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Car makers are starting to design and include crash avoidance systems into vehicles to warn drivers when they are not paying attention or when they are drowsy.

Increasingly, technology is being created to warn us about the technology that distracts us. Some of the new technologies coming to a car you might purchase in the future are:

• Lane departure warnings - warn you when you drift into another lane
  
• Forward-collision warnings - warn you when you are approaching too closely the car in front of you

Cell phone blockers

Cell phone blocking software can block your cell phone while you are driving or block the ability to text message. Cell phone blocking software is available for GPS-capable smart phones including Androids and BlackBerrys right now. Software is currently being developed for iPhones.

Parents and employers might want to check out some of the software available now. Following is a short list of products:

• iZup & ZoomSafer- blocks outgoing calls and text messages and holds all incoming calls and text messages.
  
• CellControl, Guardian Angel MP - uses Bluetooth to transmit a driver's speed and other data to a phone. It can also be customized to block calls, texts and e-mails.
  
• Some apps include Textecution, DriveSafe.ly, TXTBlocker

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed.

Read "What if my car accident was caused by someone using a cell phone?"

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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) says there has been an increase in the number of driving under the influence (DUI) arrests they have made during daytime hours so far this year.

Already, the WSP has arrested 45 DUI drivers by March 12 as compared with 49 through April of last year reports King5.com.

The WSP has added troopers to areas where they see the most DUI arrests.

Typically, there are more DUI arrests between the hours of 11pm and 3am though people can and do consume alcohol and drive at all hours of the day; the problem of daytime DUI is more common than one might think. During daytime hours, however, drunk drivers may be more difficult to detect because of the traffic flow.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a series of The Farber Law Group. We represent victims of drunken drivers and their families. With our help, you may be able to recover compensation for your damages due to a car accident caused by a drunken driver.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

L. David Byers, 19 of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, died after inhaling super heated gases caused by a gas fire started by a static electricity charge at a gas pump.

While Byers' death is an extremely rare and freak accident, it is important that motorists realize that static electricity charges can build up on ones body which could potentially lead to a fire at a gas pump.

Static electricty is the build up of an electric charge on an object. The static charge will remain on the object or person until it is neutralized by a discharge. Static electricity charges have known to cause explosiions or fires in industrial settings and in hospitals

Electrostatic discharges can be a danger when a person is fueling their car at a gas station. In one report of gas fires at pumps, four of the five victims were women. This is often due to electrostatic charges building up on sweaters when women re-enter their car during fueling. Most victims suffered burn injuries.

To be safe, motorists should:

• never re-enter their automobile while fueling as this can increase an electrostic charge
• discharge static electricty -- grounding themselves -- by touching a metal object like their car before and after fueling
• never smoke at gas stations
• never remove the gas pump nozzle in the case of a fire and leave the immediate area

There have been numerous reports of cell phones causing gasoline pump fires, but testing -- including by the popular TV show MythBusters -- disproved this.

This information is provided by Washignton injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and those injured in accidents caused by negligence of another. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Source: Philly.com
Static-sparked death raises gas-pump questions
By Peter Mucha
Inquirer Staff Writer
posted March 10, 2010

The Washington State legislature has approved Senate Bill 6207, which would allow cities and counties to allow golf carts to be street legal by authorizing the creation of golf cart zones. The bill now travels to Governor Christine Gregoire.

The legislature voted 44-1 to allow golf carts to travel on public roads with speed limits of 25mph or below providing they have reflectors, rear view mirrors and seat belts installed. The bill also provides that drivers must be 16 and follow the road rules. Drivers who licenses have been revoked will not be allowed to drive a golf cart on a public road.

The comments on the Washington Votes web-sites are not too favorable to the bill.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed.

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On October 26, 2007, Chris Eves, 29, ran head-on into a tree north of Bellingham in his almost brand-new Toyota Tundra truck. Eves was killed in that motor vehicle accident. In the police file regarding the accident, someone wrote, "It remains unknown why the collision occurred."

According to a report written by Tracy Vedder & KOMO news staff, the Washington State Patrol hypothesized that driver fatigue and Eves' blood alcohol limit, which was at .08%, contributed to Eves falling asleep at the wheel.

Apparently, Toyota has an event data recorder (EDR) installed on their cars, much like the black box data recorders on airplanes. Up to this point, Toyota had not released the information from the EDR to Eves' family. On Tuesday, Washington state senator Maria Cantwell announced that she has gotten a commitment from Toyota to turn over the EDR data.

Eves' family is hoping that the EDR data will provide the information they need as to what caused the accident. Eves' Toyota was one of those on recall lists for problems with driver-side floor mat and accelerator pedal problems. The EDR data should provide information as to what pressure was on the gas pedal and whether Eves had applied pressure to the brake.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration is investigating complaints that there have been at least 34 fatalities due to Toyota vehicles that allegedly accelerated out of control.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured due to car accidents and due to dangerous or defective products and we represent the families of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and reported by Moises Mendoza in the Houston Chronicle found that 40 percent of police officers killed in car accidents while on duty were not wearing seat belts at the time. A 2006 study in Journal of Trauma, which analyzed the COPS series, found that police officers use seat belts less than 40 percent of the time.

The Chronicle article said that in Texas alone, five of the 13 officers killed in motor vehicle accidents since 2007 were not wearing seat belts.

The article says that police culture is one reason that police officers due to not wear safety belts. The say that some officers fear that the belts will impede them when they want to get out of their car quickly or that the belts become entangled on a holster.

Hopefully, these studies will convince officers that they are in serious danger of being injured in a car accident and they need to buckle up.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously in car accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Kenneth Schiedel, an 83-year-old man, returned to his room in his Milwaukie, Oregon retirement community, leaving his car perched over the 2nd story wall of a parking garage. Schiedel said that he accidentally pressed the gas pedal instead of the brake causing his car to crash through a wall and once he extricated himself from his predicament, he went back to his room.

Luckily, Schiedel was not injured in the car accident. Last week, however, a 70-year-old man from Kelso, Washington crashed his car through a Nevada casino, killing two people and injuring eight others.

Both of these cases highlight the aging population in America and the potential for serious car accidents. It is important that senior citizens who continue driving at advanced age have the cognitive processing speed to handle the task. Currently, there are no standardized tests that screen the elderly for their ability to drive.

Elderly drivers actually have fewer motor vehicle accidents than teenage drivers but they driver fewer miles. Many elderly start limiting their driving to compensate for their eyesight and other physical factors. They might stop driving at night, on the freeway or out of familiar surroundings.

While giving up driving is a difficult decision for many elderly, the family and the person's physician can help in making the decision. Usually, a threshold is reached in which the senior can no longer compensate for deficiencies in eyesight, cognitive processing and reflexes. The family can help by watching for warning signs of unsafe driving and helping their loved ones refresh their driving skills.

In Washington State, the AARP and other organizations offer driver safety programs for senior citizens. For more information, click here.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for you damages including pain and suffering.

Source: KOMO News.com - Elderly Driver leaves his car teetering on the edge, Feb. 8, 2010

The U.S. Department of Justice provides a National Motor Vehicle Title Information System which allows consumers to check on a used car or truck they are considering buying to determine whether the vehicle is unsafe, stolen and whether it has been in an accident.

The Title Information System allows consumers to find out who the legal owner of a vehicle his, the car brand's history, the vehicle's accident history, the salvage history and the total loss history on a car for a fee of about $5.00.

States require that insurance carriers and auto salvage yard to submit information on vehicles to the national used car database.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Most parents are using but misusing child safety restraints which an increase of the risk of injury or death in a car accident.

One study that looked at 1446 drivers with 2287 children showed that, in 66.8% of the cases, the child safety seat was not being used properly, especially in the positioning of the seat belts. Some studies put the number much higher and say there is a 75% error rate in the use of car seats.

Common installation errors include:

• placing the car shoulder belt over the booster seat arm rest
  
• placing the shoulder belt in an incorrect shoulder position
  
• fastening the seat belt incorrectly
  
• placing the shoulder belt either behind a child's back or under their arm
  
• placing a child into a seat they have outgrown.

Parents often install seats incorrectly because it can be physically difficult to install seats or they do not understand the directions.

See The Safety Restraint Coalition web-site for information on car seat fit and installation and to find places in your county where you can have your car seat installation inspected by a fit expert.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

The trial of Dennis Geyer, a 38-year-old neurosurgeon who is charged with second-degree assault with an enhancement of using a deadly weapon began on Tuesday reports The Olympian.

Geyer was charged with beating Robert Speed, 61, in a fit of 'road rage' says prosecutors.

The incident between Geyer and Speed apparently began on Highway 16 when Geyer claims Speed cut him off with his car. Geyer allegedly followed Speed and, when the two men were stopped at an intersection near Gig Harbor, a confrontation ensued and Geyer allegedly slugged Speed and hit him with a thermos after dragging him from his car.

Road rage is a form of aggressive driving which can include assaults or even collisions which cause injury or death. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, aggressive driving can include speeding, lane changes which include "cutting off" and failing to signal when passing or passing on the shoulder.

Road rage can often be a symptom of poor mental health and can be affected by traffic flow, traffic volume and over-exposure to driving. Excessive driving can increase the chance than an other-wise non-violent person can become more violent.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured due to the negligence of another including car accidents and physical assault.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

We came across an interesting blog posting entitled "Don't Want to Risk Going to Jail? You May Have to Give Up Driving!" a reader blog by Kary L. Krismer published in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

In the blog, Krismer discusses two bills in process in the Washington state legislature, HB 2774 and SB 5838. Both bills, according to the blog author, criminalizes car accidents and provide more leeway for prosecution of people in cases of car accidents where someone was seriously injured or killed.

Currently, motorists are charged criminally when they were involved in a car accident and they were driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license or in similar situations. In cases where the driver was just plain negligent, motorists are not charged criminally.

The bills in process in the legislature seek to criminalize car accidents. HB 2774, for example, "addresses traffic infractions where the conduct is a proximate cause of death, great bodily harm, or substantial bodily injury … may be classified as a criminal offense."

How might these bills affect the car accident victim? The blog author argues that the bills don't take in account that civil law makes people financially responsible for their negligence and that if more people go to jail because of negligent acts -- mistakes -- then they will be unable to financially compensate the victim under civil law.

These two bills may have unintended consequences to car accident victims and their families and they are two bills to watch as they wind through the legislature.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent car accident victims and their families. If you or a loved one is seriously injured or a loved one is killed in a car accident due to another person's negligence, then we will fight for you to obtain the compensation you deserve.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Senator Jim Kastama of Puyallup and Representative Christopher Hurst of Enumclaw are recommending that several cities that have installed red light cameras should lower the cost of the fines associated with violations associated with the cameras. In Western Washington, the following cities have installed the cameras: Tacoma, Bellevue, Lakewood, Puyallup, Federal Way, Auburn, Fife, Lynnwood and Lacey.

Sen. Kastama has introduced Senate Bill 6410 which would make the fines the same as an average parking ticket; Sen. Hurst has introduced HB2780 which would make the red-light violation fines $25 and increase yellow lights at intersections to four seconds.

The two legislators said that the goal of the cameras was to improve public safety, not to be a "cash cow" for the cities. Several cities have made over 1 million dollars with their red light cameras and have fines of more than $100.

When the legislature was introduced to allow cities to install the cameras back in 2005, fines were supposed to be equivalent to a parking infraction.

Information for this article is from Tacoma's The News Tribune.com.

This information is provided as a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed.

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Two Western Washington newspaper editorial boards, The Tacoma News Tribune and The Seattle Times, wrote editorials in support of legislation which Sen. Tracey Eide, D-Federal Way, introduced to make hand-held cell phone use while driving a primary offense.

As the pile of research continues to grow equating cell phone usage while driving and drunken driving, state legislators believe now is the time to change Washington's current cell phone law which allows police to ticket drivers only when they are stopping them for another infraction like speeding or running a red light.

Read The Tacoma News Tribune editorial here.
Read The Seattle Times editorial here.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed. If you believe your accident was caused by someone's negligent use of a cell phone, read, "What if my accident was caused by someone using a cell phone?"

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

A study, with results that might be counter intuitive, found that nearly twice as many pedestrians were injured in painted or marked crosswalks than painted ones.

The pedestrian accident study was written by the Transportation Research Board in Washington DC, covered a five year period and looked at 400 intersections that had one painted and one unpainted crosswalk. The study also took into consideration the amount of pedestrian and vehicle traffic at the intersections they studied.

During the period of the study, 177 pedestrians were hit in the marked crosswalks and there were 18 fatalities versus 31 pedestrian accidents and only three fatalities in the unmarked crosswalks.

The conclusion of the study was that the higher rate of pedestrian accidents in marked crosswalks is due to the pedestrian's "attitude and lack of caution" when using the marked crosswalk. Pedestrians feel safer when the intersection is marked and thus tend not to take cautious actions like looking both ways.

The authors of the study recommended that crosswalks should only be painted where warranted.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in pedestrian accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including pain and suffering.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Washington State Senator Tracey Eide has introduced a bill which would make using hands-held cell phones or texting while driving a primary offense. The current Washington law, RCW 46.61.668 "Sending, Reading, or Writing a Text Message While Driving" makes texting or using a hands-held cell phone while driving a secondary offense which means that law enforcement can not ticket motorists for the infraction unless they are stopped for another offense like speeding, running a red light, etc.

Distracted driving is a serious issue but as long as it is only a secondary offense, many drivers don't take the ban seriously and ignore it altogether.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration there were 5,870 car accident deaths last year and 515,000 were injured in accidents attributed to distracted driving. In fact it is believe d that distracted driving was involved in 16% of all fatal car accidents.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously inured in car accidents caused by distracted drivers. See "What if my car accident was caused by someone using a cell phone?"

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Federal Way begins issuing tickets for drivers who speed in school zones and are caught by speed cameras at Twin Lakes Elementary School located on Southwest 320th Street and Saghalie Middle School located on 21st Avenue Southwest beginning on Tuesday reports the Tacoma News Tribune.

The speed cameras, which were activated about a month ago, have caught about 676 drivers speeding in the school zones so far. Tickets for speeding will cost violators between $189 and $250 based upon how fast they were going.

In June, a class action lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court alleging that 19 Washington cities overcharge drivers who receive red light camera tickets. Motorists claim that the legislation which allows cities to install the cameras was supposed to be for safety and not to primarily raise money for the cities. The plaintiffs in the suit ask to be refunded the amount of the ticket cost over that of an ordinary parking ticket.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Since Tacoma started fining speeding drivers on December 2, they have issued, or will be issuing, over 2,000 tickets to registered owners of cars caught speeding on Bay Street near the Emerald Queen Casino. At $101 fine per ticket, the city could raise approximately $11 million in revenue reports The Tacoma News Tribune.

A speed camera near Downing Elementary School has not caught any speeders since its installation. The school zone camera is activated 30 minutes before school begins and 30 minutes after it ends. The city has also installed signage which, along with the camera, seems to be an effective deterrent to speeding.

The area where the Bay Street camera installed is at a curve where there are approximately 100 car accidents per year. Police hope that the installation of the camera will reduce accidents.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your injuries.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

There is no doubt about it that wearing a helmet saves lives and serious brain injuries when involved in an accident while riding a motorcycle, low-power cycle (LPC) or bicycle in Washington state. Not everyone is clear about who is required to wear a helmet so we will clarify the laws here.

Motorcycle Rider

Washington state law requires all motorcyclists to wear a helmet that has been certified to meet the U.S. Department of Transportation standards. A certified helmet has a DOT sticker on it and an inner lining with approximately 1 inch thickness of foam.

Low-Power Cycle Rider

Washington state requires all riders of low-power cycles (LPC) to wear a helmet.

What is a low-power cycle exactly? A low-power cycle can be a motor-driven cycle, moped, scooter or other 2-wheeled cycle which is not included in the motorcycle definition. Broadly speaking, a LPC has an engine displacement of 50 cubic centimeters or less, brake horsepower of 2 or less and top speeds of 30 mph or less.

Bicycle Riders

Washington state does not currently have a bicycle helmet law. However, King County which includes Bellevue, Duvall, Federal Way, Kenmore, Kent, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, SeaTac, Seattle, Tukwila and Woodinville does require bicyclists to wear a helmet.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian accidents and the families of those killed.

Often people who have been injured in a cycle accident through no negligence of there own have the worst injuries including fractures, brain trauma and spinal cord injury. The personal injury lawyers at The Farber Law Group will work to obtain the compensation that you deserve for your damages.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

Pregnant drivers might want to read a column by Sharon Silke in USA Today's about car accidents and the risk of fetal death entitled "Researching trying to protect pregnant drivers." In the article Silke discusses how Ford Motor company is funding research at Virginia Tech and Wake Forest universities to determine how car accident affect pregnant women and their unborn babies.

The number of fetuses that die each year due to car accidents is estimated by Virginia Tech researcher, Stefan Duma, to be between 300 to 1,000. The problem is that States do not always collect data about fetal death in the Federal Fatal Accidents (FARS) system.

Pregnant women who are involved in car accidents face the danger of a placental abruption which is a catastrophe caused when the placenta separates from the uterus. It is a significant cause of maternal death and death to the fetus.

Recommendations for Pregnant Drivers

Leading experts recommend that to be safe, pregnant drivers should:

• Move the driver's seat as far back from the steering wheel as possible
  
• Make sure that there is at least 10 inches clearing between the steering wheel and breast bone
  
• Make sure the lap belt is below the belly and the shoulder belt between the breasts.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into re-designing seat belt regulations which could protect pregnant drivers in addition to researching the effect of airbags on pregnant women.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber law Group. We represent car accident victims and their families.

Contact The Farber Law Group at 1-800-244-9087 or attorney@hgfarber.com to schedule a free and confidential case evaluation. We have offices in Seattle and Bellevue to assist you.

It appears that cell phone bans while driving does not seem to be having enough impact on our teens. A recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project revealed the following data:

• 33% of teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 report that they have used their cell phone to text message while driving.
  
• 52% of teenagers between the ages of 16 and 17 report they have talked on a cell phone while driving.
  
• 48% of teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 say they have ridden in a motor vehicle while the driver was text messaging.
  
• 40% of the teenagers surveyed said that they have ridden in a car while the driver was using a cell phone in a way that put themselves and others in danger.

Washington state bans text messaging while driving and also bans the use of handheld cell phones.

There is no doubt that texting while driving is very dangerous behavior. Driver distraction is a huge factor in many car accidents./a> In fact a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study reports that in 2008, 5,870 people were killed in automobile accidents where one form of driver distraction was a factor.

Read Pew's report. Pew is a "nonpartisan nonprofit research center that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends that shape America and the world."

Talk to your teen about cell phone usage and driving. Then, model good behavior.

This information is provided by Washington Injury Attorney Blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed. Read our article, "What if my accident was caused by

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Data on teens and text messaging from Pew:
Pew Internet: Teens and Distracted Driving http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Teens-and-Distracted-Driving.aspx?r=1, accessed November 18, 2009