Holiday Ride-share And Impaired-Driver Risk Ride-sharing should make Boston safer during the holiday season. Most nights it does. But when an Uber or Lyft driver is impaired, passengers and other motorists can be left facing injuries and a complicated insurance landscape. If you were hurt after a festive night out…
As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach in Boston, office celebrations, Friendsgiving dinners, and family gatherings start to fill the calendar. Alcohol is often part of these events, and unfortunately, so are drunk driving crashes. If you or someone you love has been hit by a drunk driver after a holiday party,…
Massachusetts closed out the annual Labor Day impaired-driving enforcement wave on September 1 as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. At Jeffrey Glassman Injury Lawyers, we recognize the effectiveness of high-visibility patrols, sobriety checkpoints, and public education efforts in preventing tragedies. When a crash does…
Late summer is a dangerous time on American roads and waterways. From mid-August through Labor Day, alcohol related crashes historically spike as travel, celebrations, and late nights increase. This year is no exception. Our drunk driving victims’ attorneys are tracking high-profile cases, new enforcement waves, and policy changes that matter…
The Human and Legal Cost of Impaired Driving Every year in the Commonwealth, crashes caused by drivers under the influence shatter lives and place an enormous financial and emotional burden on victims and their families. Massachusetts law recognizes that innocent people injured by drunk driving deserve not only compassion but…
The head of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles resigned this week after revelations that the department should have already suspended the commercial driver’s license of the man responsible for killing seven motorcycle riders in a horrific crash last weekend. The car hauler he was driving collided with a group…
Boston is among the cities with the highest number of convicted drunk drivers on the roads, according to a new study by the insurance industry. The report by QuoteWizard found Boston has the second highest number of drivers with drunk driving convictions of any city in the United States. While…
May is graduation season and is often a time of great joy and family gatherings. Don’t let irresponsible use of alcohol or drugs turn the season into a tragedy. There are more than 100 high schools in Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth and Middlesex counties. And the Boston area is home…
It is the most dangerous time of the year on the roads for young drivers, and alcohol is a factor in a significant number of these crashes. From spring break until the end of graduation season, teenagers and young adults will be celebrating newfound freedoms, hitting the road with friends,…
Gov. Charlie Baker is recommending adoption of a state panel’s recommendation of a series of efforts to combat drunk driving. The measures target marijuana specifically, and would revoke a driver’s license for refusal to submit to testing when suspected of driving under the influence of marijuana. The commission, which included…