Drunk Driving Accidents

Awareness campaigns regarding the dangers and illegality of drunk driving are widespread. Motorists typically understand that it is not safe or legal to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking. However, the inconvenience of arranging for a designated driver or...

Dram shop laws relate to the liability held by an establishment for serving patrons alcoholic beverages. If someone is clearly intoxicated and a bartender serves them anyway, that bartender may be liable if the person then causes a drunk driving accident. Servers have...

Many people automatically think about alcohol when they hear about impaired driving, but alcohol isn’t the only substance that can lead to impairment. It’s also possible that drugs, both legal and illegal, can cause impaired driving. Anyone who’s driving must be able...

Members of the general public are largely aware of the illegality of drunk driving. Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable for people to expect that they could hold an impaired motorist personally accountable for causing a crash. People who get behind the wheel after...

The dangers of drunk driving are widely discussed, yet some people still get behind the wheel while impaired. So, why would someone engage in such a behavior knowing its dangers? Below are two reasons: Social influences A significant percentage of impaired drivers are...

The last thing you ever expect to see when you’re driving down the interstate is a pair of headlights coming toward you. All traffic should be moving with you, and opposing traffic should be in its own lanes, separated by a median or a wall. Unfortunately, though,...

Drivers should always be alert, as it only takes seconds for traffic conditions to change in a way that might lead to a wreck. Although constant vigilance is absolutely a road safety ideal to aspire to, harm reduction is often a much more realistic personal practice....

You have probably seen stories in which a bar over-serves a customer who staggers out and injures or kills someone, typically on the drive home. The victim or their family sometimes files a “dram shop” lawsuit. But hosting drinkers at your home can also put you in...

With Labor Day weekend coming up soon, it's nearly the end of summertime festivities in New Jersey. Kids go back to school, beaches become sparse and parents get ready for another the impending autumn and winter months. Many see Labor Day weekend as the last hurrah of...