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According to AAA, a vehicle travelling at 60 mph travels the length of one-and-a-half football fields in six seconds. That’s more than enough time to turn your head and talk to a passenger in your vehicle, or look down at a recently received text message, or even snap a picture of yourself while you’re driving. But as so many of…

I’m on vacation with my family and wouldn’t ordinarily be posting to our Pennsylvania injury law blog.  I didn’t even bring a laptop with me.  But an article in today’s USA Today has me in our hotel’s business center writing to you, gentle readers. The USA Today article is a comprehensive indictment of an entire industry and the government regulators charged with ensuring…

An Erie car crash resulted in two drivers being taken to the hospital yesterday.  The collision occurred near the intersection of Zuck Road and Zimmerly Road in Millcreek Township when a motorist exiting the Country Fair parking lot pulled into traffic, setting in action a three car, chain reaction rollover auto accident. The Pennsylvania car accident happened near 7 a.m.  The…

A new study offers encouraging news about teen behavior.  Generally, risky behavior like drinking, drug use and risky sex has declined materially.  Unfortunately, teens continue to text while driving at an alarming rate. The survey of risky teen behavior has been conducted every two years since 1991 and, for the most part, the trends are hard to miss.  Most risky…

A serious accident involving two workers from the Turnpike Commission is standing as a tragic reminder of what can happen when motorists fail to exercise caution in road construction areas. It’s a tragedy some of our Erie readers may have already heard about but hope they never experience in their lifetime. The fatal truck accident happened along a westbound stretch…

An Erie bicyclist was injured when struck by a careless driver near the intersection of Westlake Road and Asbury Road in Millcreek Township yesterday.  Authorities report the Pennsylvania bicycle accident occurred near 7:30 a.m. when the driver of a pickup truck struck a bicyclist in the west bound lanes of West Lake Road.  The Erie bicyclist was taken to UPMC…

What you don’t know about General Motors’ recent dangerous product defect just might cause you to give away your best hope to prevent future wrongdoer’s from hurting or killing you and your loved ones. Many people know now that General Motors had for years produced a number of vehicles with defective ignition switches.  These switches would slip out of the…