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3/12/2010
Max J. Meyers
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New Tough Cellphone Law Begins June 10th

Been injured in a Seattle Washington car accident by a driver talking on a cellphone? Seattle car accident lawyers Scott McDonald and Max Meyers are experienced in representing Washington car accident victims. Call them at 425-822-5700 if you have suffered a serious injury because of a negligent and reckless Washington driver.

10/1/2009
Max J. Meyers
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What Causes More Deaths in Washington: Car Accidents or Drugs?

Surprisingly, drugs now cause more fatalities in Washington state than do injury car accidents.  For decades, vehicle accidents have been the leading cause of injury-related deaths in Washington state.  But drug overdoses have now pulled ahead.

According to Margaret Warner of the CDC people view car accidents as something that might happen to them.  But death from a drug overdose is something people rarely believe will happen to them.  However, that statistics are proving otherwise.  Cocaine and heroin continue to be significant killers, but most of the increase is due to prescription opiates like methadone, Oxycontin and Vicodin.



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    A glitch has happened in several Washington cities, which prevented them from correctly adopting the new cell phone law.  This means if you received a recent ticket for using your cell phone while driving it might be unenforceable in certain Washington cities. When the Washington legislature passes a new law, the local city governments must add [...]
    Last Friday I posted about the formation of another police task force.  Washington State Patrol formed DUI “Target Teams,” which I have dubbed “A-Teams,” to fight drunk drivers and eliminate DUI related fatal Washington car accidents by 2030. The results are in and 57 drunk drivers were cited over the 4th of July holiday weekend.  There [...]
    As the 4th of July holiday starts the Washington State Patrol has formed a crack “A-Team” of DUI enforcement troopers to track down more drunk drivers. The new task force will cover three Washington counties: King, Snohomish and Pierce County. The WSP teams only job is to arrest drunk drivers.  The goal is to eliminate [...]
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