San Diego car accidents unusually high due to rainy weather: 3 techniques to avoid car crashes in stormy conditions

San Diego car accidents unusually high due to rainy weather: 3 techniques to avoid car crashes in stormy conditions

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San Diego County experiencing heavy rain storms, causing increase in car accidents. Photo Source: News 10 San Diego

Did you know the California Highway Patrol receives between 50 to 75 accident reports a day when the weather is dry? This statistic, according to San Diego News 10, was shattered on Thursday, Dec. 16 when the CHP received 71 San Diego car accident reports between midnight and 8 a.m. alone,  due to wet weather.

About a third of the car accidents on Dec. 16 occurred in the morning hours, between 6 and 7 a.m. alone. Later, a quarter more of the day’s total accident count occurred between 7 and 8 a.m.

The morning hours, due to low visibility and coastal fog, can be a dangerous but necessary time for travel. All kinds of accidents can occur in wet weather and low-visibility, including head-on collisions and rear-end car accidents, most commonly.

Wet roads for San Diego County are likely to continue through the weekend.

When you apply brakes with less force and with an increased driving distance, you can help prevent rear-end accidents in San Diego. Braking easier and keeping distance ahead of you will invariably help you in the event you need to slow down safely. Strong breaking will almost always result in a rear-end accident since a vehicle is more inclined to slide across wet pavement.

Cruise control can actually cause you to unintentionally accelerate if you accidentally hydroplane over a large puddle of standing water. Using cruise control can also increase your response time since your foot is not directly in contact with either pedal. Hydroplane car accidents are all too common during rainy conditions, and cruise control can worsen your chances of having one.

Running water can be very forceful when combined with a speeding vehicle and rainy conditions. Crossing a large body of running water, such as a large rain puddle, can cause your car to be pushed sideways, into a ditch, into oncoming traffic, or into a pole or other object. Crashes of this degree can be extremely dangerous since they often involve multiple vehicles.

If you’ve sustained a rainy weather car accident injury, call our law offices at 1-800-655-6585 or fill out our contact form for a free legal evaluation of your case.


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Warning all drivers: cell phone crackdown happening in San Diego County

Warning all drivers: cell phone crackdown happening in San Diego County

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For your own safety, cell phone use while operating a motor vehicle is illegal in the state of California. This includes calling, dialing, or texting using a cell phone device.

Why? According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 80 percent of car accidents involve at some form of driver distraction within three seconds of the car crash, and talking on a cell phone is one of the prime distractions leading to car accidents today.

Did you know that dialing a phone number on a cell phone while driving increases your risk of a car accident or near car accident 2.8 times?

That’s why it’s no surprise that authorities in the San Diego County area are cracking down on cell phone use while driving. This month, police in San Diego unrolled their zero-tolerance campaign against using cell phones while driving, according to CBS News.

But it seems that San Diegans just can’t put down the cell phone when driving. Call it a bad habit or just plain irresponsible, but cell phone use while driving is no light matter.  On Dec. 10, some 456 people were ticketed for illegally using a cell phone while driving within San Diego County.

If you need further proof that cell phone use while driving is dangerous, consider a study conducted by The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society which suggested distracted drivers who use cell phones are just as dangerous on the road as those driving under the influence, according to CNET News.

The study set up four different driving scenes. Forty drivers were evenly allocated into the following four driving conditions: no distractions, using a handheld cell phone, talking on a hands-free device, and driving while intoxicated to the California legal limit of .08 percent blood alcohol level. The participants followed a pace car in each unique condition. The pace vehicle simulated real-life conditions like stop-and-go traffic and intermittent braking.

At the end of the simulation, researchers found that drivers using mobile devices while driving drove slower, braked slower, and were more likely to have a distracted driving car accident than other drivers in other simulations. In fact, not even one of the drunk drivers crashed, but three participants using cell phones were involved in a car accident.

San Diego, please put down the cell phones – it’s never been more important to stay safe on the roads and avoid car accidents and personal injury. You can do your part by not using your cell phone while driving.

If a car accident injury does occur from another driver’s cell phone use, contact our San Diego auto accident lawyers at 1-800-655-6585 for a free and private evaluation of your case.


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Coronado suspected DUI accident sparks San Diego woman’s arrest for murder: How California driving laws can affect you.

Coronado suspected DUI accident sparks San Diego woman’s arrest for murder: How California driving laws can affect you.

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A San Diego woman was arrested on charges of murder in connection with a suspected DUI accident that occurred in Coronado earlier this year in April, according to The San Diego Union Tribune. Melanie Rebecca Flores, 47, was booked at the Las Colinas Detention Facility on Tuesday, Dec. 14 on accusations of drunk driving. The car accident killed Coronado resident Stevens Benjamin Freidman, 95, and two others were also injured in the accident.

Flores is suspected of driving while intoxicated on April 21, when she collided with two vehicles on the Silver Strand in Coronado. The fatal car accident claimed the life of an elderly man and injured two others, but the San Diego woman was not arrested until recently.

Lea Corbin, a Coronado police spokeswoman, said the delay in arrest was due to serious personal injury that Flores sustained.

Flores’ blood alcohol limit at the time the car accident was above the California legal limit of .08 and she is now being charged with murder. Flores is being charged with 2 counts of 23153 (A) CVC DUI causing injury, and 2 counts of 23153 (B) CVC DUI over .08 causing injury.

What do these laws exactly mean?

Did you know there are two parts to California DUI driving laws that can affect you? The first offense, California Vehicle Code 23152 (a), is a law that defines whether or not the driver was “unable to drive the automobile with the same caution characteristic of a sober person, of ordinary prudence, under the same or similar circumstances.”

The other part of California law, California Vehicle Code 23152 (b), focuses on the “per se” charge of “was the driver’s blood alcohol level .08 or higher.” In Flores’ case, Coronado Police Department reports she was indeed driving at a blood alcohol level greater than .08 percent.

Because the accident caused a fatality, it appears that Flores was unable to drive the automobile with the same caution as a sober individual. She was arrested on charges of murder a result.

Every state has nuances in their laws governing DUI driving, but in California, driving with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent or higher is considered driving under the influence of alcohol.  In Flores’ case, she will be facing both criminal charges and she’ll have her license suspended as well since she was driving at a BAC level above .08 percent.

Know that California law does not take driving under the influence lightly. If you cause a fatal car crash while driving under the influence, you can be booked for charges of murder, such as Flores’ case, and you may later face charges of wrongful death.

DUI driving is a serious, life-threatening offense. Take the necessary precautions to stay on the right side of the law, and do the right thing for society’s sake. Don’t drink and drive, period.

If you’ve been injured by a drunk driver, please call our offices at 1-800-655-6585 for a free evaluation of your case. The Law Offices of Michael Pines, APC, Accident Attorneys in San Diego are experts in personal injury cases involving DUI driving.

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San Diego County Sheriff's Deputy charged with DUI after crash spree

San Diego County Sheriff's Deputy charged with DUI after crash spree

6. September 2011 - reports, a San Diego county sheriffs deputies with DUI data, by the accident with cars, a pedestrian foot and country club fountain parked.

According to authorities, a San Diego was charged with Sheriff Deputy, driving under the influence and as Barbara Crozier, identified after several accidents on the 30th.

According to witnesses Crozier, collided with several cars and ran over a pedestrian foot, tried to get out the path of the vehicle. This occurred at approximately 20: 00 in the parking lot of a Waring with the apartment complex. Witness has a description of the vehicle and the specific authorities.

A vehicle that had crashed in a water well responds to the Marakesh country club members to around 23: 41 for a report. Deputy determined that was the same vehicle, this apartment complex was involved in the earlier crash in the parking lot.

MEPs Crozier still at the wheel of the vehicle found in the fountain, where she was arrested for driving under the influence. Crozier was booked in Indio and with felony hit and run and driving under the influence.

The San Diego personal injury attorney with Ehline law firm PC followed in this case closely and will provide updates as they x 4445 Eastgate Mall, # 200 come San Diego, CA 92121 United States + 619 312 6050.

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Warning all drivers: cell phone crackdown happens in San Diego County

Warning all drivers: cell phone crackdown happens in San Diego County

For your security, cell phone use while operating a motor vehicle, it is illegal in the State of California. These include call, choose or with a cell phone texting.

Why? According to the Highway Traffic Safety Administration are national 80 percent of accidents on some form of driver distraction within three seconds of car accident, and talk on a cell phone is one of the priority distractions today leading to car accidents.

Did you know that dial a phone number on a mobile phone while driving increased the risk of a car accident or car accident close to 2.8 times?

Therefore it is no surprise, the authorities in San Diego County area on cell phone use while driving down cracking. Police set this month in San Diego of its zero-tolerance campaign against the use of mobile phones while driving, according to CBS News.

But it seems that San Diego can be set not only the mobile phone while driving. Call it a bad habit or just only irresponsible, but cell phone use while driving is not a light matter.  On Dec. 10 were some 456 ticketed for with a cell phone while illegally driving in San Diego County.

If you while driving is dangerous again, have to prove that cell phone use, consider a study of the journal of the human factors and ergonomics society, of which have been proposed that distracted drivers who use mobile phones just as dangerous pass on the road than those under the influence according to CNET News.

Set up the study of four different driving scenes. Forty drivers equally allocated in the following four driving conditions: no distractions, use a handheld mobile phone, talking on a hands-free device and drive, while the blood alcohol level intoxicated permitted 08 percent of California. The participants followed a pace car in each unique condition. The pace vehicle simulates real-world conditions such as stop-and-go traffic and intermittent brakes.

At the end of the simulation, the researchers found that drivers using mobile devices while driving ran slower, slower braked, and were rather to distracted driving car accident as other drivers in other simulations have. In fact not even one of the drunk drivers crashed, but three participants, which involved use of mobile phones in a car accident.

San Diego, please the phones - suppressed it never more important to stay safe on the streets and car accidents and injury to avoid. You can your Web part with your mobile phone while driving.

If a car accident injury of another driver cell phone use, contact car accident lawyers at 1-800-655-6585, for a free and private evaluation of your case our San Diego.


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San Diego car accidents due to rainy weather unusually high: 3 techniques car crashes in stormy conditions to avoid

San Diego car accidents due to rainy weather unusually high: 3 techniques car crashes in stormy conditions to avoid

San Diego County heavy rain storms occur, which increase in car accidents. Photo Source: News 10 San Diego

Did you know, the California Highway Patrol will receive between 50 and 75 accident reports a day if the weather is dry? This statistic was the after San Diego News 10, on Thursday, 16 December was destroyed when the CHP received 71 San Diego car accident reports between midnight and 8 am because of wet weather.


In the morning, between 6 am and 7 am only about a third of the accidents on Dec. occurred 16. Later, a quarter joined accident more by the day total count from 7 to 8: 00 am


The morning due to poor visibility and fog, Coast can be a dangerous but necessary time for travel. All types of accidents can occur in wet weather and low visibility, including frontal collisions and car accidents, the most common collisions.


Wet roadway for San Diego County are expected to continue over the weekend.


When you apply brakes with less power and an increased closeness, can help you to prevent that rear-end accidents in San Diego. Lighter brakes and distance keep above help you in the event, you must slow down safely. Break strength is almost always an accident collisions, because more inclined slide a car on wet pavement is.


Cruise control may actually lead unintentionally to speed up, if you accidentally have a large puddle of stagnant water Hydroplane. With cruise control can also your response time your foot directly in contact increase, there is with either pedal. Seaplane accidents are all too common during rainy conditions and cruise control can decrease your chances of one.


Running water can carry very in combination with an acceleration and rainy conditions. Pass a large number of running water, such as a large rain puddle, can lead to side, your car pushenden into a ditch, oncoming traffic or a pole or another object. Crashes this level can be very dangerous, as they are often several vehicles.


If you a wet car accident have suffered, call our offices at 1-800-655-6585 or fill out our contact form for a free legal review of the case.


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Coronado DUI accident sparks San Diego woman arrested for murder suspects: how laws drive California can affect.

Coronado DUI accident sparks San Diego woman arrested for murder suspects: how laws drive California can affect.

A San Diego woman was under the charge of murder in connection with a suspected DUI accident, which occurred earlier in this year in April in Coronado arrested according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Melanie Rebecca Flores, 47, was at the Colinas Las to prison Tuesday, December 14 on accusations of drunkenness booked. The accident killed Coronado resident Stevens Benjamin Freidman, 95, and two others were injured in the accident.

Flores is suspected, drive, whereas on 21 April, intoxicated when she collided with two vehicles on the silver strand in Coronado. The fatal car accident claims the life of an elderly man and two San Diego other woman hurt, but not arrested, until recently.

LEA Corbin, a Coronado police spokeswoman said that was the delay in the arrest for serious personal injury, the Flores maintained.

Flores blood-alcohol limit at the time the car was legal on 08 above California and it is now charged with murder. Flores is is with 2 counts of 23153 (A), CVC DUI causing injury and CVC DUI over. 08 causes 2 counts of 23153 (B) violations charged.

What exactly are these laws?

Did themselves in two California DUI driving laws which concern you know, can? The first offense, California vehicle code 23152 (a), is a law that was defined, whether the driver "the automobile with the same caution characteristic a sober person of ordinary prudence, under the same or similar circumstances drive not."

The other part of the California law, California vehicle code 23152 (b), is focused on the charge "per se", the "was the driver blood-alcohol level 08 or later." In Flores case reports Coronado Police Department, that she actually 08 percent larger drove to a blood alcohol level.

Since a funeral caused the accident, it seems that Flores automobile with the same caution as sober could drive an individual. You the murder was arrested on charges a result.

Each State has nuances in their laws DUI drive, but in California, driving with a blood alcohol concentration 08 percent or is higher than driving under influence of alcohol.  In Flores case they will be both charges above and must they their license also exposed, as she drove on a BAC level than. 08%.

Do you know that California will not go law under easy. When you create a deadly traffic accident while driving under the influence, you can be booked for special charges in the amount of murder, such as Flores case, and later, you may face charges of wrongful death.

Go DUI is a serious, life-threatening crime. Take all necessary measures, to stay on the right side of the law and the right will do to society. Do not drink and drive, period.

If you have suffered from a drunk driver, please call our offices at 1-800-655-6585 for a free evaluation of your case. The law offices of Michael pines, APC, accident lawyers in San Diego are experts in personal injury cases relating to DUI drive.

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SUV crash a cyclists injured and kills another on San Diego bicycle path

SUV crash a cyclists injured and kills another on San Diego bicycle path

June 1, 2011 - reportedly a cyclist was injured and another was killed, when an SUV left the road, she meets a suite Rancho cycle path.

According to California Highway Patrol, an SUV of the cyclist crashed route 56, West of Black Mountain Road, at approximately 6.30 P.m. on Tuesday night after careening from the State. The SUV of a dam, the crash through a chain link fence and the cyclists went after leaving the ground.

According to authorities a cyclist dead on the scene was pronounced, and was the injured cyclists administered first aid on the scene and then from the scene of the crash on a Gurney, removed and transported by ambulance, Scripps La Jolla with serious injuries.

The California Highway patrol and the bicycle accident attorneys in Ehline law firm PC, both that it is not clear stated that causing the SUV to travel to the East, control and losing the investigation is not yet complete.

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SUV crash a cyclists injured and another at San Diego kills cycle path

SUV crash a cyclists injured and another at San Diego kills cycle path

June 1, 2011 - reportedly a cyclist was injured and another was killed, when an SUV left the road, she meets a suite Rancho cycle path.

According to the California Highway Patrol, a SUV of the cyclist crashed route 56, West of Black Mountain Road, at about 6.30 pm on Tuesday evening after careening from the State. After leaving the ground, the SUV over a dam was crash through a chain link fence and the cyclist.

According to authorities a cyclist dead on the scene was pronounced was the injured cyclists of administered first aid at the scene and then removed from the scene of the crash on a Gurney and with ambulance, with serious injuries transported Scripps La Jolla.

The California Highway patrol and the bicycle accident, the lawyers on Ehline law firm both PC said it is not clear, causing the SUV to travel eastbound, control, and to lose the investigation is ongoing.

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San Diego car accidents due to rainy weather unusually high: to avoid 3 techniques in stormy conditions-car crashes

San Diego car accidents due to rainy weather unusually high: to avoid 3 techniques in stormy conditions-car crashes

San Diego County heavy rain storms occur, which increase in car accidents. Photo Source: News 10 San Diego

Did you know the California Highway Patrol will receive between 50 and 75 accident reports a day if the weather is dry? This statistic, according to San Diego News 10, on Thursday, 16 Dec. destroyed was when the combined 71 San Diego car accident reports between midnight and 8 am because of wet weather.

About a third of the accidents on Dec. has occurred 16 in the morning, between 6 am and 7 am only. Later, a quarter joined accident more by the day total count from 7 to 8: 00 am

A dangerous but necessary time for travel can be the hours of the morning, due to poor visibility and fog, coast. All types of accidents can occur in wet weather and low visibility, including frontal collisions and car accidents, the most common collisions.

Wet ground for San Diego County are expected to continue over the weekend.

If you apply brakes with less power and a greater driving distance, you can prevent that rear-end accidents in San Diego. Lighter brakes and distance keep above help you in the event, you must slow down safely. Almost always an accident leads strong breaking collisions because a vehicle is more inclined to push you on wet track.

Cruise control can actually run, cause if you accidentally on a large puddle of standing water hydroplane inadvertently to speed up. With cruise control can increase your response time also, because your foot directly in contact with either pedal. Seaplane accidents are all too common during rainy conditions and cruise control one can worsen your chances.

Running water can very in combination with an acceleration and rainy conditions to carry. Pass a large number of running water, such as a large rain puddle, may lead to side, your car pushenden into a ditch, in oncoming traffic or in a post or another object. Crashes this level can be very dangerous as they consist of several vehicles.

If you a wet car accident have suffered, call our offices at 1-800-655-6585 or complete our contact form for a free legal review of your case.


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Warning all drivers: cell phone crackdown happens in San Diego County

Warning all drivers: cell phone crackdown happens in San Diego County

For your security, cell phone use while operating a motor vehicle, it is illegal in the State of California. These include call, choose, or with a cell phone texting.

Why? According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 80 percent of accidents are on some form of driver distraction three seconds the car accident, and talk on a cell phone is one Prime distractions today leading to car accidents.

Did you know that dial a phone number increases on a mobile phone while driving the risk of a car accident or car accident close to 2.8 times?

Therefore it is no surprise, the authorities in San Diego County area on cell phone use while driving down cracking. Police set this month in San Diego of's zero tolerance campaign against the use of cell phones while driving, according to CBS News.

But it seems that San Diego can set not only the mobile phone while driving. Call it a bad habit or just only irresponsible, but cell phone use while driving is no easy thing.  On Dec. 10 were some 456 ticketed for using a mobile phone while illegally driving in the San Diego County.

If it is dangerous while driving, that cell phone use have to prove you should a study in the journal of the human factors and ergonomics society, you are proposed that distracted driving, the phones use just as dangerous on the road than those drive under the influence, According to CNET News.

Set up the study of four different driving scenes. Forty drivers equally allocated in the following four driving conditions: no distractions, use a handheld mobile phone, talking on a hands-free device and drive, while intoxicated on the California permitted 08 percent blood alcohol level. The participants followed a pace car in each unique condition. The pace vehicle simulates real-world conditions such as stop-and-go traffic and intermittent brakes.

At the end of the simulation, researchers found that drivers drove with mobile devices while driving slower, slower slowed down, and were rather a distracted driving car accident as other drivers in other simulations. In fact not even the drunken driver crashed one, but three participants were using cell phones in a car accident.

San Diego, please the phones - put down is never more important to stay safe on the streets and car accidents and personal injury to avoid. On your part, you can not with your mobile phone while driving.

If a car accident injury of another driver cell phone use, please contact our San Diego auto accident attorneys in 1-800-655-6585 for a free and private evaluation of your case.


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Coronado DUI accident sparks San Diego woman arrested for murder suspects: how laws drive California you can influence.

Coronado DUI accident sparks San Diego woman arrested for murder suspects: how laws drive California you can influence.

A woman San Diego was on charges of murder in connection with a suspected DUI accident, which occurred earlier in this year in April in Coronado arrested according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Melanie Rebecca Flores, 47, was at the Colinas Las to prison Tuesday, December 14 on charges of drunkenness booked. The car accident killed Coronado resident Stevens Benjamin Freidman, 95, and two others were injured in the accident.

Flores is suspected, driving while intoxicated on 21 April, when it collided with two vehicles on the silver strand in Coronado. The fatal car accident claims the life of an elderly man and two others injured, but until recently the not arrested woman San Diego.

LEA Corbin, a spokeswoman for the Coronado police said that was the delay in the arrest for serious personal injury, suffered the Flores.

Flores blood-alcohol limit at the time who was car accident above California legal which is 08 and it now is calculated murder. Flores CVC DUI is caused injuries with 2 counts of 23153 (A) and 2 23153 (B) CVC DUI over. 08 caused injuries will be charged.

What exactly are these laws?

Did you, driving in two California DUI laws, that you can achieve? The first offense, California vehicle code 23152 (a), is a law that defines, whether the driver was "the automobile with the same caution characteristic a sober person of ordinary prudence, under the same or similar circumstances drive not."

The other part of the California law, California vehicle code 23152 (b), is focused on the "per se" cargo "was the driver's blood alcohol level 08 or later." In Flores case reports Coronado Police Department that she actually 08 percent greater drove to a blood alcohol level.

Since a death caused the accident, it seems that Flores automobile with the same caution as sober could drive an individual. You the murder has been arrested on charges a result.

Each State has nuances in their laws DUI drive, but in California, driving with a blood alcohol concentration 08 percent or is higher than driving under influence of alcohol.  In Flores case, they are both charges above are and they have their license as well as exposed as she drove on a level of 08% BAC.

Do know that California will not go law under the influence of light. When you create a deadly traffic accident while driving under the influence, you can be booked for special charges in the amount of murder, such as such as Flores case, and may face later in the amount of wrongful death you charges.

DUI is a serious, life-threatening crime. On the right side of the law to stay, and the right do the company will take the necessary steps. Do not drink and drive, period.

If you have suffered from a drunk driver, please call our offices at 1-800-655-6585 for a free evaluation of your case. The law offices of Michael pines, APC, accident lawyers in San Diego are experts in personal injury DUI drive.

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Tags: Car accident, car accidents, drunk driving, DUI, personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful death lawsuit

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