Category Archives: Car Accidents
Hands-free texting still a distraction, researchers say
Driving while voice texting still dangerously distracts drivers, researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) found. According to a Reuters article, UCF conducted a study that involved 40 texting drivers in a traffic incident that would measure their reaction time to road stimuli. While driving a car simulator, each of them was asked… Read More »
GHSA releases report on distracted teen driving
A report by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released on August 26 discusses teen drivers’ attitudes towards mobile phone use behind the wheel. The report, entitled Distracted & Dangerous: Helping States Keep Teens Focused on the Road, stated that 88.4% of individuals aged 16 to 18 believe talking on phone while driving poses… Read More »
Families of those killed by GM defect to receive at least $1M
In a press conference held in Washington D.C. on June 30, compensation expert for General Motors (GM) Kenneth Feinberg announced the company’s plan to provide at least a million dollars for each death associated with GM’s defective ignition switch, the International Business Times reported. On top of the $1 million is a summation of the… Read More »
Toyota to enter into $1.2 billion settlement over sudden acceleration issues
A report published by CNN on Wednesday, March 19 revealed that Toyota will pay around $1.2 billion to settle safety issues and for deliberately misleading customers and the government over concerns of sudden acceleration. According to the agreement between the Justice Department and the Japanese car giant, the government will monitor Toyota while charges against the… Read More »
Suspended cop accused of driving while intoxicated
A suspended Detroit policewoman was held under a 10,000/10% bond following an accusation that she was driving under the influence of alcohol, causing a car accident in Detroit that left two people injured. According to the report, misdemeanor charges were pressed against 41-year-old Dana Bond after crashing into a car Sunday afternoon, March 2,… Read More »
A closer look at the pedestrian’s right of way at unmarked crosswalks
Almost all drivers are aware that they should yield to pedestrians crossing the street at marked crosswalks. However, fewer are aware that they should also yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing the street at unmarked crosswalks. In almost all states, unmarked crosswalks are defined as the ‘continuation’ or ‘connection’ of the… Read More »
Prominent lawyer dies in a car crash
Attorney Corbett O’Meara, son of U.S. Judge John Corbett O’Meara, died following a car crash involving two cars at around 11:50 a.m. on Saturday, November 9 on Harper Avenue at Shady Lane. St. Clair Shores police said in a statement that the 1999 Acura being driven by O’Meara struck a tree after hitting the… Read More »
Hit and run crash leaves one woman dead
A car crash occurred at the corner of Alter Road and Mack Avenue on Thursday, October 31, leaving one woman dead. Detroit police said a van crashed into the side of an SUV around 3 a.m. on the 31st, instantly killing a woman who was a passenger of the SUV. The police added that… Read More »
Honor roll student tries to jump bridge, dies in crash, 2 injured
An 18-year old female freshman from Western Michigan University was killed and her two passengers were injured after a car crash in western Michigan on October 13. Emily Lauer, who recently graduated with honors from Paw Paw High School earlier this year, was speeding on an unpaved road and attempted to drive the 2000… Read More »
Man arrested for DWI and child endangerment
A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) and child endangerment after a single-vehicle accident on W. Drew Road in Sherman Township occurred on Wednesday, September 25. The accident happened around 5:10 p.m., according to the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department. Ryan Byberg of Weidman drove his 1999 Ford pickup truck into a ditch… Read More »