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DUI Holiday Patrols in Orange County
This holiday season, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be paying close attention to signs of those drunk driving – that includes those who are also driving under the influence of drugs. This will be a part of the year-end Drive Sober Pulled Over enforcement.
As a part of the program, police departments, the OCSD, and the CHP will be setting up DUI checkpoints and will deploy DUI saturation patrols. OCSD will be conducting several DUI enforcement events during the entire holiday season. This will include searching for anyone driving under the influence of prescription medications, marijuana, and any other illicit drugs that can and do impair judgement – these can result in a DUI arrest. If you are caught driving under the influence of any substance you could face jail time, fines, loss of your driver’s license, towing fees, and any other DUI expenses, totally approximately $10,000.
Out in the Street – Safety Tips for Playing Outside
Growing up, it was always so much fun to be able to go out on hot nights and play with the neighborhood kids. Parents would have block parties where all of the neighbors would come together, BBQ, chat, the kids would play in the streets – overall it was always a blast! So we put together some fun, safe ideas for children when playing outside in the evening!
Safety First
Neighborhoods nowadays are so different from the neighborhoods I grew up in. Even in the late 80’s and early 90’s, we still left our doors unlocked during the day and/or evening time whenever anyone was out playing. Parents would let the kids roam free in the cu-de-sac, maybe popping their heads out the front door every 15-20 minutes or so – just to make sure that we were all playing safely and no one was getting hurt. Times seem to be a bit different these days. I don’t see as many children out playing unsupervised. Granted, Orange County is a lot bigger and busier than the town I grew up in the Bay Area.
Hit-and-Run Kills 77-year-old Woman
There are many obvious dangers of drinking and driving. You may end up hurting yourself or others.
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Overnight in Arcadia, a man was taken into custody after he hit a 77-year-old woman and fled the scene. Witnesses of the accident were able to gather enough information about the vehicle and license plate to identify the man who fled the scene. Investigators believe that he was driving under the influence. Furthermore, he was arrested at his home for gross vehicular manslaughter, felony driving under the influence, and felony hit-and-run. According to witnesses the woman was crossing the street at the intersection of Baldwin and Arcadia Avenues.
Driving With a Cracked Windshield – Is It Safe?
It happens when you are driving on the freeway and a rock hits your windshield. It happens when you are driving on a dirt road, perhaps in the middle of nowhere. Heck, it can happen when you lease expect it. Sometimes windshields get cracks in them. the windshield was designed to block wind, rain, sleet, and snow all while providing us with visibility. But, alas, it is made of glass and glass can be extremely fragile. Oftentimes all it takes is a single rock or pebble to chip or crack your windshield. Sometimes even if hail is coming down too hard. So we wondered if it would be safe to drive with a cracked windshield. If you are suffering from injuries, contact a Laguna Niguel car accident attorney in our office!
How to Avoid Workplace Injuries
In the course of an average day, we perform a vast array of tasks that could potentially put our health at risk. While most days, our tasks may seem mundane and harmless the fact is, workplace injuries can happen anywhere. On-the-job injuries can result in pain and suffering.
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Some of the following are common workplace injuries and what you can do to avoid them:
Helpful Tips for Driving at Night
The Holiday Season is the most traveled time of the year. We travel at all hours of the day, sometimes even traveling into the wee hours of the night and early morning. With weather conditions changing, holiday traffic, and the days getting shorter, we all may find ourselves driving in the nighttime. Road fatalities occur at a rate that is three times greater at night than at any other time of day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Your depth perception, ability to distinguish color, and peripheral vision are all worse in the evening and because of this, you tend to be more tired with the reduced light exposure. So I decided that I wanted to do a little bit of research and share some tips for driving at night.
Bike and Pedestrian Safety Enforcement
Monday was bike and pedestrian safety enforcement day in Dana Point and all throughout Orange County, according the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The focus was on factors that cause accidents between motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists. the OCSD mapped out locations all around Orange County where pedestrian and bike collisions have occurred over the last three years. Officers were looking for any violations made by drivers, bike riders, pedestrians that can lead to traumatic injuries.
Street Racing in Anaheim: 2 Dead, 1 Critical
A street racing incident gone wrong left two people dead and another in critical condition in Anaheim over the weekend. Emergency personnel arrived to find a vehicle on fire. Our accident lawyer reports that they discovered there were two people inside after the blaze was extinguished.
According to eye witnesses, both cars were driving westbound at high speeds on Ball Road when they crossed Euclid Street. Where one of the drivers lost control. the vehicle jumped a curb, sheared a concrete light pole, struck several parked cars, before crashing into the side of the apartment building and bursting into flames. the wreckage was mangled to the extent that investigators were initially unable to identify the make and model of the 2003 Infiniti.
Three Killed – One in Critical Condition in Crash Overnight
As a Mission Viejo car accident attorney, we see all kinds of cases. All of the outcomes vary from case to case.
An accident in Arcadia in the early hours of the morning left three people dead and one in critical condition. The accident occurred just after 2am this morning on Live Oak Avenue and Las Tunas Drive in Arcadia – one of the cars was left on its side. the firefighters that responded to the scene said that they extracted four occupants. Three of the victims died at the scene. and the fourth victim Is at a nearby hospital. as this is an ongoing investigation, it is unclear what the current status is of the fourth victim.
Police Officer Seriously Injured
A City of Orange Police Officer was injured when he was struck by a woman driving a Hyundai Sedan as he was investigating another case. as a Mission Viejo car accident attorney, we see cases like this one all the time.
The officer, who has yet to be identified, responded to a vehicle blocking the roadway in the 500 block of North Cambridge in the city of Orange and discovered a man was asleep behind the wheel. the Officer was standing outside of his vehicle when the woman’s Hyundai collided with him and his patrol car. Investigators believe that alcohol may have played a major factor in the incident. the man that was asleep in the vehicle was not harmed and it is unclear what the Officer’s injuries are at this time.