by cooneylaw | Sep 13, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Auto accidents involving vehicles striking pedestrians and cyclists often cause severe injuries. As our Inland Northwest summer turns to fall many of us enjoy an evening stroll or bike ride with kids. The sun is setting a little earlier each day which makes it just a...
by cooneylaw | Aug 9, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accident, Pedestrian Accidents
In automobile accidents the folks inside bigger vehicles are usually safer. One of the basic laws of physics is momentum conservation. This principle says the total combined momentum of two colliding objects prior to the collision is equal to the total combined...
by cooneylaw | Jul 12, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents
Auto accidents resulting in deaths have hit a 20-year high in Washington State. A few years ago we saw less traffic on the roadways and a simultaneous spike in dangerous driving habits, like extreme speeding. This trend led to 663 traffic related fatalities on...
by cooneylaw | Jun 21, 2022 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
There are so many great things about summertime in Spokane: longer days and playing outside at the local parks and pools. It’s also a good time to remind drivers to keep an eye out for our little ones, yield to pedestrians at crosswalks and to remind all of us about...
by cooneylaw | May 31, 2022 | Bodily Injury, Motorcycle Accident
Motorcycle riders who are in collisions often suffer more serious injuries than those in passenger vehicles. Folks riding in cars and trucks are protected by a metal shell that helps absorb the forces of a collision. This lack of protection makes motorcyclists...
by cooneylaw | May 3, 2022 | Bodily Injury, Motorcycle Accident
Motorcycle safety is particularly important as winter turns to spring and riding season fires up. The National Highway Traffic Safety Association reports motorcyclists are 29 times more likely to die in a collision than those in passenger vehicles. Let’s commit to...
by cooneylaw | Mar 29, 2022 | Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrian and bicycle accidents increase every spring as the weather in Spokane warms up. Drivers just aren’t used to sharing the roads, yet. Both children and adults are getting outside for a stroll and riding their bikes around neighborhoods and parks leading to...
by cooneylaw | Sep 14, 2021 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Auto accidents involving vehicles striking pedestrians and cyclists often cause severe injuries. Crisp fall weather in the Inland Northwest means plenty of folks are still enjoying an after dinner stroll or an evening bike ride with children. As the sun sets a little...
by cooneylaw | Aug 31, 2021 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, DUI
Driving habits got a lot worse during Covid. Even though there were fewer cars on the roadways, too many folks saw the open roads as an opportunity to speed… or worse. These bad habits led to a rise in the number of deaths on our highways despite the sharp drop in...
by cooneylaw | Feb 23, 2021 | Auto Accidents, Bodily Injury, Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents
Women tend to have more severe bodily injuries in auto accidents than men and it does appear to be related to the types of automobiles women most commonly drive. A recent study reviewed nearly 20 years of motor vehicle accident data. It found that women’s higher...
