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Someone is killed in an automobile accident every thirteen seconds in the United States. Driver error accounts for ninety-five percent of those accidents. Mechanical error and poor road conditions are implicated in the other five percent of accidents.

Driver error includes speeding, tailgating, driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, ignoring traffic safety signs and traffic lights, aggressive driving behaviors and cell phone use while operating a vehicle.

There are over six million automobile accidents every year and the cost of these accidents is estimated at over a quarter of a billion dollars, three million people injured and forty-five thousand fatalities.

If you have the misfortune to be involved in an automobile accident it is important that immediately following the accident you remain calm and check for injuries then call 911 and/or the police. If it is safe to do so, you should move your automobile off the road to a safe place, notify your insurance agent, and try to photograph the accident scene or make notes of what happened. Do not leave the scene of the accident before the police arrive.

If you live in San Jose, California or the surrounding area and you have been involved in an automobile accident, please contact the San Jose, California office of The Cochran Firm today to schedule a confidential consultation with an experienced automobile accident attorney at no cost to you to protect your legal rights.

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