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DWI/Criminal

Understanding the Dangers of Driving While High

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 25 Apr2022

Two recent articles discussed the dangers of driving while under the influence of cannabis, as well as broader policy discussions surrounding the issue. In the New York Times, a health columnaddressed whether driving while high is as dangerous as driving while drunk. The column argued that the question isn’t quite as clear-cut as drunk driving, which […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Traffic Accidents

Reports: Traffic Fatalities Rise in 2020, 2021

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 12 Mar2022

Traffic crashes killed 38,824 people across the United States in 2020, according to data released by U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As a press release by the NHTSA states, that figure represents “the highest number of fatalities since 2007.” The overall number of traffic crashes and related injuries declined between 2019 […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents

Study: Dangerous Driving Increased During Pandemic

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Mar2022

A recent survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, drivers drove more recklessly and spent more time driving. As an analysis by Streetsblog points out, that latter figure “partly explains” why the rate of fatalities per mile traveled increased during the pandemic, in addition to the number of fatalities […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Traffic Accidents

Suspect Arrested in Fatal Brooklyn Hit-and-Run

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 06 Mar2022

The driver who allegedly struck and killed a Brooklyn schoolteacher while speeding in May 2021 had two driving-related incidents in his past. As Streetsblog reported last week, the New York Police Department has said it arrested and charged the suspect, Tariq Witherspoon, a 30-year-old EMT “who hit and seriously injured a cyclist in 2017,” two years after he allegedly “allowed an […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Study: Lower Blood Alcohol Limit Reduced Traffic Fatalities in Utah

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 02 Mar2022

A study conducted and released last month by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that after Utah passed a law reducing its impaired driving blood alcohol level limit to .05%, the state experienced a decrease in traffic fatalities and an increase in drivers arranging for “sober rides home.” According to an NHTSA press release, the state’s fatal […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Traffic Accidents

NYC Traffic Violence Roundup

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 20 Jan2022

Last year was reportedly the deadliest year for traffic violence in New York City since the launch of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature Vision Zero campaign to eliminate car crash-related fatalities in 2014. A review of recent coverage of car crashes in the city shows that they still remain hazardous for drivers, pedestrians, and other vulnerable road […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

NYC Agencies Launch Traffic Safety Initiative During Holidays

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 29 Dec2021

Four New York City agencies announced they would step up traffic enforcement during the holiday season. In a press release issued last week, the New York City Police Department, New York City Department of Transportation, New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced efforts “to crack down […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Traffic Accidents

New York Traffic Violence Roundup

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 22 Dec2021

Recent reports by the New York Post highlight a raft of deadly car crashes in New York City in the last few weeks, emphasizing the need for safer streets and more vigorous traffic enforcement.  A December 12 notice, for instance, describes a car crash in Long Island last weekend in which the driver of a pickup […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Traffic Violence Killed Two People in NYC Last Week

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 18 Nov2021

The death toll of New York City’s streets increased by at least two last week, according to reports by the New York Daily News and Streetsblog. The victims were a 33-year-old man who died after being struck by a reportedly “drugged-up” driver in Brooklyn, and a 78-year-old woman “run over and killed by the driver of a massive […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents

New York City and State Authorities to Huddle over Reckless Driving

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 03 Nov2021

A letter obtained by New York City local news publication StreetsBlog reveals that the city’s Department of Transportation Commissioner is pursuing a meeting with the head of the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to discuss solutions to the city’s fatal reckless driving problem. The letter, from DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman to DMV Commissioner Mark Schroeder, was sent on October […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Why Hasn’t NYC Implemented Its New Reckless Driving Law?

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 22 Sep2021

The man suspected of killing a three-month-old baby in a reckless driving incident in Brooklyn earlier this month had a suspended licensed, 91 speeding tickets, and an arrest on his record for driving without a valid license, according to a report by StreetsBlog. The 28-year-old driver, Tyrik Mott, was also “racing the wrong way down Gates Avenue” when the […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

As Impaired Driving Rises in NYC, Enforcement Drops

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Aug2021

A new report by the New York City Independent Budget Office found that even though impaired driving arrests have decreased in NYC in recent years, there’s been an increase in fatality- or injury-causing crashes by impaired drivers. According to the report, “DWI crashes with injuries or fatalities” increased from a total of 942 in 2015 to a […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

NYC Devotes $39 Million to End Car Crashes on McGuinness Boulevard

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 15 Jun2021

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has committed to carving out nearly $40 million from the city’s budget to redesign Brooklyn’s McGuinness Boulevard, site of eleven pedestrian deaths and three cyclist deaths since 1995. According to StreetsBlog, a single 1.25-mile stretch of McGuinness Boulevard, from the Pulaski Bridge to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, has been […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

New York Safe Streets Activists Propose New Road Safety Legislation

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 27 Apr2021

Earlier this month a group of safe-streets lobbying groups in New York released the Crash Victims Rights and Safety Act, a collection of eight pieces of legislation “that will better support victims of traffic violence and make streets safer across New York State at a moment when traffic fatalities and speeding are both on the rise,” according […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Municipal Liability, Pedestrian Accidents, Public Transportation Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Federal Data Shows Increase In Car Crashes, Injuries

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 29 Dec2020

Newly released federal data indicates that in 2019, vehicular crashes and injuries rose while pedestrian and cyclist fatalities fell. StreetsBlog, a website covering transportation issues and pedestrian safety, suggests that this data reflects “that doctors are getting better at saving lives after collisions while our streets remain as dangerous as ever.” According to data released by the National […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Work Zone Fatalities Up During Pandemic

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 12 Oct2020

Even as overall traffic levels fell over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of crashes and fatalities at work zones has risen, according to a recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Workers patching potholes, striping roads, directing traffic or building highways are more at risk than ever,” it states, “as drivers zoom through work zones or are […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, Construction Accidents, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Uptick in Unsafe, Intoxicated Driving During Covid-19 Pandemic

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Oct2020

Data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this month show an increase in unsafe driving by young men. The data specifically shows an uptick in reckless behavior by motorists in rural areas of the country, as well as increased use of drugs and alcohol, after the Covid-19 pandemic began. These trends are part of a […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Traffic Accidents

Federal Data Show Increase in Traffic Fatalities

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 07 Oct2020

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a division of the Department of Transportation, has released sobering data about US traffic deaths. According to NHTSA analyses, although traffic fatalities were down in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, the fatality rate itself has gone up. Specifically, overall traffic deaths have declined 3.3% (a total […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents

NY DWI Crackdown Yields 3,262 Tickets

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 24 Sep2020

From August 19 until September 7, New York law enforcement agencies carried out Governor Andrew Como’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, in which they ramped up enforcement on impaired driving. The city released the results of that campaign on September 18. Throughout the entirety of the action, law enforcement “issued 3,262 tickets for impaired […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Traffic Accidents

New York DUI Bill in Legislative Limbo

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 19 Sep2020

Alcohol impaired driving accounted for 32.6% of driving fatalities in New York in 2018, according to the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, and 28.8% of driving fatalities in the United States that same year. In an effort to combat alcohol-impaired driving, last year New York state legislators introduced bill #A07494A, which would amend state laws concerning the […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Traffic Accidents

NY Governor Cuomo Signs Long-Awaited Seatbelt Law

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 17 Sep2020

A new law signed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo requires all motor vehicle passengers older than 16 to wear a seat belt. It replaces previous legislation that only mandated seatbelts for people aged 16 and up when they were in the vehicle’s front passenger seat. In a statement released about the legislation, Governor Cuomo said: “We’ve […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

Motorcycle Crash Fatalities on the Rise in New York

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 14 Sep2020

A recent report by Niagara Frontier Publications says that data collected by the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research at the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College shows that “as of Aug. 15, deaths from motorcycle crashes are up more than 17% compared to the same period in 2019.” As a result of the increase in motorcycle deaths New […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Traffic Accidents, Wrongful Death

NY Court: After Drunk Son Drives Father’s Car Through House, Father May Be Liable

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 19 Mar2020

In 2012, a Long Island man, Daniel Sajewski, rammed his father’s red Mercedes-Benz through a Huntington house, narrowly missing the two elderly sisters that lived in the residence. Sajewski was, perhaps predictably, intoxicated – blowing an off-the-chart 0.30 on a breathalyzer, far exceeding New York’s 0.08 limit. In addition to losing their belongings (including a […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligent Supervision

Millions of Americans Say They Drive Stoned

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 10 Mar2020

Almost 15 million Americans admit they drive while under the influence of marijuana, according to a new study by AAA. The alarming news does not end with the sky-high number of impaired drivers, either. Millennials (25 to 39 years old) were most likely to get high before driving, followed closely by Generation Z (under 24 years […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents

Marijuana Linked to Increase in Fatal Car Accidents

by Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC 21 Apr2018

A recent study suggests that marijuana use may cause fatal car accidents. The study, released by JAMA Internal Medicine, found there were more fatalities and car accidents on April 20, a “holiday” of sorts for cannabis enthusiasts, compared to the same period of time a week beforehand and a week afterward. This study comes on the heels of […]

Posted in: Personal Injury Law, Bodily Injury, DWI/Criminal, Motor Vehicle Accidents

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