For most drivers across the country, it’s getting to be the most wonderful time of the year: testing the defroster, heater, and starter, strapping on the snow tires, stockpiling scrapers, antifreeze, and a healthy dose of caution for driving the roads of the winter wonderland. All but gone is the ease of warm, open roads and windows, the memories put into winter storage. Statistics show us that a different breed of auto accident occurs during the winter months. Soon, all the seemingly immutable rules of driving will change: slowing to a stop behind another vehicle might easily lead to a fender bender, given the right circumstances. Hazardous road conditions, lack of visibility, loss of control, and overstressed, failing engines all add to the hazards of being on the road. In winter climates, these conditions, unique to the season, translate into a specific personal injury law practice for auto accident lawyers. Attorneys in these communities grapple with issues of fault while factoring in issues such as ice and snow.

Thankfully, Los Angeles auto accidents are not doomed to suffer the same fate. (more…)