Automobile Accidents

• Motorcycle Safety

  Joe Stanley | June 18, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  "Fatal Motorcycle Crash In Scriba". Another fatal motorcycle crash. Please be careful if you are tired or have any reason to believe you shouldn't drive don,t!.Don,t let anyone else drive who cannot safely do so.If need more information on this subject matter, please refer to our section on Automobile and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Car Accidents - Parking Lots

  Rob Quattrocci | June 11, 2007 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  We have to be extremely careful when travelling in busy parking lots as pedestrians are constantly crossing and children can dart out from parked vehicles. Most shopping centers now have appropriate traffic devices and cross walks however some older ones have yet to be designed. In any event, regardless of the parking lot please drive slowly and watch for pedestrians.Recently, a man was struck...

• Tort Reform - Except when you are the one injured

  Rob Quattrocci | June 08, 2007 3:05 PM | 1 CommentSyracuse, NY

  All we have heard the last few years from the administration as well as other social conservatives is that personal injury attorneys are evil and causing unrealistic insurance premiums. These arguments are unsupported by the research however that issue is for another article. Rather, it has become apparent that the preaching only applies to those other than the preachers. Recently, Robert...

• Motorcycles Accidents - South Avenue, Syracuse

  Rob Quattrocci | June 07, 2007 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Another motorcycle accident occurred this morning on South Avenue in Syracuse where a truck turned in front of a motorcycle causing the collision. As a result the motorcyclist was critcally injured. This is approximately the fifth motorcycle accident in our area in the last week with all five causing serious injuries. I again ask the motoring public to watch for cyclists as the summer months...

• Motorcycle Accident - Be careful as the weather can change quickly

  Rob Quattrocci | June 06, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Anyone that has driven a motorcycle knows that ideally we do not want to be out in inclement weather. The wet roads typically become slick and thus dangerous. Last night an unfortunate cyclist was out in the bad weather and hit a curve too quickly. He was not discovered on the roadway until eight hours later and apparently suffered serious spinal injuries.As indicated by the report:Madison...

• Large Trucks and Crashes

  Joe Stanley | June 05, 2007 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Large Trucks on the Highways can be dangerous. Studies demonstrate how true that statement can be."The Dangers of Large Trucks"Large trucks - including tractor-trailers, single-unit trucks, and certain heavy cargo vans with gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds - account for a disproportionate share of traffic deaths based on miles traveled. The fatal crash rate for large trucks is 2.4 deaths...

• ATV Safety

  Joe Stanley | June 04, 2007 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  At least 18 people - five of them children - died in crashes involving all-terrain vehicles over the Memorial Day weekend, and federal safety officials expect more deaths in coming months.The 18 deaths were nearly double the average for other weekends in May, according to estimates by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The five children were 16 or younger. These statistics are troubling...

• Car and Motocylcle Crashes

  Joe Stanley | June 04, 2007 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  A driver seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon along Interstate 81 has died. This news headline is another in a series of fatal and near fatal accidents in our communities involving car ,bus motorcycle, truck boat and atv crashes. Please be careful watch for other drivers. It summer and roads ad byways are crowed with distracted vehicle operators. Dont be a statistic that...

• Motorcycle Accidents

  Rob Quattrocci | June 01, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  It is summer and everyone has there summer toys on the road. It is incumbent of motorcyclists and motorists alike to be aware of eachother on the roadways. Motorcycle accidents normaly inviolve severe injuries and thus safety is of utmost importance.Only a few minutes ago a cyclist was taken away by helicopter. Cayuga County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a motorcycle crash that has sent...

• Automobile Accident - Teens

  Rob Quattrocci | June 01, 2007 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  As we are all aware our area has been plagued in recent years with many unnecessary injuries and deaths among our teenage population as a result of imprudent speed and inexperience. Another such accident occurred in the Utica area where a teen lost control of a vehicle at high speed and struck a tree. As indicated by the police:The driver of a 2001 Oldsmobile, John T. Woods, 18, of...