Wrong-way Collisions Practice Section Added to Lombardi Law Firm

Today I'm adding a wrong-way practice area to the Lombardi Law Firm website. The purpose is to teach you how to stay safe when travelling in Iowa on I-80, I-35, I-235 and other interstates around the state.

Wrong-way drivers are causing deaths in America’s interstate highway system all across the United States. Wrong-way collisions can have several causes and there are things we can do to educate ourselves from being involved in one. With two vehicles traveling towards one another at 70 mph death is almost certain.  So what can you do to avoid being in one?

For several months I’ve collected news items on wrong-way collisions and have analyzed where, when and how they occurred. There have been so many that I can only cover the month of July for 2009 and that is enough to provide us with 70 separate wrong-way collisions from hundreds of news stories.  From these news reported collisions that here are the general causes and how we can avoid being one of those who die from a wrong-way driver coming towards us at 50 to 70 mph.

I became interested in this subject back in November 2008 when I wrote, Interstate Highway Safety: Part I - Ghost drivers continue to be a problem on U.S. Interstate Highways and followed up with Interstate Highway Safety - Ghost Drivers – Part II. Since then other InjuryBoard members have written and the discussion has become varied and lively. So do a search on the InjuryBoard and see what the lawyer in your state has said about wrong-way drivers or “ghost riders”.

Wrong Way Drivers Causing A Rash of Traffic Fatalities In Dallas And Austin, June 22, 2009, Brooks Schuelke

Wrong-way Drivers, June 2, 2009, Beth Janicek.

Merchants of Interstate Death or Injury: Wrong Way Drivers-Usually Drunk or Drugged, June 22, 2009, Rick Shapiro.

What are the causes of wrong-way drivers, aka “ghost riders”?

1.      Alcohol or drug related driver confusion.

2.      Old age and confusion.

3.      Mental defect or disease.

4.      Purposeful acts including attempts to commit suicide and criminals attempting to elude law enforcement officers.

5.      Inexperience.

6.      Signage confusion and road design.  Broad medians can cause sight confusion with situational awareness.

7.      GPS providing incorrect, inaccurate or confusing information.

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