On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Dec 27, 2019 | Personal Injury
Uber’s business plan was intended to disrupt the taxi industry. Instead of using an expensive, heavily regulated taxi, why not just get a ride from someone who’s going that way anyway? Uber could keep costs down by simply arranging rides from willing drivers, who...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Nov 10, 2019 | Personal Injury
Before any self-driving vehicle should be allowed on our public roadways, it should be fully operational. That includes being able to avoid hitting other vehicles, motorcyclists, bikers and pedestrians. Even one incident of an autonomous vehicle failing to notice a...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Apr 24, 2018 | Personal Injury
Having fatigued truckers on the road is an obvious danger, which is one reason why there are so many rules and regulations regarding how long truck drivers can stay behind the wheel before taking a break.While the purpose of these rules is to make our roadways safer,...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Feb 6, 2018 | Personal Injury
The last few months have been particularly tragic ones for Amtrak. In fact, since the beginning of December, there have been four fatal accidents involving Amtrak trains — with the most recent one occurring just last Sunday when a train traveling from New York...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Dec 18, 2017 | Personal Injury
With more and more people turning to bikes as their primary form of transportation, cycling is as popular as ever in New York City. And given the number of bikes on NYC roadways today, it is a good idea for cyclists to review some of the many laws that may apply to...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Dec 4, 2017 | Personal Injury
Unlike those traveling in motor vehicles, bicyclists don’t have seatbelts or airbags to protect them if they are ever in an accident. This is one reason why bike accidents can be so devastating.If you are ever involved in a bike accident, you need to act fast,...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Nov 18, 2017 | Personal Injury
The current opioid epidemic is affecting every corner of the nation. In fact, The New Yorker recently reported that two hundred thousand people in the United States have died from opioid overdoses since 1999.In New York City alone, more than 80 percent of the...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Sep 25, 2017 | Personal Injury
A speeding charter bus plowed into a New York City bus in Flushing, Queens, early Monday morning. It has since been revealed that the charter bus driver had lost his license after a drunk-driving arrest two years ago. Nevertheless, he was allowed back on the road by...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Aug 30, 2017 | Personal Injury
New York City is the second most dangerous city in the U.S. for bicyclists, according to a recent study, and the most dangerous cities have a fatality rate six times higher than the safest. That fatality rate appears to be closely tied to lack of infrastructure...
On behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Aug 21, 2017 | Personal Injury
The National Safety Council, a nonprofit that has tracked traffic injury and fatality trends for nearly 100 years, has released its preliminary numbers for the first half of 2017. There’s good news and there’s bad news.The good news is that the group...
