It is well known that Syracuse, Auburn, Geneva and other upstate New York cities are aging. Young people don’t stay because jobs are not easy to find here. As a result, the average age of people in cities like Syracuse, Auburn and Geneva is rising. We are getting old! And…
The Syracuse Post Standard reported a strange vehicular assault case yesterday. A Camillus man, Christopher Spack, was killed when an elderly driver, William Levea, 79, of County Route 6, Fulton, deliberately rammed his car repeatedly into Christopher Spack’s pickup truck from behind while they were both driving on Route 370…
Today New York Governor Patterson signed into law a bill making driving while intoxicated with a child (person under 16) in the car a felony, even for a first-time offender. If convicted, the offender could spend up to four years in jail. The new law also requires first-time DWI convicts…
Effective November 24, 2009, “child-restraint systems” (car seats and booster seats for kids) are required for ALL CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8 (that is, through age 7). The law previously required this only for kids less than 6 years of age (through age 5). What does this mean for…
We got a very large settlement ($7.5 Million) last year for a young man involved in an automobile accident in Cayuga County, near Auburn. The young man had gone out to a bar in Skaneateles with some friends. On their way home, the driver, who was somewhat intoxicated, lost control…
TEXTING Yesterday, Sunday November 1, just as we were turning our clocks back an hour, New York State’s anti-texting law went into effect. The new law prohibits using mobile devices behind the wheel for reading, typing and sending text messages. The penalty for violating the mobile-device law is $150. You…