San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Blog

According to PRWeb.com, App Junkies is releasing a Smartphone application called BamBam designed to help keep distracted drivers safe and from taking their eyes off the road. BamBam is a 100% hands-free text response application.  This can help potentially distracted drivers from causing a car accident which is usually preventable.  The application turns the texting feature on your phone off or on as you enter or exit your vehicle.  If you receive a text message while driving, the phone will send out an automated response letting the person know that you are driving and unavailable to respond.  The application launched on May 23 and is free to the public. The application is activated by tapping the screen or via Bluetooth, and sends either an automated message or a prewritten one to whoever sent you a text message. BamBam was developed by college senior Isaiah King—a San Diego native—after his friend…
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San Diego police officer David Hall, 41, has been charged with drunken driving causing injury and felony hit and run following a car accident that occurred on Feb. 22, according to SignOnSanDiego.com.  The car accident happened in the early evening in Sera Mesa on Murray Ridge Road. Hall, who is a motorcycle officer, is accused of causing the car accident that left one woman injured before fleeing the scene.  His blood-alcohol level was greater than 0.15. At an arraignment on May 2, Superior Court Judge David Szumowski ordered Hall to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings as his case proceeds.  Deputy District Attorney Matt Williams did not provide details to reporters regarding the car accident, including the identity of the victim. Hall’s attorney, Cole Casey, describes Hall as a veteran officer with a clean record.