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The automobile, or car, is a key player in most lawsuits in American courts. Further, auto/car accidents are a major part of our lives, unfortunately. A car accident is one of the most common reasons people file personal injury claims.
Auto/car "accidents" result principally from driver negligence or intentional actions by drivers that have serious consequences. Regrettably, each year about 35,000 or so victims die on roads across America. Many of these deaths are preventable.
A large number of these deaths would be classified as wrongful because there is negligence at play. Most typically this negligence manifests itself in the form of drunk driving or distracted driving. However, sometimes it is not the offending driver that is solely negligent, because in some cases the auto manufacturer could also be considered negligent if the vehicle was poorly designed or defective.
While auto manufacturers test vehicles for safety, a recent report indicates that it is possible the 45-year-old design for crash test dummies could be contributing to a continually elevated number of traffic fatalities. Some are suggesting that these crash dummies were developed in a manner that when they are tested, the results are not accurately reflective of how a real driver or passenger would be impacted in a wreck.
These dummies could be skewing results to make the vehicles seem safer than actuality. According to one auto safety expert, if the dummies used were more accurate to what a real human is like, the potential injuries yielded would be higher and thereby the safety rating lower. In such a case, manufacturers might go back to the drawing board to improve the vehicle before selling it.
Presently, some think that because these testing methods are not entirely reliable, many individuals are driving vehicles that are unsafe and ultimately lead to fatalities from accidents. Many are hoping that the safety testing will be modified to include a computer modeled driver that will be able to better assess how an individual would react to varying impacts.
The national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, P.A., Attorneys and Counsellors possesses winning experience handling traffic accidents and/or traffic fatalities, as well as other wrongful death cases in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us: www.CharlesJeromeWare.com
[see, "Outdated Crash Test Dummies Blamed for Continued Auto Fatalities", Claims Journal, www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2012-12-18/ D. Johnson;www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ "The Difference Between An Accident And An Act Of Negligence"; www.jdsupra.com/law-news/personal-injury/ Personal Injury Updates; www.jdsupra.com/law-news/products/liability/ Products Liability Updates; www.nolo.com/ "Car Accidents and Negligence"; www.ehow.com/ "How To Determine Comparative Negligence"; ezinearticles.com/ "Negligence in Car Accidents"]
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