program, drivers are not required to wait for police to respond to the scene of the accident. However, under New York…
New Motor Vehicle Law In NY – Medical Emergency Defense
Medical Emergency Defense A new law was recently signed with the goal of making roads more safe. Drivers who get into an accident allegedly caused by a personal medical condition will not be able to drive until the Department of Motor Vehicles conducts a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident and the claimed…
West Side Highway Speed Limit Reduction – NYC Car Accidents Lawyers
NYC Car Accident Lawyers The speed limit was reduced this month on a deadly stretch of the West Side Highway. Speed limits along the Manhattan highway will be reduced from 35 mph to 30 mph. According to New York City and State officials, the new limits will take place on the West Side Highway south…
School Bus Crash with Adults with Special Needs
NYC Bus Accident Lawyer At least thirty people were injured last week in Brooklyn when a bus carrying adults with special needs collided head on with another vehicle. According to the New York Post, the school was heading west near Avenue U and East 61st in the Mill Basin area of Brooklyn at the time of…
Nassau County Municipal Liability
Municipal Liability A judge in Nassau County recently approved a $25 million settled between the County and the family of a woman who was suffered a severe traumatic brain injury in a car crash in 2007. The family of the victim argued that Nassau County was responsible because it knew that the “site lines” at…
Rideshare Accident – Insurance Coverage for Uber Accidents in New York
Rideshare Accident & Injury New York has seen a major increase in the use of TNC (“transportation network company”) services as a means of transportation. Among the most widely used TNC “rideshare” companies is Uber. What happens when an Uber driver or an Uber passenger, or both, get injured in a rideshare accident in New…
GM Announces Plan To Mass Produce Self-Driving Cars
This week at the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors announced its intention to roll out a new generation of driverless motor vehicles by 2019. These new self-driving cars, which lack steering wheels and pedals, will be deployed as ride-hailing vehicles in numerous cities throughout the United States. Whether or not GM’s driverless cars will be…
Distracted Driving Causing More Accidents
According to a recent study released by the University of Utah, driver’s utilizing their car’s built-in navigation system are more distracting than driver’s who are texting. Driving while using other in-vehicle information systems such as MP3 players, radios, cellphones, and messaging devices, is equally as dangerous, the study found. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found…
Charter Bus Accident Kills 3 In Queens, New York
On Monday, two buses collided in a major motor vehicle accident that killed three people and left many others injured. Video taken at the intersection of Main Street and Northern Boulevard in Flushing, Queens, shows a Dahlia Travel charter bus speeding through a red light at 58 miles an hour and crashing into the rear end of…
Woman Killed By Sanitation Vehicle in Manhattan
A 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a sanitation truck in Greenwich Village, New York, this week. According to the New York Post, the woman was crossing Sixth Avenue at its intersection with West 8th Street at the time. She was dragged under the truck and crushed by its tires. According to a witness…
