Marietta Motor Vehicle Accidents Law Blog

People in Georgia who are concerned about the prevalence of distracted driving and the safety risks this behavior raises may have even more reason to be concerned in the future. As consumers' reliance on technology seems only poised to grow, not wane, technology companies may well be building devices that all but encourage dangerous actions.

As reported recently by The Verge, there are rumors abounding that some new models of Apple smartphones may start to be produced with multiple wireless audio inputs. To make matters worse, there are people actively recommending that people could use one input for music and another for navigation purposes while driving. This would only add to the number of cognitive inputs that a driver would be trying to focus on at one time, further taking their attention away from the road.

Most of the time, you would not be trying to prove that you were injured when you bring a civil suit in Georgia. Most injuries are often relatively easy to establish. This area of the law is much more frequently concerned with the topic of who is to blame for your injuries. At Sams, Larkin, Huff & Balli, LLP, in Marietta, we stand by our clients' sides to make sure that the court knows who bears the real responsibility.

Establishing fault is essential to the process. That is because the parties that are liable for your losses are also usually responsible for paying any costs you incurred due to those injuries. However, in collisions with commercial vehicles, this liability could be more complicated than in other situations. Here is a brief explanation of how you might go about establishing this vital foundation of your personal injury law case.

With what may have felt like a crazy winter to many people in Georgia, spring has finally begun to arrive. This often encourages more people to be outside and enjoying the temperate weather before the heat and humidity of summer sets in. While this can be good for people's health, especially if they are active when outside, it can also be dangerous to their health when they must be on roads or sidewalks next to vehicles. 

According to data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2017 was a particularly deadly year for pedestrians in Georgia. With 253 fatalities that year alone, it recorded more pedestrian deaths in the state in at least a decade. In 2016, there were 232 pedestrians killed and in 2015, another 194 people on foot lost their lives in motor vehicle accidents.

If you are like many other drivers, you may get frustrated when stuck in traffic or struggling to get to work on time. Your anger may settle anywhere from mild to infuriated and may rise from slightly frustrated to enraged in a matter of minutes. Problems occur, however, when angry motorists engage in dangerous driving habits that threaten other motorists and people on the road. Road rage is a serious problem in the United States, as the National Safety Council reports one in three people admit to engaging in aggressive driving behaviors. It is crucial that you are on the lookout for these behaviors, so you can keep yourself safe on the road and possibly avoid becoming the victim of a car accident.

According to the NSC, some common aggressive driving behaviors include the following:

•          Speeding and weaving between vehicles
•          Tailgating or driving too closely behind another car
•          Excessive horn honking
•          Using profanities or obscene hand gestures
•          Failing to yield to other drivers’ right of way
•          Running stop lights and failing to obey traffic signs