Aggressive Driving Accident Lawyer in Massachusetts

Aggressive Driving and Your Right to Compensation

Aggressive driving is a broad category of dangerous behavior behind the wheel, and it is entirely the fault of the driver who chooses to engage in it. If you were injured because another driver was tailgating at unsafe distances, weaving through traffic without signaling, running red lights or stop signs, blocking other vehicles from changing lanes, or deliberately threatening or making contact with your vehicle, you have strong grounds for a personal injury claim. Attorney Jeffrey C. Lavey pursues these cases with the same rigor applied to any serious accident claim.

What Behaviors Constitute Aggressive Driving in Massachusetts

Massachusetts law defines reckless operation of a motor vehicle as operating a vehicle in a way that endangers the lives or safety of others. The following behaviors create civil liability when they cause an accident:

• Following too closely (tailgating) at speeds or distances that eliminate safe stopping margin
• Repeated unsafe lane changes without signaling
• Deliberate cutting off of other vehicles
• Running red lights and stop signs at high speed
• Excessive speeding in residential areas or near schools
• Deliberate vehicular contact or threats of contact
• Brake-checking to cause a rear-end collision

Road Rage: When Aggressive Driving Becomes Intentional Conduct

Road rage cases, where a driver deliberately uses a vehicle as a weapon or makes intentional contact with another vehicle, may support additional theories of liability beyond negligence. Deliberate vehicular contact is both a civil tort and a potential criminal offense under Massachusetts law. Attorney Lavey investigates the full circumstances of every aggressive driving incident to ensure that all available theories of recovery are pursued.

Proving Aggressive Driving in a Massachusetts Accident Case

Evidence of aggressive driving may include dashcam or traffic camera footage showing the other driver’s behavior before the crash, witness testimony from other drivers who observed the conduct, the police report and any citations issued, physical evidence from the crash including damage patterns and skid marks, and the other driver’s own statements. Attorney Lavey pursues every available source of evidence as soon as he is retained.

Compensation Available for Aggressive Driving Accident Victims

Victims of aggressive driving accidents in Massachusetts have the same rights to compensation as any car accident victim, medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and future costs for serious injuries. In cases involving deliberate road rage conduct, the egregious nature of the behavior is reflected in pain and suffering damages. Attorney Lavey presents the full circumstances of the aggressive driver’s conduct to ensure that the compensation reflects what you actually experienced.

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