Posts tagged seat belt

• Teen Traffic Accident Deaths Soar in Virginia During January 2012

  Emily Mapp Brannon | January 27, 2012 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The first month of 2012 has proved to be most deadly for Virginia teens. State police statistics highlighted by the private group Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety and law...

• Tragedy Results When Companies Fail to Alert Customers About Product Recalls

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | January 18, 2012 7:17 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As a personal injury attorney with offices in Virginia Beach, VA, I rarely pay attention to legal proceedings in California (CA). But I couldn't help taking note of a $73 million jury award...

• Hampton Roads Sees Fewer Traffic Accidents in 2010

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | November 04, 2011 8:26 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There is a traffic accident every 23 minutes in Hampton Roads. But even with 23,142 crashes occuring in thecities and surroig areas of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Suffolk...

• Half of Child Safety Seat for Vehicles Fail Performance Tests

  Kevin Duffan | October 17, 2011 6:53 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  They are meant to keep our kids safe, but a new study into infant and child booster seats for vehicles has revealed that half of the products don’t even fit with seat belts. Details of the...

• NHTSA Rejects School Bus Seat Belt Request

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 16, 2011 5:06 PM | 2 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Center for Auto Safety and the National Coalition for School Bus Safety recently petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require seat belts on school buses. The agency's...

• Honda, Suburu Recall Vehicles

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 14, 2011 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Consumers should be able to expect car companies to have their safety in mind they produce and sell vehicles. Two automakers, however, are recalling a variety of makes and models because of safety...

• Seat Belts an Often-Forgotten Way to Save Lives

  Kevin Duffan | May 31, 2011 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Starting last week, police across Hampton Roads have been amping up their efforts to ticket drivers and car passengers who are in violation of Virginia’s (VA) state seat belt law. That law...

• Driver of Fatal Van Crash in New York Arraigned

  Kevin Duffan | January 27, 2011 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  By: Kevin Duffan, Personal Injury Attorney Is it possible to have your driver’s license suspended 25 times? Unfortunately, this isn’t a hypothetical question and a driver whose license...

• Punishment trumps self-preservation: American seat belt use

  Doug Landau | October 24, 2010 9:23 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Everyone at Abrams Landau was surprised to find out that in matters of traffic safety, drivers respond more readily to the threat of punishment than safety enticements. A National Highway Traffic...

• Seat belt use cannot be used against injured victim in Virginia

  Doug Landau | October 23, 2010 9:44 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In recent posts, the importance of safety belt use was discussed. At Abrams Landau, we have seen horrific injuries from car crashes where seat belts were not used. However, despite the common...