Vision Zero. It’s a cool name for a radical goal: to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries for all drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians to zero. The concept began in Sweden in the 1990s, has proven successful across Europe, and was adopted by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock in 2016. Vision Zero goes beyond the traditional, piecemeal [...]
Hate red light cameras? You’re not alone. In February of this year, Colorado’s legislature considered the fourth bill in a decade that would have repealed the rights of local jurisdictions to use automated vehicle identification systems, including red-light cameras. The bill’s sponsors argued the cameras erode civil liberties, do nothing to promote public safety, and [...]
Maybe it’s the elderly gentleman going 50 on the highway. Maybe it’s the sweet old lady who slows…way…down…to…turn. Maybe your mother has trouble distinguishing red lights from brake lights at night, or maybe you do. The point is, driving requires certain physical abilities that tend to diminish with age. Most of us will eventually ask [...]
Tornado! Fire! Rampaging dinosaurs! Multiple disasters are great for the movies. But real life, not so much. That’s why homeowner’s insurance exists: to protect you from real disasters you don’t even want to think about, typically fire, windstorm, hail, rain, riots, explosion, or theft. It also provides liability coverage if someone gets hurt on your [...]
Let’s say you’re a homeowner. An enterprising one. But it’s been a few years since you bought that four bedroom place in the ‘burbs, and the kids are launching fast. Enterprising person that you are, walking by junior’s empty room makes you twitchy. If you have tuition bills, you may even be developing a facial [...]
If you keep an eye on environmental laws, you saw it coming. In November, Colorado adopted California’s Low Emission Vehicle standards. In January, Governor Polis signed an executive order directing CDOT to study and report on the best way for Colorado to increase electric vehicle use. And on Friday, August 16 2019, Colorado became the [...]
It’s Summer. Drink Water! Here’s a riddle for you. What rhymes with safe driving? Hydration! OK, not really, but it should. Because summer is not just the season for vacations, barbeques, and showing off your funky tattoos. It is also the season for car accidents. There are more car accidents in summer than any other [...]
If you are the parent of a young adult driver, you know the joy of taking off the chauffeur's hat, the pride of watching them drive all by themselves, and the anxiety of waiting for them when they are late. But one thing you may not know is this: If your child causes an auto [...]
Jurors in California have ordered Monsanto, the company who created the herbicide Roundup, to pay over $2 billion in damages to a couple who alleged they both developed non-Hodgkin Lymphoma after decades of spraying Roundup on their property. This is the third trial to find Monsanto liable for cancer related to Roundup, or specifically glyphosate, [...]
It’s May! Let’s give a warm welcome to sunshine and flowers. Let’s give another welcome, a cooler one, to hail. If you live in the Front Range, you live in what the insurance industry calls “Hail Valley.” Thanks to several devastating storms in 2018, Colorado has now surpassed Texas as the costliest state for hail [...]