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Fairfax County police officers conducted a sobriety checkpoint last Friday in the West Springfield police district. As they so often do, the checkpoint was announced in a news release and on the county’s website the morning of. Despite this, four DWI citations were still given out. 648 vehicles passed through the checkpoint on Old Keene [...]
A Petersburg, VA driver whose ambulance was struck by a car fleeing polic has been charged with reckless driving. The Virginia State Police said the ambulance driver was trying to prevent a suspect from fleeing police, and in doing so operated the vehicle in a reckless manner. Kevin D. Foster was fleeing police after [...]
Culpeper County drivers escaped serious injury Wednesday morning, after 2 separate reports of accidents caused by drivers falling asleep. The first accident was reported at around 8:21 am, according to the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office. A man’s Toyota Tacoma pickup truck drifted off the U.S. 29 and struck a tractor-trailer that was parked on the [...]
The Virginia State Police are boasting about zero traffic fatalities during the weekend of March 6 and March 7, 2010 while they conducted Operation Air, Land & Speed along Interstates 81 and 95. Last weekend, 7,016 citations and arrests were issued to include: 3,536 speeders; 717 reckless drivers; 20 drunk drivers; 310 seat belt violations; [...]
They see it as a thrill—the sheer exhilaration of a stomach drop as a car goes airborne at the very top of a hill. Fine for a roller coaster developed by experienced engineers, but not something you want your newly-licensed teenagers to do in their brand new cars. Called “hill jumping,” or “yumping,” it involves [...]
We all think we know what to do when pulled over, but everyone panics just a little. Here are four things to keep in mind when you’re pulled over in Virginia.
It’s an issue that’s come to light nationwide—texting and driving. But do bans work? A recent study says no.
I have the pleasure of serving with Sharon Christie as a member of an exclusive, nationwide coalition of personal injury and social security disability attorneys. Sharon is an extremely talented advocate and practitioner of the law, who also has the unique background of formerly working for many years as a nurse. This skill-set combination makes [...]
Mike Schafer is a tireless advocate for victims of negligence and carelessness. He fights insurance companies for his clients and will go to any reasonable means necessary to get justice for them. He has even authored an extremely informative consumer’s guide about automobile insurance and how to best purchase the same in order to protect [...]
I know lots of attorneys practicing in the field of personal injury law and have had the opportunity and privilege to refer cases to lawyers in other states. Of course, I take the subject of referring cases very seriously as satisfaction of the client’s needs is the top priority in this type of situation. It is my ethical [...]
