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By Pendergast Law on July 30, 2019 For teenagers, getting a driver’s license is seen as a right of passage, one more step on the road to adulthood. However, a number of studies reveal that teen drivers face risks that older drivers do not. A 2013 study conducted by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel found that when teen…
By Pendergast Law on September 14, 2018 If we could turn back time, many of us would choose to go back to the day we passed our driver’s exam. There aren’t many other occasions when you feel such a sense of exhilaration, excitement, and newfound independence. However, newly minted drivers can be problematic on the road. Teen drivers are dangerous…
By Pendergast Law on July 13, 2018 For teenagers, few things are more exciting than getting their hands on their very own driver’s license. The freedom of the open road, no more begging mom and dad for rides, the ability to impress their friends, and the independence of being able to get away from the parental units for a while…we…
By Pendergast Law on October 20, 2016 One of the saddest realities that we face at Hardwick & Pendergast, P.S. is that many of our cases involve teen drivers who are injured or killed behind the wheel. While you can’t always be with your child when they are out on the road in Seattle, we found that some companies have…
By Pendergast Law on June 4, 2015 At least six teenagers were injured in a Seattle car accident in which one vehicle plummeted down a 70-foot embankment. As reported by King 5, the car crash occurred on I-5 in Seattle. Officials say one of the vehicles was traveling at a high rate of speed when it went through a guardrail…
By Pendergast Law on October 15, 2013 Seven teenagers were injured when the car in which they were traveling slid off the road and struck a pillar on the Interstate 5 in Pierce County. King5.com reports that a 16-year-old Olympia girl was driving a Volkswagen Jetta south on the freeway just near Center Drive when she hit the brakes and…
By Pendergast Law on February 8, 2013 The Bellevue car accident lawyers at Hardwick & Pendergast, P.S., are concerned about an increasing number of collisions caused on our roadways by sleepy drivers. Recently, an 18-year-old Orting man was seriously injured in a Washington car accident after allegedly falling asleep at the wheel. According to a report by The News Tribune,…
By Pendergast Law on December 24, 2012 Learning to drive is a major rite of passage into adulthood for many Washington teens, but it also increases their risk of suffering injury in a car accident. Because teens lack experience behind the wheel, they are more likely to make the wrong choice in a split-second emergency decision, increasing their accident risk.…
By Pendergast Law on November 6, 2012 Learning to drive and receiving that first driver’s license are key rites of passage in the lives of U.S. teens. But the inexperience of teen drivers increases many of the risks they face on the road, any of which can lead to a serious accident. In order to help protect teen drivers and…
By Pendergast Law on September 18, 2012 Teens are often eager to earn their driver’s licenses and get behind the wheel. However, the inexperience of teen drivers puts them at a particular risk for accidents. Teens often don’t know what to do in an accident or emergency situation, and they often lack the experience to understand the risks behind some…
