Pilots who do not sleep enough can cause the same event a driver can without sleep: a plane crash or car accident that leads to personal injury or wrongful death.

The pilot of a plane flying to Buffalo may have been fatigued causing wrongful deaths in a plane crash.

Our car accident attorneys know fatigue can lead to car accidents that can cause personal injury or wrongful death.  Drowsy driving leads to hundreds of car accidents every year.

The trucking industry can be responsible for some of these types of auto accidents.  Truckers can sometimes work long shifts (sometimes overnight), and these truckers are vulnerable to driving without enough rest or falling asleep at the wheel.

Car accidents or semi-truck crashes can lead to personal injury like whiplash or traumatic brain injuries like concussions.  Wrongful death can occur in severe auto accidents.

Federal investigators have a reason to believe fatigue played a role in the Buffalo crash.  The first officer flew all night from her home in Seattle to Newark where the Buffalo flight started.  The pilot flew in from Florida and showed signs of fatigue on the cockpit recorder.

The airline industry has been hesitant to change the rules that govern flight and hours, but because of the recent Buffalo crash, the Federal Aviation Administration may be more willing to change their regulations.

Doing this would make pilots more rested while they are in the air transporting hundreds of commuters every day.  These men and women are responsible for many lives, and they should take every step necessary to ensure their safety … including getting the recommended 8-10 hours of sleep every day.

Our car accident lawyers believe responsibility of drivers to not get behind the wheel of a car is just as important as pilots getting behind the controls of an airplane.  Both methods of travel are used by millions of Americans every year, so everyone must do their part to ensure safe travel without personal injury or wrongful death.

Please contact us for a FREE CONSULTATION with an experienced car accident lawyer — in either English or Spanish — at (800) 655-6585 or click here to submit your case for a Free Review.

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In recent national news the February 12, 2009 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 — which caused 50 wrongful deaths when it fell short of the runway in Buffalo, N.Y. — the central issue of the accident became the alleged safety gap between smaller regional carriers and the nation’s larger airlines.  One issue investigators have keyed in on is whether the airline crew was adequately trained on emergency equipment because it seems as though the crew may have failed to follow proper stall-recovery procedures of pushing the nose of the plane down because “they didn’t anticipate the event at all,” said Kitty Higgins, an NTSB board member.

No driver anticipates being involved in an auto accident, but at times — as in the plane crash — the unthinkable often becomes reality.  That is why it is smart to have the best car insurance policy on your side.

When operating an automobile, much like piloting an aircraft, it is very important that safety precautions are taught in order to avoid fatalities.  Driving school and traffic laws are designed to limit the number of car accidents, fatal car crashes, drunken driving accidents, personal injuries and wrongful deaths.

As car accident attorneys, we believe that drivers should obey the driving laws.  We also understand that car crashes are often out of your control as other drivers at times break the laws of the road.  If you are an attentive driver and take every safety precaution, you should be able to avoid personal injury and wrongful death in a car accident.

Please feel free to call us now at 1-800-655-6585 or click here for a FREE CONSULTATION with an experienced automobile accident lawyer or personal injury attorney.  We have a large bilingual staff that can assist you in either English or Spanish.

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Our highly experienced automobile accident attorneys know that teen drivers are more at risk for causing car accidents simply because they do not have a history of being on the road.  If the car crash does not turn into a fatal automobile accident, how would a teenage driver be expected to pay the medical bills, lost wages, and property damage that comes with an auto accident?

The 2009 February crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in upstate New York appears to have revealed at least two serious shortcomings in airline safety:

1. The airline company did not follow federal law, where they must ensure that upon hiring a new pilot, they would know about the pilot’s previous flight problems.

2. The captain in the fatal accident had never received hands-on training with a safety system that activated just before the plane went down.

Similar situations can happen for teenage drivers who are not properly trained for driving a car and end up causing fatal car accidents. 

Our automobile accident attorneys believe that if stricter testing requirements were implemented and more training offered to young, new drivers, it could very well lower the amount of teenage automobile accident statistics in America.

If you were injured and believe that you deserve compensation, then call our bilingual law offices right away at 1-800-655-6585 or click here for a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney and find out how we can help you.  We look forward to providing good advice for your case.  There is no fee if no recovery.

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Could this technology, which warns pilots of potential dangers during their flight, help lower teenage car accident statistics?

As automobile accident attorneys, we believe that teen drivers have a much higher chance of getting into a car crash, causing personal injuries to themselves and others on the road.  The most tragic crashes turn into fatal auto accidents and wrongful deaths.

Roses litter the Buffalo, New York site of a plane crash that cost 50 people their lives.

If you receive auto accident injuries, there is usually a stack of medical bills to pay and if you are a teenage driver, how are you going to afford the cost that medical treatment?

 Well, flight technology may help prevent teenage automobile accidents from happening or at the very least, lower teenage driver car accident statistics.

On May 14, 2009 the National Transportation Safety Board heard a report from NASA scientist Robert Dismukes concerning the cockpit transcript of Continental Connection Flight 3407, which shows the captain and first officer failed to notice the twin-engine turboprop plane had slowed to a dangerously low speed, ultimately causing the fatal accident earlier in the year.

Maybe it is possible to develop similar technology for cars, market it to auto manufacturers, and they are able to implement it in cars driven by teenage drivers.  If a teen driver does not drive according to the law, the device warns the driver of the mistake, but also records and tracks the movements of a car to be reviewed in the event of a car crash.

Our firm’s automobile accident attorneys believe that teenage drivers need to be properly trained before getting behind the wheel of a car.  If teenagers cannot be responsible drivers on the road, then maybe technology such as this can keep teen drivers in check and lower teenage car accident statistics.

If you were injured and believe that you deserve compensation, then call our bilingual law offices right away at 1-800-655-6585 or click here for a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney and find out how we can help you.  We look forward to providing good advice for your case.  There is no fee if no recovery.

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