California

According to projections from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 4,400 people were killed in traffic crashes in California in 2022.

The Los Angeles based law firm specializes in helping people impacted by traffic collisions, with a particular focus on crashes involves motorcycles, passenger cars and bicycles.

Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Assn., said the Windsor Hills crash that took multiple lives might not have been so severe had the road been designed with more impediments toward picking up tremendous speed.

New research suggests state laws that prohibit drivers from holding a cell phone under any circumstance appear to be effective in reducing rear-end crashes.

For years, highway safety groups have argued that two provisions in federal highway law encapsulate a fundamental flaw in how the federal government approaches highway safety.

Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Assn., a Washington nonprofit representing agencies nationwide, suggested that people’s disregard for themselves and others on the road is part of a national decline in civility that accelerated during the pandemic.

Glotzer & Lieb, a Los Angeles-based personal injury law firm, helps crash victims throughout Southern California hold reckless motorists accountable when they cause serious harm.

Russell Martin, GHSA senior director of policy and government, cited several reasons for the pandemic trends. With roads emptier, “people had more opportunity to speed,” he said. And with people traveling less distance, there was more cycling and walking.

As the number of pedestrians killed by drivers continues a decade-long trend in the wrong direction during the pandemic, GHSA & its SHSO members are marking the 2nd annual Nat'l Pedestrian Safety Month by taking steps to address the behavioral safety issues that put people on foot at increased risk.

As the number of pedestrians killed by drivers continues a decade-long trend in the wrong direction during the pandemic, GHSA & its SHSO members are marking the 2nd annual Nat'l Pedestrian Safety Month by taking steps to address the behavioral safety issues that put people on foot at increased risk.