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Distracted Driving: Risks Inside Your New Car or Truck

By |October 7th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

An article within Consumer Reports’ October 2011 issue (Connected cars: A new risk) discusses the risks, by diverting the driver’s attention to something other than driving, posed by new technology, such as the ability to text, tweet, access the internet, in many new cars and trucks. The article discusses the types of equipment available now or in the very near future that can cause driver distraction, which, increases the risks of a collision. These features include the ability to send text or email messages or listen to text messages, emails, Twitter and Facebook postings. Essentially, vehicles are becoming more “connected.” […]

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Texting Doubles a Driver’s Reaction Time According To New Study

By |October 6th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

The Texas Transportation Institute’s recent study, An Investigation Of The Effects Of Reading And Writing Text-Based Messages While Driving, found, among other things, that a driver’s reaction time is doubled when driving and sending or receiving a text message. The findings were worse than what most experts expected. […]

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Drivers Understand But Often Ignore Risks of Texting or Talking on Cell Phone

By |October 5th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

The AAA Foundation recently released its Fourth Annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, which found that despite a driver’s knowledge and beliefs about the risks of involved with driving and texting, emailing and talking on a cell phone while driving, many drivers perform these activities anyway. Some of the findings include: […]

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“Heads Up Driving Week”: October 2-8, 2011

By |October 5th, 2011|

The AAA Foundation and AAA have designated October 2 to 8, 2011, as “Heads Up Driving Week” to get drivers to remove distractions and focus only on the road. These organizations are asking drivers to Take The Pledge:

I pledge to drive distraction-free, with the goal to permanently reduce my distracted driving habits. I will spread the […]

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Alarming Statistics Regarding Distracted Driving

By |October 3rd, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

The statistics are alarming for accidents caused by driver distraction. “Distracted driving” is usually defined as “any cognitive, manual and/or visual non-driving activity that diverts a driver’s attention away from driving.”

Below is the accident statistical data for 2009, the last year in which completed reports have been published: […]

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The Economy is Causing Big Business for Debt Collectors

By |September 26th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

At a meeting of debt collectors last week in Atlantic City, it was noted that the current state of the economy has created even more business for debt collectors. In a article published today in the Lincoln Journal Star (Debt collectors: Business great but hard as ever) debt collectors at the meeting state that aggressive tactics, such as threats and repeated calls “just don’t work.” In addition, they allege that unpaid debt is never truly written off; it just gets passed on to new customers. […]

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Website Update: Insurance Definitions

By |September 18th, 2011|

Lapin Law Offices has updated its website to include definitions of some commonly used insurance words and phrases that often arise in personal injury and breach of insurance contract cases. These insurance definitions can be viewed here.

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Website Update: Medical Definitions

By |September 12th, 2011|

Lapin Law Offices has updated its website to include definitions of some commonly used medical words and phrases that often arise in personal injury and worker’s compensation cases. These medical definitions can be viewed here.

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Website Update: Legal Definitions

By |September 8th, 2011|

Lapin Law Offices has updated its website to include general definitions of commonly used legal words and phrases. These legal definitions may be viewed by clicking here.

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Proud Sponsor of Husker Video on Demand

By |September 6th, 2011|

By: Jeffrey Lapin

Lapin Law Offices is proud to be a sponsor of Time Warner Cable’s Husker Video on Demand for the second year in a row. We offer “The 10 Big Reasons to Call Lapin Law Offices”, which is available on YouTube, our website and Time Warner Cable Video on Demand. Make sure you watch the entire video for a “bonus” as sometimes “10” does not always mean just “10.” […]

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