More Than A Helmet: What The CDC Recommends You Wear To Avoid A Bike Accident
by AdminSeptember 12th, 2022
The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) does a lot of research on a variety of things that range from infectious diseases to, yes, bicycle accidents and the agency often releases recommendations for protecting your health and safety in many circumstances. When it comes to bicycle accidents the agency has put out guidance on how to protect yourself from being involved in a serious and even deadly crash while on two wheels. The first and most important thing you can do as a rider is to wear a helmet. While a helmet may not prevent you from getting into a New Haven bicycle accident, it may reduce the severity if you happen to get into an accident. Wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle is not required by law for anyone over the age of 16 in the state of Connecticut, but it is strongly recommended for all riders Read the full article…
Take These Three Steps If A Sudden Storm Arises While You’re Driving
by AdminSeptember 6th, 2022
We are currently in the middle of hurricane season and while it has been a relatively quiet start to the stormy time of year, anything can happen and more named storms are likely to occur. It is for this reason and the fact that at this time of year, extreme temperature changes often happen and storms pop up relatively quickly that it is important to know what to do if you are driving and a storm happens. You will want to take some safety measures to protect you and your loved ones who you are driving with to help avoid a New Haven auto accident. Before you leave your house, even if it is a sunny day, you should do a safety check of your vehicle in case a storm comes out of nowhere and you are not prepared. You should make sure your windshield wipers are properly installed and have Read the full article…
Collect This Information If You’re Ever In A New Haven Auto Accident
by AdminSeptember 3rd, 2022
We hope that you are never in a New Haven auto accident, but if you do, you should be prepared with what information you collect. If you leave the scene of the accident without all of the pertinent information it can slow down your insurance claim or completely stall it and not allow you to get the proper financial and medical attention that you need and are entitled to. In that vein, it is important that you know what information you need to collect so when you sit down to file your claim or work with one of our experienced attorneys to help you with your claim you have all of the information you need. Understanding the need for this information is important whether you are the driver of the vehicle or a passenger as often what will happen is that the driver will get shaken up by the accident Read the full article…
This Is What The CDC Recommends For Avoiding A New Haven Pedestrian Accident
by AdminAugust 31st, 2022
The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) studies and does research on many health related issues. In recent years, most Americans have become familiar with the agency because of their work on the COVID-19 virus, but that is not the only type of thing they work on. In fact, anything that touches public health and safety is something that the CDC will look into. This includes pedestrian safety which is an area where you might not expect much from the agency. In recent years as pedestrian accidents have increased it has become more and more important that these incidents be looked at as public health and safety issues and more be learned about how they can be prevented. This is not a small problem across the United States, in fact, in 2020 there were 7,000 deaths relating to pedestrians and motor vehicles. If you calculate that out, it becomes Read the full article…
How Trees Get Involved In New Haven Auto Accidents
by AdminAugust 30th, 2022
When you first hear about someone running into a tree you may think to yourself, how is that even possible. The truth of the matter is that running into a tree or any inanimate object as part of a New Haven auto accident is not all that strange or unusual. The bad news is that it can often be deadly, as in the case of this Northford man who recently ran into a tree while driving in North Haven. The good news is that accidents with inanimate objects can also be somewhat easily preventable. Drivers who find themselves injured after an accident with an inanimate object are often not entirely sure how the accident happened because at the time they became out of control and did not have rationality about their space or surroundings. These accidents don’t always happen due to gross negligence on the part of the driver and sometimes Read the full article…
Keeping Your Dog And Yourself Safe From A New Haven Auto Accident
by AdminAugust 27th, 2022
A recent incident in Tennessee is shedding some light on the dangers of allowing your dog to be off it’s leash, especially around traffic. A 33-year old man was killed after chasing his dog into on-coming traffic. By all accounts, the driver who hit and killed the man was driving lawfully down the road when the pedestrian stepped into the road and was struck. This dangerous scenario could have been prevented if the dog had been kept on it’s leash and the man had been able to keep him out of harms way before entering the traffic. When you’re in rural Tennessee there may be less traffic and fewer chances that something like this fluke accident will happen, but when you’re on the streets of the city of New Haven, there is a greater risk, especially if your dog is off it’s leash that the dog or you, the owner, Read the full article…
