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NHTSA Administrator predicts automated driverless vehicles ‘could potentially prevent or mitigate 19 of every 20 crashes on the road’ Highly anticipated “automated vehicle guidance” from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “will issue soon,” said NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind in a July 20, 2016, speech. I’ve long recognized …
The question should not be whether driverless cars will be perfect. The question is will driverless cars be better – and safer – than humans? Hint: they will. Let’s talk about the recent fatality involving a Tesla Model S that was operating on auto pilot mode. The instant this occurred, many people were calling for …
SAFE calls for creating ‘U.S. Legal Liability Fund’ for self-driving car accidents, similar to compensation fund for vaccine injuries In light of the tragic news this week about the fatal crash of a Tesla driverless car, which resulted in the death of the car’s owner, the following question becomes even more pressing: Should there be a legal …
Here’s what you can do to stay safe, avoid being rear-ended or involved in a car accidents if your engine dies or your car stalls Last week, there was a tragic, fatal car accident caused by a stalled car on the Lodge Freeway in Southfield, MI that ended up trapping thousands of drivers on the …
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Medical marijuana can help many auto accident victims with chronic pain, without addictive and potentially lethal effects of opioids As an accident attorney, the people I help have all been seriously injured. Almost all of them are currently being prescribed powerful and dangerous opiate narcotic medications by treating doctors. Very few of them are being …
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Driverless car laws make big advances by allowing road testing ‘without a human operator’ and driverless Uber-type services, but swerves around issue of liability for driverless car accidents More than two years ago, the Legislature changed the law to allow driverless cars to be driven on Michigan roads, but lawmakers said not a word about …
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Last Thursday, I heard Charles Osgood discussing on WWJ a new study by AAA of teenage drivers that looked at dashcam videos instead of police reports, and found that teen drivers were distracted in 60% of the car crashes they were involved in. It should come as no surprise that an alarmingly high cause of …
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Michigan Department of Transportation sees autonomous vehicles on our roads in the near future, but answers are still needed about crash risk and legal liability The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is pressing down on the accelerator and moving forward to bring fully autonomous cars onto our roads in Michigan. At a recent House …
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‘Textalzyer’ law would allow police to conduct roadside electronic scanning to determine whether drivers were on cell phones ‘at or near the time’ of a car crash Should Michigan pass a “textalyzer” law, much like the one being considered by the New York Legislature? Absolutely! And as an auto accident attorney, I believe such a …
