Most Redondo Beach area residents will be in at least one car accident during their driving career. Fortunately, most of these accidents are just minor fender benders but occasionally a more serious accident occurs that results in devastating injuries or even death....
It seems we are living more in the future than ever, as numerous companies have successfully developed self-driving cars. Many of these companies are based in California. One of these is the Silicon Valley based company Waymo, which has accumulated more than 20...
Perhaps due in part to the weather, motorcycling is a fairly popular means of transportation in the State of California. As of 2017, there were 1,465,322 licensed motorcycle drivers in the state. Unfortunately, more motorcyclists also correlate with more motorcycle...
Head-on collisions can easily appear to be the most tragic type of traffic accident. Why does one driver operate in the wrong lane, especially on high volume streets? Head-on collisions are common in the Los Angeles area, but that fact does not explain why they...
The recent death of a pedestrian on a Redondo Beach street has renewed attention on traffic safety in the area. According to a news report, a 57-year-old man was crossing the street at the intersection of Artesia and Hawthorne at about 9:15 p.m. one recent night when...
In California, there are safety regulations that semi-truck drivers must follow. These guidelines can help avoid accidents on congested roads. Driver fatigue Semi-truck drivers may travel long hours from one location to another to deliver the goods they are carrying....
Car design become more advanced every day and their styles frequently evolve. Even so, defective auto parts and design flaws still arise. Vehicle crashes, serious injuries and sometimes even death may result from these avoidable mistakes. Finding out how and why a...
Some multi-vehicle accidents have more than one cause, especially if alcohol or drugs may be involved. A recent collision in Huntington Beach on the Pacific Coast Highway demonstrates the difficulty of establishing causation and fault in multi-vehicle accidents. The...
Two types of accidents seem to have pre-ordained results: motorcycle collisions with trucks or autos and pedestrians struck by the same classes of vehicles. Pedestrians have no natural protection against an automobiles apart from their own senses and level of...
If you are partly responsible for the accident in which you were hurt, can you hold another party liable for your damages? Under California law, the answer is yes, under some circumstances. Pure comparative negligence In the past, courts would not allow an injured...
