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Wrong Way Driver Blames GPS

We have all experienced strange routes that our GPS sends us down.

Once a rider was directed to a dirt road over a mountain since it was a couple of miles longer to take the beautiful paved road around the mountain. A recent driver drove up a highway exit ramp beginning to enter the high-speed highway in the wrong direction when, fortunately, only a minor collision occurred.

Can the driver be relieved of liability by claiming she was following GPS? NO! All drivers have an obligation to drive in a reasonable and prudent fashion. They are obligated to follow the reasonable speed limits, and highway signs including "do not enter" signs that are located on every highway exit. Just because the person on the GPS monitor instructs you to take a left now does not mean that a driver could or should follow any directions blindly.

Since there are increasing reasons for individuals to get in car accidents, now GPS being a new one, it is important that all drivers insure themselves and their families through adequate under insured or uninsured motorist coverage along with an umbrella policy. We recommend that all drivers maintain at least a $250,000 liability and uninsured motorist level. We also recommend that the family expend another $200 or so to have a $1 million umbrella policy. That policy should provide under insured coverage so that in the event of a serious accident, the medical bills will not gobble up all of the insurance coverage available with sufficient left over to cover potential lifetime lost earnings, pain and suffering disabilities and other damages that frequently go uncompensated because of the lack of insurance coverage. Feel free to give our office a call for any insight in this area. The call is always free

Letter from Bob Beauregard

In 2011, I was involved in a head on truck accident with a State Trooper who was going 102 mph and had crossed over the median. Even though I was the one who was hit, I was treated like a criminal at first. The accident was awful and took three years for me to recover from. I was hurt, shaken up, and having a hard time with the insurance companies. The State, my worker’s comp, my truck insurance, and my health insurance were all being a hassle. I was referred to Attorney Jim Normand, and after I met with him I could finally relax.  He took over dealing with the insurance companies and let me get back to my recovery. All of his staff knew what they were doing and they helped me keep track of my treatment and calmed me down when I got frustrated with the insurance companies and their lawyers. Jim made a good deal with my worker’s comp and got the state to pay close to the limit for the car accident at mediation. This law firm cared for me. They treated me like family and told me to calm down when needed. They really delivered results. They got my worker’s comp for me, they got me a fair settlement for the truck accident and they helped my family with good advice when we were trying to get a house after the settlement. You can’t go wrong with the people at Normand|Higham.

Robert Beauregard

Commercial Driver

Hudson, NH