Automobile Accidents

• The High Cost of Fraudulent Auto Insurance

  Rick Patterson | July 27, 2008 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  There seems to be more fraudulent insurance claims out there than many would guess. It has been estimated by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner that as many as 802 claims in the last year are...

• Trucker Arrested for DUI after he Kills another Driver

  Rick Patterson | February 07, 2008 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  While driving a truck in Frankfort, Kentucky last Wednesday night, Paul George Neto of Decatur, Alabama killed 41-year-old Leslye Robertson.The driver was charged with murder; DUI; possession of drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine and marijuana. Nato caused the head-on collision , when his truck swerved into the opposite lane of U.S. 421. His victim died after Neto's truck pushed the van she...

• Teen Driver Safety Week

  Rick Patterson | October 06, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Most people are concerned about the safety of teen drivers. Beginning on October 15 it is National Teen Driver Safety Week, which is partially backed by State Farm Insurance Company. The idea is to bring about awareness and to help prevent teen deaths while driving. Parents would be well advised to take part and talk to teens in their household. Remind teens of the repercussions of...

• Automobile Accidents, Insurance & The Law

  Rick Patterson | October 03, 2007 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Anyone considering committing auto insurance fraud should really think twice. Clearly, it is wrong on many levels, and the penalties are steeper than many realize. Take, for example, the indictment of Kim Falle, and it was not the only indictment. That particular indictment was announced on Monday in New Hampshire for Falle's part in automobile insurance fraud.Kim Falle, age 42, was indicted on...

• Taxpayers Forced to Pay for Substandard Driving

  Rick Patterson | June 19, 2007 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  While most citizens are aware that law makers drive state owned vehicles, you may not be aware of the fact that lawmakers file auto insurance claims at a much higher rate than the general public. Last year, lawmakers filed claims at a rate of 22.5 per 100 vehicles, whereas California drivers' claim rate was approximately 14.8, according to the director of research for the Association of...

• Vehicle Accident Involves School Bus - 6 Killed

  Rick Patterson | May 18, 2007 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Six members of an Ohio college baseball team lost their lives when their bus plunged off the side of a highway overpass and landed on the pavement 30 feet below. The team, whose members were like family to each other, team member A. J. Ramthun recalls, were driving at around 4:00 a.m. on their way to Florida. After the tragic accident and to the horror of those observing the scene, the pavement...

• Auto Accidents & NASCAR

  Rick Patterson | May 12, 2007 5:54 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  The school of thought is this: If you have more safety devices on a NASCAR vehicle, it will make the sport safer, which means less auto accidents. Not so, according to a detailed study conducted by a West Virginia University professor who examined 21 years worth of NASCAR accident reports. He concluded: The more safety regulations that were enforced the more accidents there were. I suppose the...

• Black Ice is the Cause for Fatal Accident

  Rick Patterson | December 13, 2007 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  During this time of year drivers need to be aware of slick roads and black ice. Heather Richie, 26, and her boyfriend Joseph Lee Bekker, were killed in a car accident due to black ice. Their wrecked Ford Explorer was found 24 hours after the accident under an overpass. Police say the two were headed home when their SUV hit black ice, slid across the top of a guardrail and fell off the overpass,...

• How to Avoid Car Crashes

  Rick Patterson | November 12, 2007 7:12 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Dean Voelker, has an idea. He has worked of that idea for the past 17 years. He feels he has perfected the automobile headlight that will significantly reduce automobile crashes. He has invented and patented a new brake light system that lights up proportionately to how much force the driver is exerting on the brake pedal. "When you step lightly, it lights up only the middle of the light. The...

• Child Safety & Auto Accidents

  Rick Patterson | July 13, 2007 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Did you know that a child who is not in a safety seat is 10 times more likely to die in an automobile accident than a child who is. A recent study showed that to be the case.The study concentrated on children who were six years or younger, which is the age group that is mandated by law to use a safety seat while riding in an automobile. There were more than 12 thousand automobile accidents...