John Brent, a young, athletically gifted man from Illinois, parlayed a successful college football career at the University of Illinois into a spot on the coveted Dallas Cowboys football team. Brent left after his junior year of college and entered the supplemental draft when he was taken in the 7th…
In my 20 years of practice, I have seen motorists cause collisions in numerous ways: allergic sneezes; falling asleep at the wheel; being under the influence of drugs or alcohol; trying to beat a traffic control light or another vehicle at an intersection; speeding and faulty brakes, among others. Over…
A major manufacturer/developer/distributor of smartphones has now developed a free smartphone app to help teens decrease and/or completely stop texting while operating a motor vehicle. On September 19, 2012, AT&T celebrated national “No text on Board Pledge Day” at a local high school in Atlanta that was attended to by…
Hit-and-Run collisions are common in Greater Atlanta. Too often, the reason behind a hit-and-run collision is due to the fact that the motorist is under the influence of alcohol or drugs and does not want to stick around for the police and get arrested. In my law practice, I have…
Most, if not all, heavy trucks traveling on the roads of Georgia have an electronic control module (an ECM), popularly known as a black box. For fans of CSI (Crime Scene Investigation), the black box in a truck is a forensic investigator’s dream and a truck driver/employer’s nightmare. This is…
Intersections in Atlanta are very dangerous. Just driving home today from work I noticed 50 percent of the drivers looking down at their cell phone – the other 20 percent of drivers were talking on their cell phone. The remaining 30 percent were looking straight ahead at the road. As…
The City of Austell, Georgia has a population of approximately 6,581 according to the 2010 Census. It is located within Cobb County and is strategically located near I-285 and I-20. Traffic accidents, car collisions and wrecks are handled inside the city by the Austell Police Department and within the county…
Just more than a week ago, a high-speed car chase in southeast Atlanta killed an innocent woman motorist and injured others. The police officer involved in that crash has since been charged with manslaughter. The facts of that chase indicated that the officer had received a call for assistance and…
Yesterday, a 34 year-old man, Jose Mena, was operating a 1995 Green Taurus and entered the car wash located at 1932 Metropolitan Pkwy in Southwest Atlanta, Georgia. At the same time, three children who ranged in ages from 3 -13 were also on the premises of the car wash as…
Moments or minutes before you possibly hear a siren, a police officer on the patrol has received a call requiring his/her services. On these occasions and in most of the situations – particularly emergencies – the police officer will generally flip on his police lights and siren and speed to…