The semi-trucks and tractor-trailers that you see traveling in and around Denver play a vital role in America’s commerce. At the same time, they can also pose great danger to you and the other motorists on the road around you. If you happen to be involved in a truck accident, is the truck driver the only one who is held liable? What about the trucking company that employs him or her? Do they share in any of the responsibility, even if the accident was due to the driver’s own individual negligence?
Marijuana-related crashes in Colorado
Common sense tells us that marijuana use may have an effect on an individual's ability to safety operate a motor vehicle. Certainly, many factors can affect the degree to which a driver is impaired - and marijuana use is one of them. Although data is limited on the actual percentage of car accidents that involve a high driver, we can assume that marijuana use plays a factor in some traffic accidents.
Cellphone use while driving bans in Colorado
Distracted driving will likely always be a major problem on our roads. It's a sad point to make, but a realistic one, at least for the time being. People use cellphones while they are behind the wheel of a car even though they know it is dangerous, and even though there are plenty of laws all across the United States banning this behavior. Even before there were cellphone bans and texting bans for drivers, there were still negligence laws that encapsulated this reckless behavior.
