If you are hit by a driver who was being negligent or reckless, you may be seeking compensation for what they’ve put you through. To make it easier to seek that compensation, it can be helpful if it’s shown that the driver was impaired by alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash. How do you find out or prove that they were impaired? That depends on the situation, but in most cases, the police will be there at…

The majority of road users across Colorado utilize the roads each day without incident. This is often because of safe driving practices and courtesy towards other people. Unfortunately, good driving habits are not always enough to keep you safe. Ultimately, you cannot control the actions of others, but the behavior of others can directly affect you when traveling. One of the biggest safety hazards posed to road users is impaired drivers. In fact, one person dies in a drunk-driving crash…

Most drivers across Colorado utilize the roads without incident every day. Unfortunately, there are a number of people who aren’t so lucky. Road traffic collisions are still a significant problem across the state. There are various types of road traffic accidents, with some being more serious than others. Head-on collisions are one type of incident that can cause severe injuries and even fatalities. When vehicles collide as they are heading in different directions, the force of the impact is accentuated…

Depending on the severity of the impact, a car accident can leave you with significant injuries and property damage. When a car accident occurs as a result of someone else’s reckless actions, you may be entitled to compensation to help take care of the cost of treating your injuries and repairing damaged property. However, to win a personal injury claim, you must prove that the defendant was indeed negligent and, thus, responsible for the accident. Here are the four questions you…

In a head-on crash, you collide with another vehicle’s front end. Both vehicles may have been traveling toward each other, or one of your vehicles may have been stopped. While the front end of your vehicle is designed to crunch up and absorb the impact, that doesn’t mean that all of the energy of the impact will be dissipated. It is common to see injuries caused by forces that were passed on to the victims inside the vehicle. In either…