by cooneylaw | Apr 26, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Car Accidents, Uninsured/underinsured Motorist Accidents
Car accidents involving uninsured and underinsured motorists are a serious problem in Spokane and throughout Washington State. Drivers are required to purchase automobile liability insurance by law, with only a handful of exceptions. Despite this requirement the...
by cooneylaw | Apr 12, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Car Accidents
Have you ever heard someone say that most car accidents happen close to home? You may find this a bit surprising. It’s easy to assume that more accidents would occur farther from home while traveling on unfamiliar roads than while driving on the neighborhood streets...
by cooneylaw | Apr 5, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Car Accidents
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the good news is that in 2021 Washington State’s distracted driving rate dropped to 6.9 percent. That’s a significant drop from 2020. The bad news is that drop only puts us back to 2019 levels so increasing awareness is...
by cooneylaw | Sep 14, 2021 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Auto accidents involving vehicles striking pedestrians and cyclists often cause severe injuries. Crisp fall weather in the Inland Northwest means plenty of folks are still enjoying an after dinner stroll or an evening bike ride with children. As the sun sets a little...
by cooneylaw | Aug 31, 2021 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, DUI
Driving habits got a lot worse during Covid. Even though there were fewer cars on the roadways, too many folks saw the open roads as an opportunity to speed… or worse. These bad habits led to a rise in the number of deaths on our highways despite the sharp drop in...
by cooneylaw | Feb 23, 2021 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Women tend to have more severe bodily injuries in auto accidents than men and it does appear to be related to the types of automobiles women most commonly drive. A recent study reviewed nearly 20 years of motor vehicle accident data. It found that women’s higher...
by cooneylaw | Oct 20, 2020 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Uninsured/underinsured Motorist Accidents
Higher fatality rates for automobile accidents may be a result of changes in driving habits during the Coronavirus pandemic. Traffic volume plummeted during the Covid-19 shutdown. Businesses and schools were closed so there were significantly fewer vehicles commuting...
by cooneylaw | Jun 16, 2020 | Auto Accidents, Car Accidents
Automobile accidents follow one of the most basic laws of physics: momentum conservation. In a two car collision the momentum of each vehicle prior to the collision is equal to the momentum of each vehicle after the collision. The transfer of forces to and from each...
by cooneylaw | May 29, 2020 | Auto Accidents
Reckless and dangerous drivers truly have no place on the roads. They make it unsafe for anyone else to be present or to enjoy themselves. Drivers tend to follow the rules, but it only takes one person to make a mistake that results in a serious crash or fatality....
by cooneylaw | May 12, 2020 | Auto Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrian and bicycle accidents increase every year as the weather in Spokane warms up. Automobile drivers just aren’t used to sharing the roads, yet. Adults and children get outside for a stroll and ride their bikes around neighborhoods and parks. This year, during...
