On behalf of Becker, Kellogg & Berry, P.C. | Dec 30, 2019 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
It’s likely that many Virginia residents have driven drowsy at least once in recent days. In a Sleep Prioritization Survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 45% of the 2,003 U.S. adults involved admitted that they have had to struggle to stay awake...
On behalf of Becker, Kellogg & Berry, P.C. | Dec 23, 2019 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Advanced safety technologies are supposed to make cars safer in Virginia and across the U.S. However, according to a new study, these systems are placing some drivers at additional risk. The study, which was conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, found...
On behalf of Becker, Kellogg & Berry, P.C. | Dec 16, 2019 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
The Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act of 2019 is a bill that has been introduced in Congress, and if implemented, it would require automakers to equip their vehicles with an alcohol detection device by 2024. Residents of Virginia should know that the device has...
On behalf of Becker, Kellogg & Berry, P.C. | Dec 12, 2019 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
If passed, the Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act of 2019 would require all vehicles to have alcohol detection equipment installed in all new cars by 2024. According to its sponsors, the legislation could result in 7,000 fewer deaths on Virginia roads and others...
On behalf of Becker, Kellogg & Berry, P.C. | Dec 3, 2019 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
The opioid crisis in Virginia and across the U.S. is putting drivers in danger. Opioids cause cognitive and psychomotor impairment, so those who take them and then head out on the road run the risk of becoming, among other things, drowsy. In 2016, 7.1% of all the...
