Bryan R. Snyder Personal Injury Law Blog

    April is National Distracted Driving
Awareness month.  Distracted driving is
anything that takes a drivers focus away from the road, but primarily is
concerned with texting while driving, or talking on a cell phone while
driving.  Here are some sobering
statistics:  In 2009, 5,474 people were
killed in crashes involving distracted driving, and over 448,000 people... Read More

A disturbing, but not
surprising, survey reveals the Americans recognize the dangers of distracted
driving, yet are not willing to change their dangerous habits.  94% of respondents to a recent survey stated
that they recognize that cell phone use and sending and reading text messages
while driving were dangerous.  However,
more than a third of respondents admitted to reading text messages... Read More

NTSB Says Ban Cell Phones

            The National Transportation Safety Board has called for a
nationwide ban on the use of cell phones while driving.  Although many municipalities have already
outlawed texting or talking on a cell phone... Read More

            First of all, the most important thing to do after an
accident, no matter how minor, is to get out of the way of other traffic, and
make sure no one is hurt.  If someone is
injured, contact emergency medical personnel (911) immediately.  If someone is hurt in an accident,... Read More

The younger brother of Paris
Hilton, named Barron Hilton, was ordered to pay $4.9 million as a result of a
drunk driving accident that left a man permanently injured.  The 18 year old Hilton struck a gas station
attendant with his Mercedes after a night of drinking and driving.  Witnesses say that Hilton drove the wrong way
for several miles down the Pacific... Read More

A La Mesa man was struck and
killed by a car on State Route 125 in Lemon Grove early Friday.  After he was struck, his body became lodged
in the windshield of the car.  The panicked
driver then kept driving with the body in his car.  After slowing down after the crash, the
driver decided to head for home, despite the fact that a body was lodged in his
windshield.  Once the driver... Read More

Lorenzo Charles, whose last
second dunk gave North Carolina State a stunning victory in the 1983 college
basketball championship game, was killed when a bus he was driving crashed
along a highway in Raleigh, North Carolina. 
No passengers were aboard, and the cause of the bus crash was still
under investigation.  Charles grabbed Read More

     A study published today in the journal Addiction concludes that no amount of alcohol is safe to consume before getting behind the wheel of an automobile.  Nationally, most states define driving while intoxicated as a blood alcohol level of .08.  Driving with a lower alcohol level, or driving “buzzed,” is not a crime in most jurisdictions.   The study, prepared by researchers at UCSD, determined than even low amounts... Read More

     It has been known for some time that "distracted driving" (I.e driving while texting, talking on a cell phone, using a lap top, etc) is a leading cause of car accidents.   A new study from Temple University shows that although the data is staggering about the effects of distracted driving, the penalties vary greatly from area to area, and often don't fit the severity of the crime.  The study... Read More

    It seems logical, but a new study by Science Daily confirms what most of us already suspect:  elderly driver's are more dangerous less safe and more dangerous on the road.  The Science Daily article (http://www.sciencedaily.com/rel eases/2011/05/110516121543.htm) concludes that even healthy adults with safe driving records are less safe, and could contribute to Read More