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Immigrants allowed to have Driver’s Licenses Could Reduce Uninsured Car Wrecks – Article 288
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into effect a law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain a license to drive in the state of California. The new policy changes a 1993 law prohibiting undocumented immigrants from attaining a license and advocates argue that the new law will reduce the overall number of accidents and will result in a decline in the number of uninsured drivers.
Uninsured driver accident lawyers in Irvine know that unlicensed drivers are overrepresented in fatal car accidents by a ratio of five to one. Unlicensed drivers are also unable to obtain insurance, which is a major concern in California where Think Progress reports that insurance companies paid $634 million in claims for uninsured motorist accidents in 2009. With the new rule change, these costs and the risk of fatal crashes should decline.
Preventing Uninsured Driver Accidents
In California, there are an estimated 24 million licensed drivers and two million unlicensed motorists. CBS News reports that as many as 1.4 million of the unlicensed motorists are undocumented immigrants who can now apply for licenses under the new law. The licenses will become available beginning January of 2015 and will carry a distinction on the front of the card indicating they are used for driving purposes only and not as federal identification.
California is the eleventh state to take this step, with seven of the other states changing their laws just in the past year to make it possible for undocumented immigrants to obtain a license. Colorado and Oregon are among the states that have preceded California in granting licenses to individuals who are unable to prove citizenship status. The action is also not the first taken by California to make licensing more available, as the governor signed a bill last year permitting young undocumented immigrants granted temporary legal status by President Obama to obtain a license.
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Suspected Drunk Driver Put 2 Walkers in Critical Condition : News 795
In mid-July, two pedestrians were struck and hit at around 11:30 p.m. near Midtown Houston. KHOU reported that the pedestrians were in serious condition after the accident, which occurred on Tuam Street near Helena Street. The driver who was involved in the accident was allegedly intoxicated at the time and was arrested following the crash.
Our Houston lawyers know that those who are walking, jogging or biking are often at risk of sustaining very serious injuries in the event they are involved in a pedestrian accident. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that a pedestrian is one-and-a-half times as likely to be killed in a car wreck on each trip as compared to motorists in passenger vehicles. Unfortunately, lifelong injury or death are common since these accident victims have little or no protection from the force of the impact.
Pedestrians in Danger from Intoxicated Motorists
Pedestrian deaths due to traffic collisions occur so frequently and are so often serious that the CDC reports that a pedestrian is killed in a wreck an average of once every two hours. A pedestrian also sustains injuries in a car wreck approximately once every eight minutes on average.
With so many pedestrian crashes causing injury or death, it should come as no surprise that there were 4,280 people killed and 70,000 injured in 2010 alone. The two Texas pedestrians who were involved in the recent accident on Tuam Street will be among those counted as injured in pedestrian accidents for 2013. The pedestrians – a man and a woman – were reportedly walking very close together, which is how a single driver hit them both. The two were taken to different hospitals. Both were listed in serious but stable condition.
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Dealing with Insurance Companies With Boston MA Personal Injury Lawyer
The Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone knows that your immediate concerns after an accident are paying medical bills, receiving compensation for lost wages, and making sure the insurance company will pay for future treatment relating to your injury.
Our lawyers have a reputation for being strong advocates for victims’ rights, and insurance companies know that we will hold them accountable for their obligation to adequately compensate victims for their injuries. We will fight tirelessly for the money owed to you by the negligent and responsible parties.
Dealing with Insurance Companies With Personal Injury Lawyers in Massachusetts
Our client was very seriously injured in an accident, in fact he ended up having major back surgery. I aggressively employed the use of multiple experts to prove that surgery was due to the accident. That the surgery my client had was absolutely because of the accident and the car accident injury and the injuries he sustained there. There were two specific experts I needed to bring on board to prove my clients case. One was a renounded local orthopedic surgeon and the second was a vocational rehabilitation specialist.
I presented my findings to the insurance company. At this point they went into a typical delaying situation, they stalled, they didn’t want to make a fair settlement offer to my client. When they continued to delay, I used a little known law to bring them to the table and force them to make a fair settlement offer. With that action I was able to get my client a settlement of nearly a half million dollars. He was thrilled with this result and in fact used it to buy a new home.
As soon as your own auto insurance company and the insurance company of the person who caused the car or truck accident are notified, each of them will want information for different reasons.
Before submitting to any recorded statement by an insurance adjuster or investigator, even if the other person’s liability seems obvious, contact the Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone for direction and advice on how to proceed. Looking for a Boston Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyer
? The insurance company is a business that feeds on a victim’s confusion, thus it is important that you make sure that your rights are protected.
If you or someone you care about has been involved in a motor vehicle accident in Boston or elsewhere in Massachusetts, contact our firm. A car accident lawyer with the Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone can help you obtain the compensation you need and deserve.
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