by James Lambka | May 23, 2018 | Automobile Accidents, Children, Pedestrian Accidents
To herald in our new Pedestrian Accidents page, we’d like to have a dialogue regarding pedestrian law in Washington state. Pedestrian law is about half what most people seem to think it is, and half not quite so much what people think it is at all. The Zone Of Safety...
by James Lambka | Apr 2, 2018 | Children, Pedestrian Accidents, Washington Law
The Washington State Department of Transportation provides an excellent on-line resource for Washington traffic laws. From their section on pedestrians, found here: https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/walk/Laws.htm, the following important laws are summarized: Traffic...
by James Lambka | Mar 2, 2018 | Children, Medical Info, Traumatic Brain Injuries
Washington state led the nation in the creation of laws to help provide guidance to coaches and clear standards designed to insure safety for students who are suspected of incurring a concussion. This law can be found at RCW 28A.600.190. It reads as follows: RCW...
by James Lambka | Dec 5, 2017 | Automobile Accidents, Children, Slip & Fall, Traumatic Brain Injuries
National Public Radio authored a piece that covered Penn State Hershey’s development of a new test that measures genetic material in saliva to detect the existence of concussions in children. The results were almost 90 percent accurate. When concussed, the brain...
by James Lambka | Sep 21, 2017 | Automobile Accidents, Children
In 2013, the Seattle School District did a one day count of drivers failing to stop at school buses that were actively loading children and over 300 people violated the law on that single day. It is September and schools are back in session and it is an important...
by James Lambka | Jun 20, 2017 | Children, Safety
While seat belt usage has increased at a steady pace since 1994, motor vehicle injuries continue to be a leading cause of death among children in the United States. According to a study published in the May 2017 Journal of Pediatrics, 43% of all child fatalities due...