Automobile Accidents

• Move over law improves safety on side of road

  Staff Writer | December 18, 2006 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Colorado law enforcement officials and emergency personnel risk their lives every day when they're pulled over on the side of the road to clock speeders or help people. That's why Governor Bill Ownes and the state legislature passed the "move over law" two years ago.The law says that motorists must move vehicles over a lane when passing emergency personnel or police on the side of the road. This...

• First-hand accounts of seatbelts saving lives

  Staff Writer | December 18, 2006 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  An article from Schreiver Air Force Base's Web site gives two accounts of airmen surviving terrible motor vehicle accidents recently because they were wearing seatbelts. An Army NCO assigned to North American Aerospace Defense Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., was involved in a multiple-vehicle pile-up Nov. 12 on Interstate 70 in Denver, according to an article that ran on...

• Deadly accident kills wife, mother

  Staff Writer | December 11, 2006 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  A married couple traveling to pick up their children from their grandmother's house ran off the road and into a ditch near midnight on Saturday, says a report from KJCT News 8 in Grand Junction. The motor vehicle accident involving a 1999 Jeep Cherokee killed the wife and injured the husband. The story says the wife was driving and not wearing her seatbelt. It's possible that excessive speed and...

• Avoid accidents with bicycle safety tips

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2006 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  The University of Colorado's student newspaper published a story today about bicycle accidents with motorists, and how cyclists can avoid them. TheCampusPress.com reports that, because of the broad popularity of cycling as transportation in Boulder, the city has more than its share of bicycle accidents.The Boulder Police Department says that many of these accidents happen because motorists don't...

• Seat belt law toughens in Eagle County

  Staff Writer | November 18, 2006 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Deadly Colorado motor vehicle accidents have prompted lawmakers in Eagle County to make their seat belt laws the toughest in the state, an article from the Denver Post said yesterday. Now law enforcement officers can pull over and fine drivers simply because they aren't wearing seatbelts.The Eagle County commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to put a law into effect imposing a $25 fine on...

• ICE numbers could save lives in accidents

  Staff Writer | November 18, 2006 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  ICE, or "In Case of Emergency" numbers programmed into cell phones can help save lives when someone is injured in a motor vehicle accident or other circumstance. An article in Colorado Springs' FOX 21 News Online highlights a recent push for more people to program their ICE numbers into their phones.From fires to car accidents, every second counts and emergency responders must quickly find the...

• Accidents too common in Snowmass Canyon

  Staff Writer | November 18, 2006 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  An article in The Aspen Times points out the dangers of driving on the downvalley-bound entrance to Snowmass Canyon on Highway 82 in snowy, icy or simply cold weather. Too many motor vehicle accidents occur in this area each year. "That's a problematic area," Basalt fire chief Scott Thompson said. His district sent ambulances to roughly nine accidents at mile marker 30 last winter. He said there...

• New Case Law in Colorado Regarding Stacking of Underinsured Motorist Insurance (UIM)

  Staff Writer | September 11, 2006 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  There is new case law in Colorado regarding the stacking of underinsured motorist insurance (UIM). Per the Supreme Court case holding (No. 05SA369, In Re State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Progressive Mutual Ins. Co. - Automobile Insurance - Underinsured Motorist - Uninsured Motorist Stacking - Limits of Liability), insureds who are insured persons under multiple UIM policies can stack those...

• Ford Recalls 1.2 Million Vehicles

  Staff Writer | August 13, 2006 11:37 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  According to Reuters, Ford has extended 2005's 3.8 million vehicle recall to include over 1.2 million vehicles manufactured at the Chamberlain Lane, Kentucky Truck Plant. This includes the F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 trucks built from1994 - 2002, 2000-2004 Excursions, 1998 Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer SUVs and 1996 - 2002 commercial vans built in Louisville. It appears that fire may break...

• Man Charged in Motorcyclist Hit-and-Run Death(2)

  Staff Writer | August 12, 2006 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  According to the Denver Post, police have arrested a man accused of killing a motorcyclist in a hit and run accident. Gregory M. Rutschman is in jail, charged with crimes such as vehicular homicide, and drunk driving. Rutschman, early Tuesday morning, ran a red light on South Kipling Street and collided with the motorcycle. The motorcyclist, Kevin A. Vanwyk, was stuck under the vehicle and...