Car Accident Archive
Court Finds Employer Liable for Injuries Caused by Employee Driving Personal Vehicle on Job Site
Employers are not responsible for all actions of their employees — only for those actions within the scope of employment. For example, if you are injured by a forklift operator at Home Depot, you have a claim against Home Depot if the employee operating the forklift was doing so as part of his/her work duties.
Who Is Responsible When A Self-Driving Car Crashes?
Self-driving cars are becoming a regular part of daily life. While fully self-driving cars are probably still years away, some cars can steer and park themselves, accelerate and brake, and even change lanes. Like any new technology, the bugs are becoming more apparent as these cars move from the test track to the real world. So when a self-driving car crashes, who is responsible – the human driver or the company that programmed the car’s software?
Car Accident Negligence
As well as being a busy city in of the most prolific states for car accidents, San Diego’s roads are made even more popular by the fact that the county serves as a connection between Mexico and the United States. This means that there tends to be a higher than average proportion of commercial vehicles and large trucks using the roads, in addition to the generally high volumes of traffic.
Car Accident Lawsuits
With an estimated 2,973,000 vehicles registered in San Diego County, plus countless commercial vehicles and tourists using the roads, it is somewhat inevitable that collisions will occur regularly. Thankfully, most of these incidents are minor, involving nothing more than perhaps some bruising of the vehicle occupants, and superficial property damage. However, this is not always true, and the OTS reports that, in 2015, San Diego County saw:
Speed-Related Car Accidents
Aside from driving whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs, driving at excessive speeds has been found to be the most common cause of fatal car accidents, not only in San Diego, but across the United States. The dangers, and the potential consequences, of speeding have been known for quite some time now, yet drivers continue to put their foot down and drive faster than the law allows on a very regular basis. When you know that your behavior has a high chance of causing life-changing or life-limited injuries in another person, what prevents you from putting an end to that habit?
Construction Zone Car Accidents
We can say with almost complete certainty that you have never gotten into your car and set off on a journey thinking that you may be involved in a car accident that day. Of course, all motorists are aware that there are numerous collisions every day and that, every time you drive, you run the risk of being involved in one, but nobody ever thinks that it may actually happen to them.
Serious Injury Accidents
Certain types of injuries are delineated as “serious” or “catastrophic” based on the increased prospect of lifelong disability, disfigurement or death. Brain trauma, spinal cord damage, amputation, third degree burns, paralysis, facial bone breaks and internal bleeding are all classified as serious injuries.
Rear-End Accidents
Whatever the underlying cause may be, the number one type of car accident in San Diego is the rear-end accident. There are a variety of scenarios in which these accidents may occur, but all involve some form of negligence, or lack of attention on the part of the rearmost driver. Even the most attentive of motorists is likely to have experienced at least one moment where a split-second of distraction meant you became closer than you would like to driving into the back of another vehicle, so it is easy to understand why the propensity for distracted driving leads to thousands of rear-end accidents, both in San Diego and across the United States.
Car Accident Injuries
A car accident can wreck your car, send you to the ER, and cause pain and problems that can last weeks, months or a lifetime. Most people are not financially or emotionally prepared for what it’s like after an accident. Injuries can lead to months of pain and suffering and sometimes turn into permanent problems. You should not be forced to pay medical bills or take time off from school or work or the things that you love because of an injury you didn’t cause. Don’t let this happen to you.
Changes in Driving Laws for 2022
Assembly Bill 3 promises to “crack down” on illegal street racing events. Events featuring racing and stunts, sometimes called sideshows, occur when people block a roadway to race, perform stunts, or other reckless driving. Sideshows have become very popular and very dangerous. CHP logged more than 25,000 reports of street racing last year — and that’s just one law enforcement agency.
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