If a drunk driver injures you, they will almost certainly try to defend or excuse their actions. They are desperate to get compensation for any injuries they suffer and avoid prosecution by the police. You know they had been drinking, they know they had been drinking, and the police know they had been drinking. How could they possibly try to avoid taking responsibility for the crash that injured you? Drunk drivers are not interested in the truth — they are…

An injury to someone’s spinal cord will mean lasting consequences. Even with incomplete injuries where someone retains or can regain function and sensation below the injury site, the broader impact of the injury will be permanent. Motor vehicle collisions are the number one cause of spinal cord injuries in the United States. Car crashes cause 38% of spinal cord injuries. Despite many spinal cord injuries coming from car crashes, car insurance requirements in Colorado don’t reflect the massive financial impact…

Like anything we do on a repetitive basis, driving can start to feel automatic. However, it is certainly not and our minds are required to be heavily focused to drive safely. Distractions pose a real threat to road users and pedestrians. When we say “distractions”, what is it that we mean? Outlined below are some of the more notable ways that a driver’s concentration can be taken off of the road.  Lost in thought The most common way for a…

The teenage years are notorious for being a time when people make questionable personal decisions. Many teenagers learn by making terrible mistakes rather than by listening to the adults in their life who try to warn them about the consequences of their actions. Even young adults who have gone through driver’s education courses and who have responsible parents might still think that they can get away with drunk driving. Sadly, impaired drivers often cause harm to other people. A teenager…

Many people across Colorado choose to go out at the weekend and have a few drinks, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. Others take on the role of designated driver to ensure that their friends and family make it home safely.  Such as system tends to work out, the problems only arise when alcohol and driving are mixed. Drunk driving causes many accidents across Colorado every year, with hundreds of fatalities. In both physical and cognitive terms, drivers…