I Used To Live In a Quaint Little Town or Village and Now It Seems Overridden With Traffic and Many More Car Accidents
Over twenty years ago, I moved from the city to what I considered to be a country village. At the time, there was less traffic and things just seemed a lot calmer. There were and still are signs indicating horse crossings. However, what I have noticed is that there is now much more traffic, people who don’t pay attention to traffic signals, kids driving fast, busy texting or on their cell phones even though it is against the law. Quite frankly, the roadways are not as sufficient as they were when they were originally designed 75 or more years ago.
It seems to me that traffic control signs and warnings are not adequate. There is a stop sign under a tunnel where seemingly no one seems to stop at. Since I have lived in the area, I have handled a good many car accidents involving friends of mine and their children including a few U-turns or cars hitting trees where the road was not properly illuminated. Over the years I have seen situations where contractors were performing construction and failed to adequately mark the construction site.
Many of our cases, not including those in my neighborhood, have involved fatalities or catastrophic injuries on hazardous stretches of roadways or highways. Quite simply, the road that was designed 50 or 75 years ago was not properly maintained or kept up with the times. Many car accident lawyers or injury lawyers never look beyond the simple car accident and fail to consider whether a highway defect was a contributing factor in a car accident case. These same lawyers may not even look to a product liability claim in what appears to be a simple car accident case. Many times we have seen cases where lawyers were looking for the “easy A” and on the verge of settling an auto case or have settled on an auto case for minimal policy limits without considering whether other entities are liable for the accident.
There is a complex interrelationship between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, contractors, local governments, statutory caps and notice requirements, which requires specialized experience and investigation involving accident reconstructionists, investigators, engineers, human factor engineers, biomechanical engineers, as well as highway and safety design engineers.
If you or a loved one has been involved in a serious car accident, make sure that you don’t leave a stone unturned. Our track record of success for the last 30 years speaks for itself.
