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In a pedestrian-vehicle accident, the majority of people automatically assume that the driver is at fault. However, many different circumstances go into determining fault in this scenario, some of which place the pedestrian wholly at fault. Pedestrian Fault Times at which the pedestrian can be placed all of the blame are circumstances such as jaywalking, entering the road while under…

Does Being High Count as a DUI in the State of California? One of the first and most important things you learn before you get behind the wheel is to never drink and drive. Luckily, ride-share apps such as Uber and Lyft make that situation easily avoidable, but it does not take away the possibility entirely. Though we are taught…

To be a “backseat driver”, or not to be, that is the question. For anyone who may not be familiar with the phrase, a “backseat driver” is a passenger in a vehicle who tries to control the vehicle through excessive comments about the driver’s actions and decisions. Common subjects for backseat drivers include the vehicle’s speed or alternative directions to…

In past blogs, we have written about the financial and legal incentives Uber has to continue classifying its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Indeed, we also extensively covered an important California Supreme Court decision that increased the likelihood Uber and Lyft drivers will become employees in the state of California. Months after we wrote about the highest California court's decision…

In 2016, the city of Pittsburgh was home to a host of reporters who gathered to get a glimpse at the future of driving. Namely, those reporters attended media briefing sessions concerning Uber's newest pilot program involving self-driving cars. It has been two years since those briefings, and the road has been an objectively rocky one for the ride-hailing company.…