Category: Distracted Driving

ELD mandate (requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices to track HOS compliance) promises to reduce truck accident crash rates

Michigan Auto Law attorney Steve Gursten speaks to Michigan Association for Justice on best practices for lawyers to discover and use evidence of distracted driving in auto accident cases

New York proposes field testing of suspected texting drivers’ cellphones after a car crash involving death or personal injury with new textalyzer technology, which promises to protect both individual privacy and public safety

The new iOS 11 “Do Not Disturb While Driving” mode will disable texting and suspend other alert functions

MI House Transportation Committee unanimously approves distracted driving bill, but how seriously will full House, Senate and Governor take this growing threat to public safety?

New distracted driving law is a good idea, but any distracted driving law must have tougher penalties for drivers to put down phones

There have been nearly 200 pedestrian deaths alone in Michigan. For something so preventable, these texting and driving statistics are inexcusable

Jeff and another Michigan Auto Law attorney help secure a future for their client, who was rear-ended by a speeding driver and sustained a traumatic brain injury From time to time, I write about recent trial verdicts and injury settlements that our attorneys secure for our clients, just as I did last week regarding Kevin …

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Michigan Auto Law attorney Kevin Seiferheld recovers a $1 million settlement on behalf of clients hit head-on in a car accident by a distracted driver As distracted driving has become ever more pervasive and dangerous on our roads today, lawyers are looking harder at terrible car and truck accidents to determine what role texting or …

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