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Do You Have to Wear a Seat Belt while Riding in an Uber or Lyft Car?

Uber and Lyft are convenient peer-to-peer service that utilizes modern smartphone technology. They offer a transportation alternative to public transit like light rail, buses, trolleys, and taxi cabs. What’s more, in most cities, hitching a ride in an Uber or Lyft car is less expensive than hailing a taxi cab. The ride sharing app keeps its costs low because it is not regulated by states and cities the same as taxi fleets. The ride share company is not required to have the same type of insurance, and, it does not pay for medallions for its vehicles (the official licensing of a vehicle to carry paying passengers). [...]

By |2018-05-26T12:51:00-07:00December 18th, 2015|Car Accidents|Comments Off on Do You Have to Wear a Seat Belt while Riding in an Uber or Lyft Car?

How an Injury Attorney Can Protect Your Rights After an Accident

When you are involved in an automobile collision, you probably think all you have to do is report it to your insurance company, provide the at-fault driver’s information, and then magically everything will be taken care of for you. If only things were that simple. Though you pay your insurance company hundreds of dollars a year, maybe even thousands (the average yearly cost stands at approximately $1,900 to $2,200), it’s not the best bet to rely on these corporations to protect your legal rights. Because these companies are in business to make a profit, they’ll only put in as little effort as they can because it [...]

By |2018-05-26T12:51:35-07:00December 7th, 2015|Personal Injury|Comments Off on How an Injury Attorney Can Protect Your Rights After an Accident

Federal bucks made available for California traffic safety efforts

It’s not exactly hard to quickly identify multiple traffic-related risks of outsized proportions that threaten high numbers of California motorists in Ventura County and elsewhere across the state. Concededly, though, it’s a bit more difficult to point to a ready funding source to alleviate those problems. […]

By |2018-05-26T12:53:15-07:00November 24th, 2015|Car Accidents|Comments Off on Federal bucks made available for California traffic safety efforts

Topic spotlight: new federal position on school bus seat belts

Many of our readers across Ventura County and other parts of Southern California who are of a certain age might have been regular bus riders to and from school in their youth. If that describes you, here’s a question: Do you remember using a seat belt in those days of yore? […]

By |2018-05-26T12:53:58-07:00November 17th, 2015|Bus Accidents|Comments Off on Topic spotlight: new federal position on school bus seat belts

A number of considerations involved in a bus accident

Some people might believe that bus accidents are singular in the sense that the ability of injured victims to file recovery lawsuits is circumscribed simply because a bus was involved. That is generally not the case at all. As we note on the Bus Accident Page of our personal injury website at the Ventura County-based Vititoe Law Group, personal injury lawsuits in bus accident cases “can be usually filed against both public and private companies.” […]

By |2018-05-26T14:30:26-07:00October 28th, 2015|Bus Accidents|Comments Off on A number of considerations involved in a bus accident

Scrutiny of passenger train safety in Southern California, Part 2

Our blog post today continues with a theme we initially addressed in an entry from last week, namely, commuter train safety in Southern California. Our October 20 post detailed train-related events of major importance and concern that have occurred in the region and that have been tragically bookmarked by two seminal occurrences. As we noted in last week’s post, a 2008 freight train/Metrolink commuter train collision occurring in Chatsworth killed 28 people. And just a few short months ago, another deadly Metrolink crash played out near Oxnard, when a truck and train collided at a crossing. That accident took the life of a train engineer and [...]

By |2018-05-26T14:30:51-07:00October 27th, 2015|Truck Accidents|Comments Off on Scrutiny of passenger train safety in Southern California, Part 2

Focus: passenger train safety in Southern California

For obvious reasons, the adverse repercussions stemming from a train-related crash can be outsized. We simply note on the San Fernando Valley Railroad Accident page of our website at the Ventura County Vititoe Law Group, LLC, that “a railroad accident can be a catastrophic event.” […]

By |2018-05-26T14:31:21-07:00October 20th, 2015|Truck Accidents|Comments Off on Focus: passenger train safety in Southern California

Well-constructed and maintained roads: a reasonable expectation

The so-called “social contract” that is a bedrock principle underlying American life hinges much on the idea that reciprocal duties and corresponding behaviors between citizens and government entities promote necessary predictability and safety. In other words, there’s a give-and-take mentality at work. […]

By |2018-05-26T14:31:51-07:00October 16th, 2015|Car Accidents|Comments Off on Well-constructed and maintained roads: a reasonable expectation

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