Slate’s Law Blog
New Study Shows Limitations of Autonomous Vehicle Technology
Your car probably has automatic brakes, and those breaks have probably prevented a few minor collisions and spared you the cost of repairs. Your brakes might have engaged when you were backing out of a parking space and did not notice an obstacle behind you. They...
Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Accident That Killed Grandmother and Two Children
Drunk driving is a leading cause of motor vehicle-related deaths, but when it comes to getting compensation in a wrongful death lawsuit, the person who got behind the wheel after drinking alcohol is not the only possible defendant, nor even the one most likely to be...
Motorcycle Helmets and Your Safety
The simplest safety features often provide the most safety. Seatbelts save lives to an even greater extent than any other safety feature. Even if your car does not have airbags or an automatic braking system, your chances of surviving a collision are much greater with...
Hot Air Balloon Accidents
More than almost anywhere else on Earth, the western United States is famous for its wide-open spaces, and nowhere are they more beautiful than they are in New Mexico. You could go for a walk and take in the scenery, but temperatures get dangerously hot in many parts...
Las Cruces Woman Dies After SUV Crashes Into Thrift Store
As soon as you are old enough to speak full sentences, you learn that you should look both ways before crossing the street. Pedestrians use caution when walking beside the road, especially in places where there are no sidewalks, and keep an eye out for moving vehicles...
Cannabis DWI Accidents
Anyone whose experience of intoxicating substances goes beyond elementary school “say no to drugs” classes knows that alcohol and cannabis are not interchangeable. Cannabis has never made anyone more belligerent, for example. While alcohol and cannabis both impair...
How Preventable are Catastrophic Dog Bites?
Millions upon millions of American households own pet dogs; the percentages vary from one place to another, but the percentage is especially high in places like New Mexico, where there is ample space for backyards where dogs can roam around and where you are never far...
Family of Slain Pedestrian Sues City for Failing to Prevent the Accident and Failing to Respond Appropriately
Most car accidents are simply the result of a driver making a mistake, but most car accident lawsuits that go to trial have a large company or a local government as a defendant. One reason for this is that most individuals do not have the money to pay the damages the...
Are You Ready for Self-Driving Trucks?
Now that a third of 2024 has gone by, trucks are perfectly capable of driving themselves, but should we let them? Machines can do a lot of things with minimal human supervision, but sooner or later, it becomes obvious that they lack human judgment. Chatbots can write...
New Federal Regulation Requires Car Manufacturers to Implement Automatic Emergency Braking
When a new vehicle safety feature becomes available, the public tends to grumble about it before they embrace it. In the 1970s, when the movement for seatbelt laws gained traction, people complained that they took away the danger of driving, even though reducing...