Pittsburgh Motor Vehicle Accidents Law Blog

Drunk driving is a problem that plagues communities throughout the nation, including the Pittsburgh area. While current laws make it illegal to operate a vehicle when one's blood alcohol level is 0.08 or higher, individuals still get behind the wheel routinely to operate a vehicle. Doing so can result in injuries not only to them, but others on the roads as well.

While there are ultimately many reasons that car accidents occur in the state of Pennsylvania, car crashes resulting from drivers who are under the influence happen all too frequently. Nationwide approximately 30 percent of deaths due to motor vehicle accidents involve drivers who are too intoxicated to legally be operating a vehicle.

Often when we write about personal injury lawsuits being filed as a result of a motor vehicle accident, it is in the context of a driver of another vehicle being named as a defendant. While this is appropriate in many situations, in certain circumstances it may be appropriate for other individuals or entities to be on the receiving end of such a civil lawsuit.

A truck driver who was injured in a Pennsylvania truck accident several years ago recently filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Amtrak and a city in Pennsylvania.

It's prom season at high schools throughout Western Pennsylvania. While teens see it as a time to celebrate their youth and enjoy a night out, many adults no doubt see it as an opportunity for serious injuries to be suffered in situations where teens engage in unsafe behavior on the road, such as drunk driving. In addition to homecoming and graduation, prom is one of the worst weekends for teenaged drunk drivers.

In an effort to try to combat this, some area communities take steps to try to combat this. Two area high schools joined together to try to get the message across. Students from both schools participated in a mock car crash. The crash was staged to appear as though it occurred on the way home from the dance, complete with girls in their prom dresses. The organization Students Against Destructive Decisions was responsible for the event.

There are many ways in which municipalities throughout the state of Pennsylvania seek to keep drivers on its roads safe and out of harm's way from car accidents. In addition creating traffic laws and employing police officers to enforce those laws, there are times when more drastic measures could be taken. Recently, one of those measures that will affect some drivers on Route 51 and roads on the Southside was announced.