Previous studies have shown that warning signs for speed cameras help slow down speeding drivers and the city of New York is looking at this option according to the Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. Today there are only 20 speed cameras in the city but a recent legislation was…
New York Personal Injury Attorneys Blog
In New York, an unlicensed driver who kills a cyclist or a pedestrian will usually be charged with third degree aggravated unlicensed operation, the same charge applied by police and prosecutors when an unlicensed driver turns without signaling
53 year old William Faison was riding his bicycle when he was struck and killed by a car at 228th Street and 120th Avenue in Cambria Heights, Queens, NYC. The car driver who killed him was reportedly driving with a suspended license and will likely get off with a slap…
NYPD issue nearly 5000 tickets for speeding in 48 hours
As part of the Vision Zero Initiative to reduce pedestrian deaths, the NYPD led a two-day crackdown on speeding in New York City. The police issued a total of 4814 tickets: 1249 in Brooklyn, 1219 in Queens, 1175 in Manhattan, 782 in the Bronx and 389 in Staten Island. Read…
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections are often the result of hospital negligence; most of them are preventable
CLABSI can be medical malpractice. Most infections occur when medical devices are not properly sanitized or when hospital employees are negligent of patients safety regulations. One hospital recently demonstrated that CLABSI can be prevented. The White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles implemented a training program that resulted in zero…
White House and US DOT honor Daphner Izer who started Parents Against Tired Truckers after her son and 3 friends were killed by an overly-tired trucker who fell asleep behind the wheel
After her son Jeff was killed in a truck accident 20 years ago, Daphne Izer started Parents Against Tired Truckers. She dedicated herself to protect others from becoming casualties of fatigued truck drivers and created a national standard for the use of Electronic Logging Devices. A few days ago Daphne…
31 year old man dies in motorcycle accident on Williamsburg Bridge in New York
31 year old Arben Hoti was driving his bike from Brooklyn to Manhattan on the Williamsburg Bridge last night when he lost the control of his bike and struck a pillar. Hoti was thrown from the motorcycle and was found lying on the outer roadway of the bridge, officials said.…
21 months old Brooklyn boy dies from his injuries after falling from a window that had no bars or gates
A toddler fell yesterday from the sixth floor of a Crown St. building near Albany Ave in Brooklyn, New York. He landed on a balcony and later died of his injuries at the hospital. The window where the child fell from was open and didn’t have a guard. (read more…
The NYPD ticketed more than 1000 drivers in 5 days at a dangerous Queens intersection where a young woman recently died after being struck by a MTA bus
As part of the Vision Zero Initiative to reduce deaths and injuries related to traffic accidents, New York police officers gave out more than 1000 summonses including 500 for failure to yield to pedestrian between May 5th and May 10th at a dangerous Queens intersection located near 74th street, Roosevelt…
As part of the Vision Zero Initiative to reduce the number of traffic related deaths and personal injuries, the NYPD launched yesterday a two-day citywide crackdown on speeding
The police started yesterday a two-day crackdown on speeding in NYC. Every month in New York there are approximately 250 traffic accidents related to unsafe speed. In their announcement the police say that drivers should adhere to newly created “arterial slow zones” and “school zones” throughout the city where speed…
Queens pedestrian suffers traumatic brain injury, broken femur and dislocated shoulder after being struck by a hit and run driver on the sidewalk
A pedestrian was knocked unconscious by a hit and run driver on a Queens sidewalk yesterday night. A security camera from a nearby restaurant captured the hit and run. Police say a white sedan drove up onto the sidewalk while going westbound on 30th Avenue in Astoria, then plowed into…