Minnesota Injury Law Blog
Rochester, Minnesota Attorney Discusses Traffic Calming Measures to Protect Pedestrians and Cyclists
Traffic calming measures are road designs that are implemented to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists and are most frequently found in city centers. These road designs encourage slower driving speeds, increase the visibility of people on foot so drivers are...
read moreRochester, Minnesota Attorney Discusses Engineering Roads for Safety
Some street types, like narrow rural roads, and situations, such as intersections, are especially challenging and are frequently the location of crashes. Accordingly, traffic safety engineers try to implement road design features to minimize these challenges that all...
read moreRochester, Minnesota Injury Attorney Discusses How Bike Share Programs Decrease Bicycle Crashes
Bike rideshare programs mean more bicycles on city streets and, inevitably, more interactions between cars and bikes. New research shows that these increases actually make cycling safer. While this may seem counterintuitive, researchers explain, both the rate of fatal...
read moreDifference in Speeds: A Key Cause of Car Accidents Between Vehicles Traveling the Same Direction
Even with traffic volumes recently cut in half during the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are dying in car accidents.* Minnesota state officials blame speeding for a significant number of these crash deaths. The State Patrol has handed out a significantly higher than...
read moreDog Bites and Dog Attack Injuries in Rochester, Minnesota
90 million dogs live in U.S. households, according to the American Pet Products Association, and every year 800,000 people require medical care for dog bites, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Annually, severe dog bites send 333,700 people to the...
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