Automobile Accidents

• SUVs Not Living Up to Whiplash Standards?

  Staff Writer | April 18, 2006 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  My colleague in Cheyenne, William Simpson, has a great post about SUV headrests failing whiplash tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety did a study that found:Seats and head restraints in big SUV sellers like the Ford Explorer, Toyota 4Runner and Chevrolet TrailBlazer rated poor, as did the Chevy Silverado pickup and some seats in the Ford F-150 and Dodge Dakota pickups.

• Hybrid Safety Issues

  Staff Writer | February 21, 2006 12:25 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Hybrid-run vehicles run on a combination of electric power and a conventional gasoline engine with a large battery pack to energize an electric motor(s). It is the battery and the high-voltage cables under the passenger compartment connecting it to the motor(s) that is of concern.These safety concerns come from emergency responders, firefighters and prospective buyers new to the technology. ...

• Closure for the Bingham Family

  April Armani | July 31, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A brief update on Lawrence Truijillo, the man who hit and killed three members of the Bingham family last November at 15th and Arapahoe in downtown Denver, has pled guilty to all thirteen charges brought against him. As always, our thoughts and prayers are with the Bingham family. This incident serves as yet another reminder that it NEVER pays to drink and drive. This is why Bachus & Schanker...

• Flash Flooding!

  April Armani | May 15, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Given yesterday's thunderstorm and the horrible news of people being swept away in flash floods (to read more, click here), a reminder about flash flooding is in order.A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low lying areas caused by intense rainfall that comes with a thunderstorm. The rain falls so quickly that the ground cannot absorb the water, then the runoff collects in low lying areas and...

• US 285 at Kenosha Pass closed after accident

  Staff Writer | February 05, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A Friday morning motor vehicle accident closed US 285 at Kenosha Pass for about four hours, says a report from The Flume. The accident, which did not include any fatalities, was may have been caused by icy conditions between Denver and Fairplay. The weather service reported wind advisories in the area on Friday. If you or someone you know has been injured in an automobile accident, it may be in...

• More cars collide with wildlife

  Staff Writer | January 19, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Check out an interesting article in The Coloradoan out of Fort Collins today addressing the increasing numbers of wildlife-related motor vehicle accidents. The article estimates that more than 1.5 million wildlife-vehicle accidents occur nationally each year, and cause 161 human fatalities. In Colorado alone, these wildlife accidents have increased about 300 percent in the last 10 years. Fall is...

• Seat belt law toughens in Eagle County

  Staff Writer | November 18, 2006 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Deadly Colorado motor vehicle accidents have prompted lawmakers in Eagle County to make their seat belt laws the toughest in the state, an article from the Denver Post said yesterday. Now law enforcement officers can pull over and fine drivers simply because they aren't wearing seatbelts.The Eagle County commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to put a law into effect imposing a $25 fine on...

• New Case Law in Colorado Regarding Stacking of Underinsured Motorist Insurance (UIM)

  Staff Writer | September 11, 2006 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  There is new case law in Colorado regarding the stacking of underinsured motorist insurance (UIM). Per the Supreme Court case holding (No. 05SA369, In Re State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Progressive Mutual Ins. Co. - Automobile Insurance - Underinsured Motorist - Uninsured Motorist Stacking - Limits of Liability), insureds who are insured persons under multiple UIM policies can stack those...

• Man Charged in Motorcyclist Hit-and-Run Death(2)

  Staff Writer | August 12, 2006 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  According to the Denver Post, police have arrested a man accused of killing a motorcyclist in a hit and run accident. Gregory M. Rutschman is in jail, charged with crimes such as vehicular homicide, and drunk driving. Rutschman, early Tuesday morning, ran a red light on South Kipling Street and collided with the motorcycle. The motorcyclist, Kevin A. Vanwyk, was stuck under the vehicle and...

• Drivers Using Cell Phones May Be as Dangerous as Drunk Drivers

  Staff Writer | July 07, 2006 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO