Michigan personal injury lawyer shares 5 car accident safety tips

First, there is a great new development coming July 1, 2010: Our first text ban law designed to reduce distracted driving and therefore, serious car accidents and truck accidents. But just because there is a law taking effect that enables police officers ticket those drivers who text while driving, doesn’t mean texting will stop.

I can’t emphasize enough how dangerous texting and driving is, or how important this new text ban will be. As a car accident lawyer who has handled many heartbreaking, preventable crashes at the hands of distracted drivers, I see every week how dangerous texting and driving really is.

Lawyers welcome new law that will prevent car accidents and save lives

Come July 1, there are going to be a number of  Michigan drivers who will need to change their ways behind the wheel. Writing, reading or sending electronic text messages while driving a car will become illegal.

This ban on texting has been a long time coming.  And, as a car accident lawyer who has handled many preventable car crashes due to distracted driving and texting, I couldn’t be happier. I know the 18 other lawyers who handle car accidents from my firm feel the same way.

11 Mile Road West and Southfield Road & 12 Mile Road West and Telegraph Road make the list with the highest number of car accidents in 2009

My series of the worst intersections in Southeast Michigan continues today with dangerous car accident traps in Southfield, Michigan. Southfield is home to a bustling business district, with the Traveler’s Tower, the Southfield Town Center, and several other high-rise commercial office buildings. Combine all of the commuters speeding around with lots of strip mall shopping and subdivisions and you get traffic - lots of it.

West 12 Mile and Orchard Lake Road & West 14 Mile and Orchard Lake Road make the list with the highest number of car accidents in 2009

Farmington Hills is now home to some of the worst rush hour traffic in all of Oakland County. I know this personally because after 35 years in the Travelers Tower, Michigan Auto Law just moved our law offices to 30101 Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills. Now I have the pleasure of dealing with simultaneous construction traffic on Telegraph, 12 Mile, 13 Mile, and Orchard Lake Road in my daily commute.

Ford Road and Haggerty Road & Canton Center Road and Ford Road lead the list with highest number of  car accidents in 2009

With 18 lawyers handling only serious car accidents and truck accidents throughout Michigan, we see hundreds of preventable crashes each year. Unfortunately, certain locations produce more auto accidents than others year after year. So annually, I share the most dangerous intersections hoping that readers, friends and clients share this information in turn.

Auto accident lawyer reminds you to buckle up in the summer months – when car accidents in Michigan are rising

I always say that car accidents are not really accidents.  A true accident is an “Act of God” and no one is truly responsible.  Almost all car accidents, on the other hand, are preventable, as the vast majority of crashes are caused by peoples’ carelessness.  It doesn’t make these people bad, but it shows that at a critical time, they exercised really bad driving judgment or weren’t being attentive; and an innocent person was hurt by their negligence. That’s what auto insurance is for.

Traffic safety tips for avoiding car accidents

Given the fast pace of today’s society, it’s understandable if you feel overwhelmed at times with the challenge of keeping your children safe.

May is National Youth Traffic Safety Month. Our car accident attorneys believe that awareness and education are the keys to protecting your family.

With warm weather coming and the school year ending, I’d like to give you some information you can use to avoid auto accidents from occurring when your children get behind the wheel. Unfortunately, the summer months are when car accidents skyrocket for young adults.

Michigan Auto Accident Lawyers Urge Drivers to Join “No Phone Zone Day”

On Tuesday, I announced the welcome news that Michigan has finally banned texting while driving. Today, Governor Granholm will sign the texting-while-driving ban on ‘Oprah.’ Like our auto accident attorneys, Oprah has been very vocal about the dangers of texting while driving. Recently, she had her fans take a pledge to stop texting while behind the wheel.

I’d like to share the following article that appeared in the Detroit News, as it highlights the importance of this new law and urges Michigan residents to put their phones down while driving - starting today.

Michigan lawyers welcome new law that will surely prevent car accidents and save lives

After extensively blogging about the extreme dangers of texting while driving, I am elated to report that Michigan has adopted a legal ban on texting while driving a motor vehicle. With the new ban, drivers who text message can give legal cause for police to pull them over and issue a ticket.

Michigan joins 18 other states with similar anti-texting while driving laws. And for the car accident lawyers who work at Michigan Auto Law, we have only one word to add: Finally.

I probably should have expected this, knowing how passionate so many motorcycle riders are about the helmet law in Michigan. After all, I even had old clients – people who had suffered very serious injuries from motorcycle accidents and who I’ve developed close relationships with – tell me they still supported HB 4747; even after their crashes, personal injuries and lawsuits. So the e-mails and comments from so many in favor of repealing Michigan’s helmet laws should have come as no surprise to me as a motorcycle accident lawyer.