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Today we all know that seat belts save lives. Their effectiveness has been proven over and over again, and they are required by federal and state laws. But for the first several decades of motor vehicle use, no one used...

All of us here at Geoff McDonald & Associates believe in the importance of automotive safety equipment. Driver or passenger, front seat or back, always remember to wear your seatbelt. Make sure to properly install car...

When you leave your house in the morning, you probably aren’t worried about being injured by dangerous drones. However, that may change in the near future. Drone use for both recreation and business purposes is increasing...

We all know that winter in Virginia is not all that intimidating. Temperatures tend to stay pretty mild for the most part, and winter storms only happen once or twice a season. Once or twice is enough to get plenty of...

We talked a bit about the new frontier of self-driving cars in a recent post, and the news on that front has not stopped rolling in. Self-driving cars may be years away from roaming freely on our roadways, but interest in the

Automobiles are integral to our everyday lives. Whether you drive a car, truck, minivan, or SUV, you rely on the auto manufacturer to design and build a safe vehicle for you and your family. We all trust that the car...

“A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work” is a famous rallying cry for the workers’ rights movement. The wage and hour attorneys at Geoff McDonald and Associates believe in that sentiment whole-heartedly, and we...

Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are aircrafts piloted by a remote control or a computer. Guidelines state that these model aircrafts should be flown a sufficient distance from populated areas. Yet, for...

Self-driving cars – the very phrase sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. In fact, you can see this wonder of future technology in 2004’s I, Robot and 1990’s Total Recall, although the latter does include a...

A few weekends ago I participated in a race, but before I was allowed to cross the starting line I had to sign a waiver. The purpose of this dense, official-looking piece of paper was to limit the liability of the race...