As a New York car accident lawyer, I have been on the other side of car insurance adjusters for decades now. So I know the score. I know our respective jobs. They are supposed to try to pay a little as possible to save their employer money. I am supposed…
In the last few decades, the way we build cars has drastically reduced deaths and serious injuries. As Central New York car and truck accident lawyers, we know. Our car crash case volume has gone down, and the injuries are often less severe. Some of the greatest safety improvements are…
Drowsy driving kills thousands of people in the United States each year. We’ve all been there: You are driving down a boring interstate highway at night. You start to nod off and, just when you about to enter la la land, you “snap out of it” and clutch the wheel,…
I sometimes wax nostalgic about the “good old days” when my boys were toddlers: The petting zoos, the living-room wrestling matches, the cute things they would say. But one thing I definitely do NOT miss is struggling with car seats. What a pain! And I was never sure I had…
A New York resident is on vacation and has stopped into a rental car agency. Let’s listen in: Customer: “Hello, I came to pick up my rental car. I was told it was $30 per day”. Salesman: “Sure, but you should really get the “rental insurance” on it for an…
In the TV smash hit “The Apprentice”, Donald Trump famously trumpets the words “you’re fired” when dismissing a contestant for failing to live up to his high job performance expectations. Well, Trump isn’t the only one. Honda yesterday uttered those same words to Takata, the Japanese maker of the infamous…
We made this offer in our latest Newsletter and had a solid response from our readers. So we are now offering it to our blog readers as well: We are offering all our NY State readers a free auto insurance review. Why? We see it time and time again. A…
The photo on left is of my then 16 year-old son and me a few years ago as we were about to board the Duck Boat for a tour of Boston and its harbor. The “Duck Boat” – for those that don’t know — is a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle originally used…
I love traveling to far flung places, and when I do I like to penetrate deep into the places’ streets and culture. Speaking several languages (English, Spanish and French) helps me delve into the culture and mindset. But there are some things I never really “get” when I am abroad.…
I have blogged about the new driver-less automated cars before, and how they will dramatically reduce car crashes and fatalities. This future is not far off. The first true self-driving vehicles are expected before the end of the decade. A fleet surpassing 50% of all vehicles on the road could…