San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Blog

What Happens if My Uber Driver Gets into an Accident and I Get Hurt

Using a ride sharing company is a great way of making sure you can get home safely after a night of drinking or finding a ride home if you don’t have a car. Though, sometimes accidents are bound to happen. You may be injured even if you’re not driving. If you’re injured while using a ride sharing service, you might be wondering who will cover the cost of your injuries. Who Will Pay for My Injuries? Most drivers only have personal insurance. This insurance only covers accidents that happen when the driver is not using his or her car for ride sharing purposes via the “business exception” clause in most insurance policies. Though, there are some drivers who will have a commercial insurance policy that covers passenger injuries. If this is not the case, the ride sharing companies have policies in place to help compensate those injured in car accidents…
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How San Diego Is Making it Safer For Cyclists

The City Council of San Diego voted on plans to make the city safer for cyclists. The City Council’s Environment Committee voted this past Thursday on a new implementation plan. This plan will amend the current Bike Master Plan, which was adopted in 2013. The 2013 Bike Master Plan is a strategic implementation plan that promotes bicycle safety, policy, and infrastructure. The new implementation, proposed to city council by the Bicycle Advisory Committee, will cost upwards of $300 million. The new master plan addresses more bicycle related needs such as bicycle roadways, education and other programs that help to improve the San Diego bicycle community overall. What The Plan Says The following objectives are some of the ways in which the Bicycle Advisory Committee proposed to improve the San Diego bicycle community: Increasing the mode of transit to bicycle in high transit-priority areas, such as downtown to 18 percent by…
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Tesla Autopilot Crashes Continue to Pile Up

Autopilot is a semi-autonomous feature that comes with Tesla’s new vehicles. This feature can help motorists change lanes, maintain a following distance, apply the brakes and perform other maneuvers. However, Autopilot has been involved in several recent crashes, several of which occurred in California. In late March, an Apple engineer was killed when his Tesla Model X crashed into a highway median on Highway 101. Tesla announced that Autopilot was engaged before the crash. According to the deceased man’s family, he complained that Autopilot kept trying to steer him into the median in the weeks before the crash. Other Tesla owners showed their vehicles swerving near the same spot where the crash occurred. Another recent Tesla accident occurred in Culver City, California earlier this year. In this case, a Tesla Model S on Autopilot crashed into the back of a fire truck. Last month in Utah, another Tesla Model S…
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