Drivers in California regularly share the roads with commercial trucks. Sadly, serious truck accidents are likely to occur especially when cargo isn’t properly loaded or secured. What are the rules and regulations on cargo loading? The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
The different types of truck accidents
Everyone knows how damaging it is to be in a truck accident. Being on any side of a collision is destructive. There is more than one type of accident in California that can result in personal injury cases. The jackknife A jackknife accident occurs when a large truck...
When blind spots cause accidents
A driver can have all of the mirrors properly adjusted, drive slowly and still cause a blind spot collision. It takes several seconds for another vehicle to pass your blind spot and cause an accident in that short period. Every driver in California should understand...
How both to blame collision clauses work
Many auto accidents in California occur due to faulty driving decisions made by multiple drivers. Even a two-car collision can be the fault of each driver to some degree. The primary issue is what degree that may be, also known in the legal industry as comparative...
Truck loading safety
Driving a truck in California is already a difficult job, but loading and unloading the truck is a surprisingly dangerous part of the work. Mistakes in loading can cause serious car accidents and make driving the load much harder. The potential fallout from incorrect...
Rental car accidents – How to deal with those
Many people may take advantage of the last few weeks of summer to take a road trip and rent a car to travel to their destination. They may not consider what could happen if they are in an accident while driving the rental car. If this happens, the first thing drivers...
How truck drivers cause semi truck accidents
There are many different vehicles on the roads every day in southern California. People drive sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks, motorcycles and other types of vehicles. One of these other types of vehicles are semi trucks. All of these vehicles need to share the roads,...
One dead, two injured after crash involving a Tesla
Late last week, a Tesla vehicle crashed into an overturned Mack truck on a California highway at around 2:40 am. The truck had already crashed and was blocking two lanes of traffic when the collision occurred. Two people were injured in the crash, and the driver of...
Independent medical examination for your personal injury case
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....
Self-driving vehicles present a new set of obstacles
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...