September 21, 2017
Labor Day DUI Crackdown in Rhode Island
Over the past three weeks, Rhode Island State Police has arrested 33 people as part of their “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. According to a news report, 10 of those people were charged with DUI over the Labor Day weekend, which is traditionally one of the deadliest driving holidays of the year. In…
November 27, 2015
Cognitive Distractions While Driving
Editor’s note: This is our final blog in a four-part series about distracted driving. Read the first part here, second part here or third part here. Inattentive or distracted driving can be as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. As previously discussed in this series, drivers are distracted visually, when they…
February 18, 2014
Providence, RI Auto Accident Attorney Discusses the Dangers of Texting While Driving
Distracted driving is never safe, especially when that distraction is texting on a mobile phone. Rhode Island Senator Susan Sosnowski has stated that studies show distracted driving has the potential to be even more dangerous than drunken driving, and as such, she is sponsoring a Rhode Island bill that would ban hand-held cell phone use…