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
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.
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:
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
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:
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,
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.
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.
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.
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