by James Lambka | Nov 20, 2018 | Automobile Accidents, Children, Pedestrian Accidents, Safety
We have blogged about this topic before and it seems we will likely do so again. Despite more enhanced media attention to this important issue, drivers are still violating school bus passing laws with alarming frequency. After a group of children was struck and killed...
by James Lambka | Sep 25, 2018 | Automobile Accidents, Children, Pedestrian Accidents, Safety
It is back to school season, and the law offices of Wiener & Lambka would like to take this time to encourage parents to take a couple of minutes to remind their children about the dangers of traffic as they are coming to and from school this year. In 2015, one...
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 | Apr 27, 2017 | Automobile Accidents, Children, Pedestrian Accidents, Safety, Wrongful Death
Walking represents man’s oldest form of transportation and is currently one of America’s most popular low to middle-intensity fitness activities. But according to a study performed by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association in 2017, walking in our current...