| There's one thing all Palmdale car accident lawyers will | | | | was pinned in the wreckage. Another child suffered a |
| agree on: car crashes in Palmdale with its nearly | | | | broken arm and the rest had minor personal injuries, |
| 148,000 people are pretty much inevitable. | | | | including the bus driver and a special education |
| A retrospective glance at Palmdale statistics from | | | | assistant. Palmdale car crash lawyers encourage all |
| 2001 to 2003 revealed that the city suffered 42 fatal | | | | persons 90 and over to ask their doctors if they can |
| motor vehicle accidents. According to reports gathered | | | | safely operate a motor vehicle. |
| by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, | | | | While the 90-old woman had not been drinking, there |
| this calculates out to 3.6 fatal crashes per 10,000 | | | | were other car accidents where alcohol played a |
| population, which was slightly lower than what the | | | | factor. In fact, DUI car collisions caused four deaths |
| nation experienced overall. | | | | and 66 injuries that same year in Palmdale. |
| According to California Highway Patrol's Statewide | | | | To keep city streets safe, Palmdale had begun |
| Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), in 2006, | | | | conducting DUI checkpoints years earlier. In 2003, CHP |
| 10 people died and 756 people were injured in car | | | | officers were out in force, conducting a six-hour, |
| crashes. Car collisions injured 27 bicyclists and 29 | | | | large-scale sobriety checkpoint on Sierra Highway |
| pedestrians and 38 motorcyclists. Palmdale car collision | | | | near Avenue Q. Two DUI arrests were made and the |
| lawyers admit the city should do what it can to lower | | | | drivers' cars were towed. The checkpoint lasted from |
| these statistics. | | | | 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. CHP officials brought out specialists in |
| That same year, a 90-year-old motorist driving a | | | | the area of impaired driving identification for the event. |
| Lincoln Continental went through a red light and | | | | In 2008, Palmdale joined the Los Angeles Avoid the |
| rammed a school bus hard enough to knock it over, | | | | 100 DUI Campaign. During this effort, the Los Angles |
| injuring 11 children. One child was in critical condition, and | | | | County Sheriff's Department conducted four DUI |
| the car's driver was also taken to a hospital. The bus | | | | checkpoints and 60 saturation patrols. |
| was struck while carrying learning-disabled students to | | | | Virtually all Palmdale car accident attorneys maintain |
| the Palmdale Learning Plaza in the Antelope Valley. | | | | that the safety benefits of DUI checkpoints outweigh |
| According to a CHP officer, the injured children ranged | | | | their inconvenience to motorists. |
| in age from 8 to 14 and included a 13-year-old who | | | | |