Our vehicle collision lawyers in Colorado Springs handle all types of car accidents. Colorado has set these limits to make our state and federal roads safer for everyone and increase efficiency. The consequences of disobeying traffic laws can be devastating, including serious injury or death.

The motorist who breaks the law may face legal repercussions for this infraction. Since negligence is usually at the root of automobile accident lawsuits, a claim that a driver breached his or her duty to other motorists could be based on an infraction of traffic laws.

Below, we will discuss some of the most frequent examples: violating traffic laws led to an incident.

Speeding

One of the road's simplest and most obvious regulations is to not go faster than the posted speed limit. The Colorado state legislature has delegated substantial authority to the Colorado Department of Transportation to set speed limits of up to 70 miles per hour on interstates, 65 miles per hour on four-lane divided highways outside metropolitan areas of 5,000 or more people, and 60 miles per hour on state roads. Counties and cities can lower these caps if they deem it necessary.

The primary objective of speed limits is to increase safety by decreasing the frequency and severity of crashes along a certain route. The purpose of a speed limit sign is to advise motorists of the fastest speed at which they can go.

Set speed limits enable more efficient use of the highway's capacity by facilitating a more constant traffic flow and striking a balance between safety and travel time. Unsafe driving practices, such as exceeding posted speed limits, significantly increase the likelihood of collisions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports 9,262 deaths in 2014 caused drivers going too fast for conditions.

Busted Stop Signs and Signals

Stoplights and stop signs inform drivers that they must stop and yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic from a parallel or intersecting road. Despite their simplicity, these traffic control devices are essential for avoiding collisions at intersections and maintaining orderly traffic flow. Disobeying a stop sign or signal is quite dangerous.

Running a red light or stop sign indicates that the driver has no regard for approaching traffic and is daringly crossing the street in front of oncoming vehicles. When this happens, it's likely that a t-bone or side-impact collision will occur, which can cause significant injury or death to all those involved.

You Should Activate Your Blinker.

There are left and right turn signals in every vehicle's front and rear. Their job is to slow down ahead of a turn to signal traffic behind and in front of them. Sharing one's plans with other drivers allows them to adjust their behavior accordingly.

Drivers who neglect to use their turn signals put others in danger. For example, if a car in front of you suddenly brakes to make a right turn without signaling, you may have to slam on your brakes to avoid a collision.

Driving without using any lights at all.

Headlights and taillights alert other motorists to your presence and encourage them to keep a safe distance from your vehicle anytime between sunset and sunrise, including twilight, and during periods of rain, smoke, or fog when headlights in Colorado must be activated.

In most modern cars, the headlights activate automatically when the ambient light level is below a predetermined threshold. However, this innovation has not yet permeated the market; therefore, most vehicles on the road today still require the driver to manually turn on and off the lights.

Reduced visibility makes nighttime driving more dangerous. Thus it's imperative that motorists use their headlights and taillights when on the road. Accidents such as rear-end collisions, side-impact collisions, sideswipe collisions, and head-on collisions can occur if this is not done.

Tailgating

When you tailgate, you drive too close to the automobile in front of you and raise the risk of a collision since you can't stop in time. The two-second rule states that if the vehicle in front of you abruptly applies its brakes, you should give yourself at least two seconds to stop completely.

The two-second rule is not based on the physical separation between vehicles but on time it takes to stop completely. As velocity increases, so does the space required to halt completely within two seconds.

Therefore, drivers must allow more distance between themselves and the vehicles in front of them when traveling at high speeds on interstates but less space when traveling at moderate speeds on city streets. The most prevalent result of breaking the two-second rule is rear-ended collisions.

Get In Touch With A Colorado Springs, Co, Car Crash Attorney

Warrior Car Accident Lawyers offer free consultations to anyone hurt in a car accident due to another driver's disregard for the law by dialing 719-300-1100.