CAR ACCIDENT OTHER DRIVER DRIVING TOO FAST – INJURY ATTORNEYS
Many auto crashes are caused because the other car was speeding. However, speeding is not just driving faster than the posted speed limit. Speeding is also driving too fast for the road conditions. At the Rochlin Law Firm, our lawyers represent people injured in a car accident because the other driver was speeding or driving too fast for the road conditions.
In Minnesota, different types of weather over the course of the year can cause slippery or dangerous roads. Drivers are expected to recognize dangerous road conditions and slow down to avoid a car accident. When a driver fails to slow down in these types of conditions, a serious crash can result. This may require an auto accident injury lawyer. For example, a speeding car can result in rear ending the car ahead when traffic slows. Speeding can also lead to driving into a ditch and causing a rollover accident.
Failure to drive at appropriate reduced speed per Minn. Stat. Sec. 169.14 constitutes driving without due care. Every driver must drive at an appropriate reduced speed when approaching an intersection. This is also true when special hazards exist due to weather conditions. The driver of any vehicle traveling at an unlawful speed shall forfeit any right of way which the driver might otherwise have. MS 169.20(1).
SPEEDING CAR AT FAULT IN CRASH
In a trial, the jury is told that if the defendant was driving too fast or above the speed limit, they must find him guilty of negligence. This is something our top MN auto accident injury attorneys will explain to the insurance company for you, and a jury if necessary.
The reasonable and prudent person standard of negligence is used in evaluating a driver’s conduct under the general speed (MS 169.14) and following too closely (MS 169.18(a)) statutes. These statutes do not in themselves establish a prima facie case of negligence; they merely describe what could constitute negligence. What is a reasonable following distance for a car is a question for the jury.
Minnesota law contains no hard and fast rules about how close or how slow a driver must be driving in different conditions. These cases are determined based on their particular circumstances. Witnesses are considered, and arguments by the car accident lawyers. When you meet with a car crash lawyer from our office, we will carefully discuss the facts of the accident with you to determine who was at fault for speeding or any other reason.
CAR ACCIDENTLAWYER – INVESTIGATION
To determine which driver was negligent in causing a car accident, our personal injury attorneys often must investigate the crash. Sometimes what is written on the police accident report is not a true depiction of what happened. Witnesses or other evidence may tell a different story.
Our top car accident injury attorneys have won cases even when the responding police officer initially attributed 100% fault for the collision to our client’s car. Investigations can be particularly important in semi-trailer cases, pedestrian cases, and drunk driving cases. If you have been injured in a car accident because the other car was driving too fast, the sooner you call a lawyer at our office, the sooner we can begin our investigation to prove or cement your case.
CAR ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS PAM ROCHLIN AND DAVID ROCHLIN
You are welcome to call us any time and speak with a lawyer if you are injured in a car accident. Pam Rochlin and David Rochlin are Minnesota personal injury lawyers with more than 25 years of experience. We have handled hundreds of speeding and other car accident injury cases. We will discuss your case with you and explain your rights. A lawyer will meet with you at our office or your home to discuss your car accident injury.
Our attorneys can meet with you to discuss your car accident injury case at our offices in Minneapolis MN, St. Louis Park, Woodbury, and Edina. Our lawyers also meet with people to discuss their car accident injury cases at their homes in St. Paul MN, Chanhassen, Chaska, Eden Prairie, Maple Grove, Rogers, Anoka MN, Brooklyn Park, Bloomington, Apple Valley, Roseville, Maplewood, and other surrounding cities in Minnesota. There is no obligation on your part, and we never charge anything unless you receive compensation for your injury.