by Grant & Longworth | Jun 12, 2017 | Automobile Accident
Cars are not the only vehicles on the roadway. When you drive through New York or anywhere else in the United States, you have to share the road with buses, motorcycles, commercial trucks, and bicycles. Sometimes, pedestrians are also part of this mix. If you are...
by Grant & Longworth | May 19, 2017 | Automobile Accident
Jaywalking, crossing the street at any area other than the designated crosswalk, is not legal in New York City. It was first outlawed in 1958 and initially, the number of accidental pedestrian deaths dropped. Today, New York’s jaywalking law is rarely enforced and...
by Grant & Longworth | May 11, 2017 | Automobile Accident
New York lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would legalize the use of a “textalyzer,” a device that scans drivers’ cell phones for signs of recent use after a collision, in an effort to curb the number of car accidents attributed to distracted driving and...
by Grant & Longworth | Apr 27, 2017 | Automobile Accident
Navigating busy city streets as a bicyclist is not easy. The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) is trying to change that, currently, about a quarter of adult New Yorkers ride a bicycle at least a few times each year. Of them, close to half ride a bicycle...
by Grant & Longworth | Apr 21, 2017 | Automobile Accident
Currently, New York ranks as the state with the lowest number of drunk driving accidents relative to its population size. This data comes from multiple sources, including Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and...
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