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| Vehicle Accidents And The Role Of Lawyers | October 10, 2008, 3:22 am | visits: 25 | wordcount: 656
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By Arnold Hernandez
Vehicle accidents generally occur as a result of human error in the operation of vehicles, the design of roads, and the manufacturing and maintenance of vehicles. Vehicle accidents can include 18 wheeler accidents, bus accidents, truck accidents, and passenger cars and vans. Lawyers role in society is to make it better and generally speaking they do.
Young people and the elderly cause a disproportionately high number of vehicle accidents. The young because they are careless and the old because their bodies are just not as good as they used to be. For the most part speed is the principal cause of vehicle accidents. The elderly react much slower than younger people and have to be driving substantially slower to keep from colliding. The elderly generally don't speed, but speed limits for the elderly may be too fast, because they simply don't re-act fast enough.
Younger drivers are not too familiar with the consequences of driving recklessly, but learn after a few traffic tickets and as they watch their insurance premiums rise. Many drivers drive cautiously because of the potentially higher insurance premiums. Often drivers want to keep vehicle accidents hidden and offer to pay for damages out of their own pocket. These type of arrangements following a vehicle accident is very common, but often back fires on the injury victim. The injury victim often does not realize the severity of the injury until several hours later when they realize they can barely move.
The person causing the accident often finds himself in a lawsuit despite the best efforts to keep the vehicle accident secret from the insurance carrier. Insurance companies then use the accident as an excuse to raise the insurance premium. Insurance companies are quick to point the finger at personal injury lawyers as the primary reason for raising insurance rates. Studies contradict these views. Vehicle accidents are caused by careless drivers, poor manufacturing of vehicles, and poor maintenance of vehicles, not the personal injury lawyer. The personal injury lawyer simply advocates the rights of the personal injury victim.
What is interesting is that statistical data shows the number of personal injury lawsuits has actually been dropping over the last 5 years. This has been primarily a result of safer cars. Cars are safer as result of many personal injury lawsuits brought against car manufacturers for defective vehicles. Car manufacturers often use statistical analyzes to determine whether it is more profitable to release defective cars into the market and pay out on lawsuits or to recall and fix the defects. Once again personal injury lawyers serve guard dogs and protect consumers.
If you read some former auto manufacturer's you might come across complaints about how attorneys sue the car manufacturer following vehicle accidents and how they were forced to make cars safer. Make vehicles safer is apparently an evil, when you are running a profit focused corporation. Personal injury attorneys rarely sue car manufacturers, but when they sue is for a good reason -the vehicle is defective and it caused injury.
Personal injury laws are not designed to make people wealthy, you simply don't get rich following an accident. The law puts you back where you should have been and this is what personal injury attorneys do. Lawyers help personal injury victims to regain their life and to be where they should have been. The $1 million dollar settlement usually follows very severe injuries or death. If you suffer an accident an were struggling to make a living, chances are you will be in the same situation right after a jury verdict.
Personal injury attorneys have been instrumental in making lives safer. Corporations complain about having to make product's safer, because it is often less profitable to do, but in reality, personal injury attorneys force businesses to stay in business by forcing them to stay out of trouble.
In short personal injury lawsuits following vehicle accidents are fewer in number and personal injury claims are down, because among other things vehicles are safer.
Consult with a personal injury for free today. San Diego Personal Injury Attorney
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