by Slate Stern | Jan 13, 2026 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
When police witness a car accident, as opposed to driving to the scene in response to a 911 call, they can usually tell whether to suspect that one of the drivers involved is drunk before they get close enough to see whether either of the drivers smells like alcohol...
by Slate Stern | Jan 6, 2026 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Trains are part of the mythos of the Western United States. Back East, people travel by car or by plane to ride Old Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disney World in Florida, but here in New Mexico, we have the real thing. A century before the Eagles sang of traveling on a...
by Slate Stern | Dec 23, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
The system of interstate highways is a major force that has shaped postwar American life. It contributed to a culture that valorizes cars and depends on them. It also made travel faster and easier than it had been in the age of rail transport; there was no more...
by Slate Stern | Dec 2, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
One of the central arguments of the movement to decriminalize cannabis is that it is no more dangerous than other substances that are acceptable for medical use, and even some that are not controlled substances at all. Tobacco smoking shortens life expectancy and...
by Slate Stern | Nov 25, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
In some car accidents, the insurance companies divide the fault, equally or unequally, between the two drivers involved in the collision. These accidents are common but minor; in a difficult situation, such as changing lanes in heavy traffic, neither driver reacts...
by Slate Stern | Nov 18, 2025 | Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slate's Law Blog
Most car accidents do not cause life-threatening emergencies, so if two cars collide, your biggest worry is usually which driver is at fault for the accident, because this determines which driver’s insurance policy will pay for the medical bills and vehicle damage...
