Back to Driver’s Ed: A red light crash is no accident

Posted on February 13, 2020

Continuing our series on the most common causes of car and truck crashes, one of the top causes of predictable, preventable crashes is a driver running a red light. Truck driver causes red light crash Recently, I handled and ultimately resolved a legal claim from a red light crash. A commercial truck driver ran a...

Back to Driver’s Ed: 6 things you forgot about driving in the rain

Posted on January 9, 2020

Continuing our Back to Driver's Ed series on the most common driver errors that cause crashes, I am here to remind you that driving in the rain increases the odds of a car crash. Weather-related vehicle accidents kill more people annually than large-scale weather disasters. Chris Dolce, The Weather Channel At Coluccio Law, we don't...

Back to Driver’s Ed: Preventing drunk driving crashes

Posted on December 13, 2019

I am continuing my series of blogs about the most common causes of car crashes. You will notice that I don't refer to predictable, preventable drunk driving crashes as "car accidents." Crashes caused by drunk driving are not "accidents": they are entirely preventable. Drinking impairs your senses (vision and hearing) and results in decreased muscle...

Back to Driver’s Ed: Speed increases odds of a fatal crash

Posted on December 11, 2019

I have previously written about the number 1 cause of preventable car crashes – distracted driving. Now, I would like to share some thoughts and comments about what is considered the second leading cause – speeding. At Coluccio Law, we don't call predictable, preventable crashes "car accidents." Most crashes caused by speeding are preventable. Speed...

Back to Driver’s Ed: Distraction causes Car Crashes

Posted on December 5, 2019

Not all car crashes ruin peoples' lives. But most crashes are inconvenient, expensive - and entirely preventable. Somehow, we have come to accept that because crashes are very common, they are inevitable. Most are not. Over the course of the next several weeks, I'm going to review the most common causes of car crashes and...