Category Archives: Car Accident
Collisions Between a Car and a Tree
Conventional wisdom holds that spending time near trees is beneficial to our health, while spending time in and near cars is dangerous. As much as you may fear animal attacks and lightning strikes, the chances of getting serious injuries when you walk in the park or in the forest are much lower than the… Read More »
Drowsy Driving Can Be Deadly
It is easy to summon outrage against drunk drivers and distracted drivers. We can all think of ways that the driver himself or herself could have prevented the collision. There are ways to plan a night of drinking so that no one has to drive drunk, from designated drivers to rideshare rides to destination… Read More »
Distracted Driving Isn’t Just About Phones
We live in a world of distractions. The trouble is that some distractions are annoying, while others are fun. We tend to use the fun distractions to calm down from the frustrations caused by the annoying distractions. You have probably heard those alarming studies about how the average worker is only productive for about… Read More »
Two People Ejected From SUV After Rear End Collision
If you get injured in a car accident while you are visiting New Jersey, any legal actions related to your injuries must proceed through the courts of New Jersey, not in your home state. This might mean that a man and a woman from Baltimore who got into a collision on the New Jersey… Read More »
New Jersey Traffic Fatalities in April 2026
Given the length of time that you must wait on hold when you file an insurance claim after a car accident, it only makes sense that car accidents are common, but most of them do not result in severe bodily injuries. Car accidents that involve serious injury or death are more likely when the… Read More »
Snow and Overpasses Are a Bad Combination
The winter in New Jersey is always a bummer in New Jersey, except for those first few fleeting moments when the snow is so fresh that it has not yet realized where it landed, before it takes on the grayish hue that characterizes the Garbage State for most of the year. This winter has… Read More »
Car Accidents in Whiteout Conditions
Everyone who went to driver’s ed in New Jersey knows the litany of admonitions about driving safely during or after a snowfall. Don’t drive unless you really need to. Clean your car thoroughly before you start driving, so that snow sliding down your front or back windshield does not distract you or obscure your… Read More »
Unfair Police Reports About Car Accidents
Police reports seem boring, but if you read them thoughtfully enough, they are as full of detail as a police procedural drama or action movie. The officer’s handwriting is approximately the midpoint between the illegible scrawl of a physician and the elegant pen strokes of a professional calligrapher. Ernest Hemingway would undoubtedly approve of… Read More »
Injured by a Possibly Drunk Driver
New Jersey’s drunk driving laws are notoriously confusing, especially for people who are new to the Garden State or who get pulled over on suspicion of DUI while visiting here. New Jersey law does not treat drunk driving as a crime when the drunk driver does not cause an accident. Instead, the case goes… Read More »
A Car With a Built In Breathalyzer?
Some of the safety features in cars today would have seemed futuristic ten years ago. When you had to postpone your driving test because you could not park straight in a parking space to the satisfaction of your driver’s ed teacher, you would not have guessed that, in 2026, cars would display yellow and… Read More »