http://www.gjel.com California's Preeminent Personal Injury and Auto Accident Lawyers Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post is the second in a series of Thanksgiving posts. Stay tuned from now until Thanksgiving to read about how you can keep yourself and your loved ones safe on the roads this holiday season and beyond. During the financial crisis in 2008, there was  a 25% drop in Thanksgiving ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/fDZfsmzKgVY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/fDZfsmzKgVY/expect-more-traffic-this-thanksgiving.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/expect-more-traffic-this-thanksgiving.html This post is first in a series of Thanksgiving posts. Stay tuned from now until Thanksgiving to read about how you can keep yourself and your loved ones safe on the roads this holiday season and beyond. I’ve written a lot about distracted driving here on the GJEL blog. It’s something ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/IwSC0WvQ3nA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/IwSC0WvQ3nA/thanksgiving-driving-eliminate-distractions-for-safety.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/thanksgiving-driving-eliminate-distractions-for-safety.html It's no secret that teen drivers aren't always the safest. Automobile accidents involving 16-year-olds occur nine times more than those involving 20-year-olds, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. And 17-year-olds’ rate of auto accidents is six times higher than that of adults. The American Automobile Association says that here ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/Z4VGEei_ksU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/Z4VGEei_ksU/quiz-does-your-insurance-cover-your-teen-driver.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/quiz-does-your-insurance-cover-your-teen-driver.html It's been all over the Bay Area news: A man in a big rig drove right off the side of the new S-curve in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and landed on Yerba Buena island. The accident killed him. The S-curve has been in place since Labor Day weekend of this ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/iOwI45-hlwI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/iOwI45-hlwI/bay-bridge-accident-prompts-call-for-speed-limit-reduction.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/bay-bridge-accident-prompts-call-for-speed-limit-reduction.html November 6 First Friday Reception at Blankspace This is Not My Beautiful Life—a two person exhibition with Michael Hall and Daniel Healey For this exhibition we are pairing two painters with radically different approaches to painting, but whom are both dealing with subjects of history, domesticity and narrative. Michael Halls work begins with an ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/TlkLaQJwymA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/TlkLaQJwymA/events-november-6.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/events-november-6.html When texting kills, Britain takes it seriously. A recent poll by the New York Times suggests that Americans would like to do the same. Britain has a nationwide ban on texting while driving,  with a law that considers it to be a serious aggravating factor in “death by dangerous driving.” The ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/dKXWKx6T8t8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/dKXWKx6T8t8/will-the-us-soon-take-texting-while-driving-as-seriously-as-britain.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/will-the-us-soon-take-texting-while-driving-as-seriously-as-britain.html Over the years, GJEL has seen its cases involving uninsured motorists increase by roughly 20 percent. Add to that underinsured motorists, unlicensed motorists, aging drivers, and teens with their first license, and the safety of our streets is downright scary. Not to belabor the point, but, with each percentage point ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/O4Z4olZd-Z4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/O4Z4olZd-Z4/how-much-do-you-know-about-your-car-insurance.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/how-much-do-you-know-about-your-car-insurance.html October 30 Montclair Lions Club Halloween Parade Kids and their parents and grandparents can give their costumes an early start at the annual Lions Club Halloween parade this afternoon in Oakland's Montclair Village. Mountain Boulevard from Colton Boulevard to La Salle Avenue and La Salle Avenue from Mountain Boulevard to Moraga Avenue ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/v2nQjUIBWiI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/v2nQjUIBWiI/events-october-30.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/events-october-30.html It's commonly said that there are two types of motorcyclists: those who have been in an accident and those who will be. For the past eleven years, motorcycle fatalities have been on the rise, seemingly proving that assertion to be true. But some news this week may help to change ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/h4nu5Ie7Mdg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/h4nu5Ie7Mdg/motorcycle-fatalities-finally-decreasing.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/motorcycle-fatalities-finally-decreasing.html October 23 Betting On A Cure" Poker Tournament and Auction Benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Don't miss this event!  Presented/hosted by Blue Dog Events!! Texas Hold Em - Easy to learn, cheat sheet available, all levels welcome!!! ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY Buy-In - $50 Re-buys $10, Add-on $20 Unlimited re-buys for first ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GJEL/~4/UndhasXrwQY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GJEL/~3/UndhasXrwQY/events-october-23.html http://www.gjel.com/blog/events-october-23.html