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Why do people change lanes back and forth? Do they actually think they are going to get anywhere any faster? Most of the time, these impatient drivers don't even bother to put on a turn signal before they dart into your lane.
It was one of those drivers that started the Virginia (VA) Memorial Day weekend traffic rush off with a bang on I-95 on Friday. A Dinwiddie man was charged with making an unsafe lane change after striking a tractor-trailer, Virginia State Police reported.
The crash occurred on the Appomattox River Bridge in the northbound lanes of the inerstate, just south of the Southpark Boulevard exit. A 2002 Lexus was attempting to change lanes and struck a 1999 Kenworth tractor-trailer, said Sgt. Thomas J. Molnar in a statement.
The car then ran off the left side of the highway, striking the jersey wall and winding up facing traffic. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, roughly 9 percent of all car accidents occurred when vehicles were changing lanes or merging. That equates to more than 500,000 car wrecks in the United States. An improper lane change could cause a major car accident which in turn results in serious injury or death. As a car accident injury attorney I know that a quick lane change is not something to take for granted. The consequences can be devastating.
About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia Beach, VA-based injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and we have handled thousands of car accident, truck wreck, and motorcycle crash cases. Check out our case results to see for yourself.
We've handled car accident cases throughout Virginia including Richmond, Fairfax, Alexandria, and the Hampton Roads region including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Newport News, and Suffolk.
Our primary office is in Virginia Beach at the intersection of Diamond Springs Road and Northampton Boulevard. We also have an office on Eaton Street in Hampton. All of our accident injury attorneys were raised in Virginia and have deep roots with the community.
Our Virginia injury law firm has been recognized as one of the best injury law firms in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report since 2010. Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed on the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009 and included among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Rick and Jim were named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of lawyers receive. In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms.
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