Three New York City politicians are sponsoring bills in the state legislature to install speed cameras on some of the city's more dangerous roads. One bill calls for between 20 and 40 cameras to be installed, while the other focuses solely McGuinness Boulevard in...
Car Accidents
Understanding New Jersey’s Basic Car Insurance Policy
New Jersey law requires every driver to carry motor vehicle insurance. Still, up to 600,000 New Jersey drivers choose to break the law, usually because they believe they can't afford to buy insurance. In reality, it is always much more expensive to go without...
Federal Regulators to Combat Sudden-Acceleration Car Accidents
In the wake of a spate of sudden-acceleration car accidents, federal regulators have proposed a new rule designed to mitigate the problem. The rule would require all new cars and trucks to come with a standard "brake-throttle override" system. The system would ensure...
7 Killed in Accident On Bronx River Parkway
Seven members of a New York family were killed yesterday after their SUV left a Bronx River Parkway overpass and fell 60 feet into a non-public area of the Bronx Zoo. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the New York City car accident to occur....
Student Killed in New Jersey Pedestrian Accident
Authorities are still piecing together evidence after a 19-year-old woman was killed in Little Silver over the weekend. The woman, a college freshman who had come home for Easter weekend, was the victim of a New Jersey pedestrian accident. Police know who hit the...
New Jersey Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Hit-and-Run Accident
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty last week to fleeing the scene of a Tom's River car accident that the left a 17-year-old boy severely injured. The driver, a criminal defense attorney from Brick, said that he was reading text messages or emails at the time of the New...
Bayonne Motorcycle Accident Leaves Cyclist in Critical Condition
Yes, he was wearing a helmet, as required by New Jersey law, when the motorcycle accident occurred. But that didn't save the driver from sustaining severe head trauma after colliding with a left-turning minivan and being thrown from his bike. The motorcycle driver was...
To See, Or Not To See… Behind Your Car
As many as two children, mainly those two-years-old and younger, per week are fatally injured in a back-up motor vehicle accident. An additional 48 are injured. Despite these statistics, the Department of Transportation has decided to once again delay mandating all...
New Jersey Hit-and-Run Can Mean More Than Medical Expenses
A 47-year-old driver left the scene of a Palisades Park car accident only to be found a few blocks away by local police. He had crashed his own car into a utility pole. Police found the Honda still running and the driver's side door open when they arrived on the...
Fatal New Jersey Truck Accident: Dump Truck Collides With Elementary School Bus
One of three triplet sisters was killed in a New Jersey truck accident when a dump truck collided with a school bus full of elementary school children, sending the bus crashing into a traffic-light pole. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the...
