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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, it is seven oh five and news rady
to eight forty whas sappy hump day to you, thanks
for hanging out with us Coffee and Company Field by Thornton's.
And we've got a rough start to the morning when
it comes to traffic. So currently Waterson West, the Waterson
West ramp to sixty five South, you've got all lanes
closed with an accident that is causing some real delays,
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so be advised. We'll get you another traffic update in
just a few minutes here from Bobby Alis. Also, we
have this in from Bill bell If the Louisville Department
of Transportation that right now all snow routes are are
being salted. That's happening as we speak, and there are
gonna be some slick spots out there, so please take
it slow and watch out for those salt trucks and
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just just be safe as best you can. We've got
a winter weather advisory that is currently going on right now.
It is going to expire at eleven am, so from
now until then we'll be we'll be on alert obviously,
as I'm sure a lot of you know, many schooled
discs here in the area have decided to go to
virtual learning. Some have decided to actually close, but as
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far as JCPS, there's been no change in their regular schedule.
But you can get the full list at WKY dot com.
That's our partners. They've got a list they're update and
as soon as they come in. So again we'll keep
you updated as best we can. Now, speaking of JCPS,
last night, we got a chance to see the response
from Teachers Principles parents of JCPS. It was last week
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when we found out the proposed plan by doctor Brian
Yearwood as far as what they're going to do to
remove one hundred and forty four million dollars from their budget,
As you could expect, we've talked about it throughout the morning,
and I just remind folks to keep in mind that
the person cleaning up this mess, who's having to make
really difficult decisions that are clearly going to impact a
lot of people to make a lot of people upset,
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had nothing to do with the mess that he's cleaning up.
So I know that doesn't make you feel any better.
But when he was asked last night why some of
these decisions were made, and he was there to face
head on the pushback that he was obviously going to
get no matter what those decisions were. He did remind
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folks that that this is just the situation that they're in.
But one of the uh, one of the many things
that he's getting pushed back on is the closure of
two of the of the of the elementary schools that
that are gonna be that are going to be closing down.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
King Elementary. You talk about closing King Elementary, Not only
is there a food desert in that area, now we're
getting ready to create a school desert because there will
be no elementary school in the Shinee area. And when
I look at these numbers, I cannot justify Zachary Taylor
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and King biting the bully this.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
And I feel your passion. I I you know, if
I in your shoes out and be making the same decisions.
You know, Like I said, I don't envy you for that.
But I'm handed this, given this hand, and I've got
to move on it. If not, again, the narrative is
going to be well. Doctorjou knew about the deficit. He
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knew about this. I needed nothing about it. That's gonna
be what it's gonna be. Said.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
So, no matter what decisions we're going to be made.
This was going to be the situation people pushing back,
And I don't even fault those for pushing back, because hey,
if it impacts you directly, and you feel as if
those making these decisions are unaware of truly the impact
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by these decisions, I'd probably be wanting them to know firsthand, Hey,
I'm somebody that's going to be really my kid's going
to be impacted by this. But they're just in a
terrible situation all the way around. We've known that, and unfortunately,
the guy that's got to make these tough decisions and
deal with anything that comes with it had nothing to
do with the mess that is there now. Some of
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the other notable takeaways from last night's meeting, as far
as just the pushback principles, they wanted to be more
involved in these decisions. I guess they felt that they
would have a better ability to truly tell you, if
you do this, here's going to be the impact, or hey,
you better, here's why I would advise against doing this
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or that. So the one thing that did get that
did get pushed through was the change in regards to
the mental health practitioners, so teachers and staff. They rallied
and fought that and there was a change made, so
they're going to preserve mental health practitioners and revert to
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cutting instructional coaches instead. That motion passed five to two,
which again reversed one of the one of the plans
within the revived with the plan from last week. But
again it's those two schools King Elementaries Zacchary Taylor Elementary
that are going to be closed. All right, let's get
to an update on the roadways again, some traffic issues
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as we get this Wednesday up and running, and we'll
get the latest from Bobby Ellis. Also an update on
the forecast from Suzanne Horrigan. Good news is this whatever
you want to call it, this wintry mix that's on
its way, may already be here depending on where you're listening,
is not expected to last a long time. It'll be
short lived. So that's good news. But hey, now we
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just wait and see what kind of impact we actually get.
Stick around. It's News Radio eight forty whas anybody else
remember that brief era where you'd go book a hotel
or look at hotel options and you'd be surprised at wow,
why is this so cheap? It didn't last a long time,
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but I remember it, and it was due to the
explosion of Airbnb as the new way to travel. Well,
Airbnb still still out there and plenty of people still
choose that, but I'd say right now, the hotel industry
seemed to have held its ground, stood firm, and they
were able to ride out the storm that was the
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real threat from Airbnb, because there is an updated reddit
threat here that has a lot of good cases on
both sides. Now, i'd say there's momentum more so for
the hotel industry than Airbnb. The consensus wasn't that Airbnb's awful,
but it used to feel cheaper and easier for a
lot of folks, and now it just feels like hotel
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prices without hotel service.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
And I get that.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I've rented Airbnb over a hotel only a couple of times,
and I don't have any really bad experiences to share.
But here's one of the many arguments made while hotels
are the way to go, and it's the no brainer
for me, and that is just reliability consistency. Now, you
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could get a bad hotel, trust me. You can have
a bad hotel experience. But I'd say You're more likely
to get a consistent experience at a hotel than just
the roll of the dice, that is, you know, any Airbnb.
But why people are turning back to hotels, here are
some big big takeaways again, shain hotels feel more predictable.
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Bad experiences linger when it comes to Airbnb, bad bugs,
unresponsive hosts, refund battles. And this is one that I
didn't experience in my two times that I can remember
renting an Airbnb, but I do know that it exists,
and that is homework at checkout, where you are required
to do a trash run, run the laundry. In a hotel,
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you haven't where about that at all, right, So consistency
is key to everything in life, especially when you travel.
I mean, if you've had some inconsistent experiences with Airbnb,
then you probably just don't want to roll that dice
and gamble on it being a bad experience, knowing it
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could be one of the two. So I've always just
felt more I don't know what it is. I'm not
I can't blame it on any type of germ phobia
anything like that. There's just something that's different whenever I
am staying in a home that is somebody else's home,
and a lot of these airbnbs were built to be airbnbs,
or at least purchased and renovated for that, and they
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treat it like a hotel. But I don't know, just
like sitting in somebody's living room and the thought of like, hey,
they were here two days ago, now they're letting us
to add there's just something that never never, I never
felt fully, fully comfortable. But I'm sure many of you
prefer Airbnb. And look, you can get creative, you can
really find something that isn't just a place to lay
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your head at night. It's a cool vibe, it's a
cool concept. So yeah, Now when it comes to where
Airbnb still wins big groups, family trips, full kitchens, remote
locations that have limited hotels, and then beach towns with
outrageous resort and parking feest, that is absolutely a real factors.
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You go to a resort and or just a hotel
that's in a very highly populated tourist area and you'll
see a daily fee that adds up to be a
few hundred bucks at the end of the week, and
it's just a fee because they wanted to put a
fee there. Now, I'm sure you can run into fees
that you don't want, that you don't want when it
comes to Airbnb as well. But yeah, I'm not surprised
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that you're starting to see that. There's still plenty of
business on both sides, but hotels just more consistent. And
when you travel, especially if you've got kids and all
that stuff, you know you don't want to take that gamble.
All right, let's get to an update of traffic and weather.
Do you want to let you know that right now?
According to the Louisville Department of Transportation, they are currently
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working to salt the roads, so there's gonna be some
slick spots. Take it slow if you're on your way
to work or wherever it is you're going, just make
sure you be careful. But again that's from Bill Bell,
Louisville Department of trans Interpretation. So they're out there working
on these roads and we'll see what happens. As far
as this winter wintery mix, we are under a winter
weather advisory until eleven am, so be advised. Quick update
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of traffic and weather weather. Then we'll talk some sports
and Alex White's gonna join us in studio coming up
here before too long, So hangout. It's news ready to
eight forty whas it is seven thirty four here on
a Wednesday morning, Coffee and company with you, and we
are fueled by Thornton's and we are now joined by
our good friend mister Alex White with us here in studio.
I'll start with this roads traffic. How was your commute?
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You have a fresher perspective on the roadways than I do.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Oh, it was fine there. I mean there's snow falling
and I drove in on so.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
It is coming down.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Yeah, it was actively snowing. My driveway was completely dusted. Okay,
once I got to the roads, I guess they were
warm enough that everything was fine. I was worried about ice,
but luckily did not encounter anything. Well good, didn't see
any red bars on you know the map app showing
at my route end, it was all green.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
And that's good. It was good. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
So they are working to salt the roadways as we speak,
and they'll be doing it and trying their best to
make sure the roads are treated. And when you do
see the snow coming down, and you know the temperatures
we've had in recent days yet it doesn't look as
if it's causing a huge issue just yet. It doesn't
mean that you're in the clear. You should still be safe,
but it is because they're doing their job in treating
those roads. So we'll keep you updated throughout the morning
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on that. But yesterday, Alex I saw on social media
a big day for the team at Alex R.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
White LLC.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Ten lawsuits were filed. Is that a I'd say that's
a productive day. But is that is that a common
occurrence to see that number ten in a day?
Speaker 5 (11:37):
You know, it's not like a number that we track necessarily,
but definitely is a lot for any office. I would
think in Louis Woar, Kentucky. To file them one day.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
I would imagine.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
And it wasn't intentional. It's just you know, when cases
get to a certain point, you got to either settle
them or file them. And it just so happened that
you know, we were kind of on one and several
of these needed to be filed. So yeah, we filed
we felt ten lawsuits yesterday. And you know the sad
thing about it, I think I wrote the semi post
if you saw it, These didn't need to be filed
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it's it's we had to just to get something fair
and to go forward. So it's either you take the
low offer and quit, and you know, the client bows
out and isn't getting a good deal and just takes
it on the chin, or you've got to be willing
to do the extra work and to push cases in
litigation and basically to have the team to handle such
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a high volume of litigation cases like that.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
At what point, and I know every case is different,
at what point in the process do you get the
sense or maybe an indicator that yeah, you're working. You
don't want this, it's avoidable, but that's just what you're
going to have to do.
Speaker 5 (12:44):
So I always wait until we get the first offer
back from the insurance company before I really have an
opinion about a case. I mean, obviously, with certain facts
you know, prior to that, I'm going to know where
this thing should should wind up. I'm going to have
you know, my feelings about you know, value prior to that.
But I want to hear back from what the other
side has to say and how they have to defend it,
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because frequently, you know, from from time to time, the
client doesn't tell the full story and there are always
two sides of a story, So I want to I
want to hear what the defenses and what the arguments
are against our case before I really start to kind
of marry a number and think, Okay, this is not
going to be good. You know, we're getting a bad
deal here, or oh, you know, there's there's some reasons
that we should consider. You know what they have to say.
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And unfortunately, you know, of the ones that were filed yesterday,
four or five of them are actually my personal cases,
every every single one of these.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
You know, I asked this question.
Speaker 5 (13:37):
But if I think I get a bad offer on
a case, this is what I ask the insurance company.
What is it about this that I'm not seeing?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Like?
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Why?
Speaker 5 (13:44):
Why is it that you guys have an impression that
this case has low value when I've settled thousands of
these and I know the market rates and your way.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Under Yeah, it make it makes sense?
Speaker 5 (13:53):
Right? Yeah? What what is it that you want me
to tell my client? And I know we are going
to have to file lawsuit when I get this answer, well,
it's it's not you know nothing about the cases I
don't like. I mean, I get the medical I get
who's as fall you get It's just it's just a
difference of opinion on value. And when you hear that
it's a difference of opinion on value. That is insurance
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talk for they're trying not to commit bad faith by
telling you we're gonna screw you, and you've got to
You've got to talk to your client then and let
them know the bad news. Hey, this is one that
if you're willing to, you know, buckle up for litigation.
We can get you market value, we can get you
a good deal, we can get you a great settlement.
But unfortunately they're gonna they've chosen your file. Uh, we're
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gonna we're gonna have to put this one into litigation
if if you don't want to, you know, take the
bad deal and then hope that the client is in
a position that they're you know, ready to do that,
because I don't want to see anybody get ripped off.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
So the insurance companies when they give you sort of
that canned answer that it's just a difference in in
in how you see the value, is that is that
also an indicator that they're ready that they want to
go to the little they expected to go there to,
or do they expect to just give up.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
I think it's like a filter for them, and it's
in my opinion, I've settled thousands of these cases pre
let end in litigation. I think they want to they
want to see who can who can get out cheap,
and they're just willing to stand on that until something's done.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Until they're until they can't until they have to do
something else. They're gonna get a They're gonna try to
get away with doing you know, giving back as little
as possible until somebody takes them to test.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
And when what's frustrating and and and plenty of cases
settle for a good value without a lawsuit being filed.
Happens every single day. But what's frustrating for me, and
what I really hate is sometimes people are in a
financial position that they can't wait and they have to
take you know, and they don't have the time. We
can't file lawsuit less authority, you know. Let's thority comes
from the client, you know, And and sometimes you know,
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I feel like these big companies they want to test, Uh,
who's gonna who's gonna just wave the white flag and
have to get out early? And and that breaks my
heart when it happens. But yeah, yesterday was I don't know,
we were on one and and uh, we're gonna we'll
be working really hard in twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Got to be good for probably won't be the only
day we fall ten. But yeah, So I'm just curious.
Do insurance companies have the ability to obtain information to
know who they could maybe bully? And that's my word,
nobody else's as far as just hey, we're going to
give them this because we don't think that they may
have the resources or the time to where they would
really wait and fight this. They're going to take whatever
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we can get them give them, because that's that's how
desperate they are.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Would they have ability to know that.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
Well, one thing they're going to have on every file
is zip codes of where people live, and then they're
going to draw their own conclusions based on that. I
get information back from insurance adjusters all the time about
what's happening on my client's social media. Very frequently it's
like hot takes that are not true at all, but
I know that they're looking sure, So just between those things,
I mean, they're going to get a lot of information
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from that. And uh, you know, if if you know,
maybe sometimes you can see it on TV commercials from
personal injury to the lawyers, but like, don't don't post
about your wreck on Facebook because the second you say like,
thank god, I'm okay, that is you know, that means
something to someone that just survived a bad wreck and
didn't get killed. And for the insurance company, they'll use
that again any time that you say i'm okay, it
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has it has a it's a weapon for them.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
That makes total sense. I would never think that, and
so many people do it, probably without even any thought.
But yeah, that that's that's good advice to to just
always know as soon as you end up in a
wreck and you do realize you're okay, you know, there's
a lot to process at that time and I don't
know if and it's okay on a spectrum, yeah, it's
a sliding scale. Yeah, And just just know that, hey, uh,
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the the company that you would like to hold accountable
for injuries damages that you have, they're already there. They're
already set up basically in their defense, right, Like they've
got the defense set to where they already like, don't
do anything to give them any advantage. But most people
aren't wired to assume that anybody would be out there
doing that. But that's that's what this world is, right.
Speaker 5 (17:50):
Yeah, it's kind of a curse to think like a lawyer, but.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Yes, here we are. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Well, it's good to have people like you that that
fight for them and again look out for him, because
that's you know, I can without proper representation. And even
if you have never been in a situation before, Like
if I was to call Alex White because I got
in a car accident and just kind of start the process,
I mean I would go in completely unaware of anything.
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I have a little more information now just because of
our conversations that we have. But how many people are
like me that are just coming in completely blind?
Speaker 5 (18:21):
Ones like you, Nick, Thank you. I think that's a
good thing.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
But I would imagine that you don't walk around every
day thinking, well, hey, maybe tomorrow's with the day that
I get in an accident and I'm going to need
somebody to help me. But when it happens, you've got
to be prepared.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Yeah, and things move fast, especially early on. I mean
the first week after the accident is probably the most important.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Yeah, So tonight you're going to be at Central High school.
There's a big basketball game Louisville Male High School in
Central High School. What do you give it away? Yeah,
so in law school, I actually taught at Central Nice,
so I've got home Muhammad Ali.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Yes, I've got a connection there. Special place obviously a
special place to the city. It's a historic high school here,
so we'll be there. We've got some really awesome hoodies,
you know, yellowjackets on the front, Nice and we're giving
away I don't know, several hundred of these to fans
and players, uh and students at Central High School. They're
hosting Mail. We do have a sponsorship with Mail too,
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so you know, we were playing both sides, but tonight
it's all about Central High.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
School and they're the home team.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
We're gonna be We're gonna be hooking up fans with
some great swag. So I can cold right now. It's
good to Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Well, and hoodies are awesome, and the gear that you
give away it is a higher quality and also a
better design than most because you clearly at one point
when you when you were running your firm, you decided
when it comes to giving away hoodies, t shirts, really
anything that has your brand on it, you know, you're
you're gonna go above and beyond as far as quality,
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and clearly that stands out. Did you do it once
and realize, okay, this is a way to go. More
people are wearing the T shirts the hoodies because they're
not just they don't just have our logo on it.
They've they're styling. They look good. That clearly matters. But
most don't do that. And I know it's probably not cheap.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Yeah, it's you know, it's definitely been a learning curve
running a business. And you know, previously, you know, I'd
given away some different uh you know, different items of
various qualities, and I realized a cheap T shirt, you know,
you wear a couple of times, it changes in the dryer,
it doesn't fit people.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
Throw away logos fading, and I'd rather, I'd rather.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
Spend a little bit extra money and give something to
someone that you know, they can enjoy and like. And
that's why we always like, we don't touch the front.
It's always going to be the brand of the school
or whoever we're supporting. Uh, so that you can get
the you can get the actual sports gear for them.
Our logo goes on the back only. But I want.
I want to give away stuff that's nice so that
it's it's yeah, it's a favor and and people actually
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keep it and like it and want to wear it.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
No doubt.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Alex White's with us here in studio. So tell me
a little bit about the latest with Senate Bill ninety nine.
That is the bill that is aimed to limit distracted driving.
Obviously something you're very passionate about in your in your practice,
But what's the laier and just kind of your thoughts
on the on the bill itself.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
So I'm my opinion on this has changed dramatically in
the last you know, fifteen to twenty years, you know,
in our generation when we're the first texting generation. Sure, Nick,
you and I and I remember when this bill was
first passed. I was still in college, and you know,
you just don't want, especially at that age, you don't
want the government telling you what to do and you know,
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making an illegal to you know, text and drive, which
is what we thought the first bill did. Arguable, it's like,
you know, no, I'm afraid, and I'm now an adult.
I want to be able to do what i want.
Nobody can tell me what to do anymore, right, But
you know, unfortunately, as this has become a bigger and
bigger and bigger problem in the last fifteen years, I've
just seen so many lives literally be ruined, and not
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just individual lives, but families lives be ruined because what
people choose to do behind the wheel.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
And you know, I'm.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
I've been interviewed on you know, this issue multiple times
from various outfits. And you know, the current law that
we have is not good. It was drafted in like
twenty eleven, twenty twelve, and you know, no offense to
people in Frankfurt. But you know, I just I picture
the people that wrote this bill, you know, fifteen years ago,
as being super old and having no clue how cell
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phone works, and as somebody that's read it and deals
with it every day. Like the Kentucky law on this
is not good. It doesn't, you know, And I think
it's it wasn't drafted properly. It's not enforced the way
it should be when we it hard to enforce because
of just the area as far as like you can
have your phone, but you can't be doing this. Can
somebody truly observe what it is you're not allowed to do?
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I think that's, you know, not to go down like
huge political rabbit hole. And I don't want to throw
anybody o the bus, but there's so many times when
I look at a police report and I look at
a claim, I look at this case I'm working on,
whatever it may be, and very obviously someone was not
paying attention, likely on their cell phone. We've even had
cases where we've had third party witnesses say, yeah, I
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saw him looking down at his phone before the wreck,
and that makes it into the police report, but there's
not a ticket. And you know the times that I have,
I don't know if I've ever seen a case where
we had someone actually taken it for distracted driving, honestly,
and at one point I looked up the stats and
I know that it is enforced and people are getting
tickets for it. I've literally never seen it in our
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office represents thousands of cars to do, so you.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Think you'd be the one that would see it more
than anybody.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
So my anecdotal data just from what I've seen is
that it's very rare for someone to get a ticket
on the current law, and the current law is not
hands free. So with the new bill changes is it's
going to be similar to what almost every state around
US has. In West Virginia specifically, I think Indiana, Ohio
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as well. If you want to access your phone, you've
got to do it with voice commands. And you know,
now you know, every new car is going to have that.
Sure every old car is going to have it as
an aftermarket availability. There's several ways that you can get bluetooth,
you know, technology into your car. And then you know,
even if you don't go through the stereo, you can
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have your car, you know, on a holder in your.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Uh, you know, off the.
Speaker 5 (24:12):
Windshield or somewhere if you can talk directly to the phone.
And I mean I think every phone in the last
ten years has come out with some type of voice control.
So and if you need to ask just your phone
and one of those aren't available, I think the law says,
don't do it. I think common sense would say don't
do it. I think the standard reasonable care says, don't
do it. Pull over. You know, if I need to
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change maps or something on my phone, and I know
it's one that I'm going to have to like actually
access to, I'll pull into a parking lot and and
make sure that I'm ready to go before I start
driving or change you know it and obviously, like I'm
hyper sensitive to it. If I unfortunately, you know, do
something stupid and I get a ticket for hands free driving, uh,
you know, would probably make the news. So I got
I got to be extra careful. But uh, people should
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use reasonable care and not look down at their phone
while they're driving, because these things they suck you in,
they take your attention, and then you can literally kill
someone and ruin someone's family.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
I'd tell you what the the way it currently is
now as far as the law that that is, again,
clearly there's not there's people are, people are being ticketed,
but as far as how much it's being enforced, it's
tough to know. But without a change to that, With
people more and more every day getting distracted by their
phones when they're not driving, just in everything, the things
you can do with these devices, I mean, it's crazy.
(25:27):
Were we spend way too much time on them. People
are also doing it while driving. I feel like without
a change the current status as it is, it's only
going to get worse.
Speaker 5 (25:35):
Yeah, the risk is the exact same as drunk driving.
And you know, I don't think there's anybody in the
population at this point that's going to say drunk driving
should be legal, you know, because we know how bad
and danger it is. Dangerous it is. The risk for
distracted driving is the same as drunk driving, and it's
way more prevalent because everybody's got a phone with them
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at a shaven time. And I mean the damage is this.
You were doing everything right in your life, You're working
hard for your family, you're driving home, minding your own business,
and you get killed. And that's it's very serious. Souh. Yeah,
I'm all for it. I thought it was I thought
this thing should have been passed years ago. It's it's
obvious that the Senate was going to pass it this year.
(26:19):
I you know, I'm glad to see the change.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
Good stuff.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Alex Is always appreciate you stopping in k you too,
See you soon, my friend.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
Have a good week.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Let's get to a quick time out. We'll check on
trafficking weather right here. It's news radio eight forty whas
All right, it is seven oh five and news rady
to eight forty whas sappy hump day to you, thanks
for hanging out with us Coffee and Company Field by Thornton's.
And we've got a rough start to the morning when
it comes to traffic. So currently Waterson West, the Waterson
West ramp to sixty five South, you've got all lanes
closed with an accident that is causing some real delays,
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so be advised. We'll get you another traffic update in
just a few minutes here from Bobby Alis. Also, we
have this in from Bill bell If the Louisville Department
of Transportation that right now all snow routes are are
being salted. That's happening as we speak, and there are
gonna be some slick spots out there, so please take
it slow and watch out for those salt trucks and
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just just be safe as best you can. We've got
a winter weather advisory that is currently going on right now.
It is going to expire at eleven am, so from
now until then we'll be we'll be on alert obviously,
as I'm sure a lot of you know, many schooled
discs here in the area have decided to go to
virtual learning. Some have decided to actually close, but as
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far as JCPS, there's been no change in their regular schedule.
But you can get the full list at WKY dot com.
That's our partners. They've got a list they're update and
as soon as they come in. So again we'll keep
you updated as best we can. Now, speaking of JCPS,
last night, we got a chance to see the response
from Teachers Principles parents of JCPS. It was last week
(01:28):
when we found out the proposed plan by doctor Brian
Yearwood as far as what they're going to do to
remove one hundred and forty four million dollars from their budget,
As you could expect, we've talked about it throughout the morning,
and I just remind folks to keep in mind that
the person cleaning up this mess, who's having to make
really difficult decisions that are clearly going to impact a
lot of people to make a lot of people upset,
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had nothing to do with the mess that he's cleaning up.
So I know that doesn't make you feel any better.
But when he was asked last night why some of
these decisions were made, and he was there to face
head on the pushback that he was obviously going to
get no matter what those decisions were. He did remind
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folks that that this is just the situation that they're in.
But one of the uh, one of the many things
that he's getting pushed back on is the closure of
two of the of the of the elementary schools that
that are gonna be that are going to be closing down.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
King Elementary. You talk about closing King Elementary, Not only
is there a food desert in that area, now we're
getting ready to create a school desert because there will
be no elementary school in the Shinee area. And when
I look at these numbers, I cannot justify Zachary Taylor
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and King biting the bully this.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
And I feel your passion. I I you know, if
I in your shoes out and be making the same decisions.
You know, Like I said, I don't envy you for that.
But I'm handed this, given this hand, and I've got
to move on it. If not, again, the narrative is
going to be well. Doctorjou knew about the deficit. He
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knew about this. I needed nothing about it. That's gonna
be what it's gonna be. Said.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
So, no matter what decisions we're going to be made.
This was going to be the situation people pushing back,
And I don't even fault those for pushing back, because hey,
if it impacts you directly, and you feel as if
those making these decisions are unaware of truly the impact
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by these decisions, I'd probably be wanting them to know firsthand, Hey,
I'm somebody that's going to be really my kid's going
to be impacted by this. But they're just in a
terrible situation all the way around. We've known that, and unfortunately,
the guy that's got to make these tough decisions and
deal with anything that comes with it had nothing to
do with the mess that is there now. Some of
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the other notable takeaways from last night's meeting, as far
as just the pushback principles, they wanted to be more
involved in these decisions. I guess they felt that they
would have a better ability to truly tell you, if
you do this, here's going to be the impact, or hey,
you better, here's why I would advise against doing this
(04:27):
or that. So the one thing that did get that
did get pushed through was the change in regards to
the mental health practitioners, so teachers and staff. They rallied
and fought that and there was a change made, so
they're going to preserve mental health practitioners and revert to
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cutting instructional coaches instead. That motion passed five to two,
which again reversed one of the one of the plans
within the revived with the plan from last week. But
again it's those two schools King Elementaries Zacchary Taylor Elementary
that are going to be closed. All right, let's get
to an update on the roadways again, some traffic issues
(05:07):
as we get this Wednesday up and running, and we'll
get the latest from Bobby Ellis. Also an update on
the forecast from Suzanne Horrigan. Good news is this whatever
you want to call it, this wintry mix that's on
its way, may already be here depending on where you're listening,
is not expected to last a long time. It'll be
short lived. So that's good news. But hey, now we
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just wait and see what kind of impact we actually get.
Stick around. It's News Radio eight forty whas anybody else
remember that brief era where you'd go book a hotel
or look at hotel options and you'd be surprised at wow,
why is this so cheap? It didn't last a long time,
(05:50):
but I remember it, and it was due to the
explosion of Airbnb as the new way to travel. Well,
Airbnb still still out there and plenty of people still
choose that, but I'd say right now, the hotel industry
seemed to have held its ground, stood firm, and they
were able to ride out the storm that was the
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real threat from Airbnb, because there is an updated reddit
threat here that has a lot of good cases on
both sides. Now, i'd say there's momentum more so for
the hotel industry than Airbnb. The consensus wasn't that Airbnb's awful,
but it used to feel cheaper and easier for a
lot of folks, and now it just feels like hotel
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prices without hotel service.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
And I get that.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
I've rented Airbnb over a hotel only a couple of times,
and I don't have any really bad experiences to share.
But here's one of the many arguments made while hotels
are the way to go, and it's the no brainer
for me, and that is just reliability consistency. Now, you
(06:59):
could get a bad hotel, trust me. You can have
a bad hotel experience. But I'd say You're more likely
to get a consistent experience at a hotel than just
the roll of the dice, that is, you know, any Airbnb.
But why people are turning back to hotels, here are
some big big takeaways again, shain hotels feel more predictable.
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Bad experiences linger when it comes to Airbnb, bad bugs,
unresponsive hosts, refund battles. And this is one that I
didn't experience in my two times that I can remember
renting an Airbnb, but I do know that it exists,
and that is homework at checkout, where you are required
to do a trash run, run the laundry. In a hotel,
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you haven't where about that at all, right, So consistency
is key to everything in life, especially when you travel.
I mean, if you've had some inconsistent experiences with Airbnb,
then you probably just don't want to roll that dice
and gamble on it being a bad experience, knowing it
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could be one of the two. So I've always just
felt more I don't know what it is. I'm not
I can't blame it on any type of germ phobia
anything like that. There's just something that's different whenever I
am staying in a home that is somebody else's home,
and a lot of these airbnbs were built to be airbnbs,
or at least purchased and renovated for that, and they
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treat it like a hotel. But I don't know, just
like sitting in somebody's living room and the thought of like, hey,
they were here two days ago, now they're letting us
to add there's just something that never never, I never
felt fully, fully comfortable. But I'm sure many of you
prefer Airbnb. And look, you can get creative, you can
really find something that isn't just a place to lay
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your head at night. It's a cool vibe, it's a
cool concept. So yeah, Now when it comes to where
Airbnb still wins big groups, family trips, full kitchens, remote
locations that have limited hotels, and then beach towns with
outrageous resort and parking feest, that is absolutely a real factors.
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You go to a resort and or just a hotel
that's in a very highly populated tourist area and you'll
see a daily fee that adds up to be a
few hundred bucks at the end of the week, and
it's just a fee because they wanted to put a
fee there. Now, I'm sure you can run into fees
that you don't want, that you don't want when it
comes to Airbnb as well. But yeah, I'm not surprised
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that you're starting to see that. There's still plenty of
business on both sides, but hotels just more consistent. And
when you travel, especially if you've got kids and all
that stuff, you know you don't want to take that gamble.
All right, let's get to an update of traffic and weather.
Do you want to let you know that right now?
According to the Louisville Department of Transportation, they are currently
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working to salt the roads, so there's gonna be some
slick spots. Take it slow if you're on your way
to work or wherever it is you're going, just make
sure you be careful. But again that's from Bill Bell,
Louisville Department of trans Interpretation. So they're out there working
on these roads and we'll see what happens. As far
as this winter wintery mix, we are under a winter
weather advisory until eleven am, so be advised. Quick update
(10:10):
of traffic and weather weather. Then we'll talk some sports
and Alex White's gonna join us in studio coming up
here before too long, So hangout. It's news ready to
eight forty whas it is seven thirty four here on
a Wednesday morning, Coffee and company with you, and we
are fueled by Thornton's and we are now joined by
our good friend mister Alex White with us here in studio.
I'll start with this roads traffic. How was your commute?
(10:34):
You have a fresher perspective on the roadways than I do.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Oh, it was fine there. I mean there's snow falling
and I drove in on so.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
It is coming down.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Yeah, it was actively snowing. My driveway was completely dusted. Okay,
once I got to the roads, I guess they were
warm enough that everything was fine. I was worried about ice,
but luckily did not encounter anything. Well good, didn't see
any red bars on you know the map app showing
at my route end, it was all green.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
And that's good. It was good. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
So they are working to salt the roadways as we speak,
and they'll be doing it and trying their best to
make sure the roads are treated. And when you do
see the snow coming down, and you know the temperatures
we've had in recent days yet it doesn't look as
if it's causing a huge issue just yet. It doesn't
mean that you're in the clear. You should still be safe,
but it is because they're doing their job in treating
those roads. So we'll keep you updated throughout the morning
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on that. But yesterday, Alex I saw on social media
a big day for the team at Alex R.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
White LLC.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Ten lawsuits were filed. Is that a I'd say that's
a productive day. But is that is that a common
occurrence to see that number ten in a day?
Speaker 5 (11:37):
You know, it's not like a number that we track necessarily,
but definitely is a lot for any office. I would
think in Louis Woar, Kentucky. To file them one day.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
I would imagine.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
And it wasn't intentional. It's just you know, when cases
get to a certain point, you got to either settle
them or file them. And it just so happened that
you know, we were kind of on one and several
of these needed to be filed. So yeah, we filed
we felt ten lawsuits yesterday. And you know the sad
thing about it, I think I wrote the semi post
if you saw it, These didn't need to be filed
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it's it's we had to just to get something fair
and to go forward. So it's either you take the
low offer and quit, and you know, the client bows
out and isn't getting a good deal and just takes
it on the chin, or you've got to be willing
to do the extra work and to push cases in
litigation and basically to have the team to handle such
(12:29):
a high volume of litigation cases like that.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
At what point, and I know every case is different,
at what point in the process do you get the
sense or maybe an indicator that yeah, you're working. You
don't want this, it's avoidable, but that's just what you're
going to have to do.
Speaker 5 (12:44):
So I always wait until we get the first offer
back from the insurance company before I really have an
opinion about a case. I mean, obviously, with certain facts
you know, prior to that, I'm going to know where
this thing should should wind up. I'm going to have
you know, my feelings about you know, value prior to that.
But I want to hear back from what the other
side has to say and how they have to defend it,
(13:05):
because frequently, you know, from from time to time, the
client doesn't tell the full story and there are always
two sides of a story, So I want to I
want to hear what the defenses and what the arguments
are against our case before I really start to kind
of marry a number and think, Okay, this is not
going to be good. You know, we're getting a bad
deal here, or oh, you know, there's there's some reasons
that we should consider. You know what they have to say.
(13:27):
And unfortunately, you know, of the ones that were filed yesterday,
four or five of them are actually my personal cases,
every every single one of these.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
You know, I asked this question.
Speaker 5 (13:37):
But if I think I get a bad offer on
a case, this is what I ask the insurance company.
What is it about this that I'm not seeing?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Like?
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Why?
Speaker 5 (13:44):
Why is it that you guys have an impression that
this case has low value when I've settled thousands of
these and I know the market rates and your way.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
Under Yeah, it make it makes sense?
Speaker 5 (13:53):
Right? Yeah? What what is it that you want me
to tell my client? And I know we are going
to have to file lawsuit when I get this answer, well,
it's it's not you know nothing about the cases I
don't like. I mean, I get the medical I get
who's as fall you get It's just it's just a
difference of opinion on value. And when you hear that
it's a difference of opinion on value. That is insurance
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talk for they're trying not to commit bad faith by
telling you we're gonna screw you, and you've got to
You've got to talk to your client then and let
them know the bad news. Hey, this is one that
if you're willing to, you know, buckle up for litigation.
We can get you market value, we can get you
a good deal, we can get you a great settlement.
But unfortunately they're gonna they've chosen your file. Uh, we're
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gonna we're gonna have to put this one into litigation
if if you don't want to, you know, take the
bad deal and then hope that the client is in
a position that they're you know, ready to do that,
because I don't want to see anybody get ripped off.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
So the insurance companies when they give you sort of
that canned answer that it's just a difference in in
in how you see the value, is that is that
also an indicator that they're ready that they want to
go to the little they expected to go there to,
or do they expect to just give up.
Speaker 5 (15:01):
I think it's like a filter for them, and it's
in my opinion, I've settled thousands of these cases pre
let end in litigation. I think they want to they
want to see who can who can get out cheap,
and they're just willing to stand on that until something's done.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Until they're until they can't until they have to do
something else. They're gonna get a They're gonna try to
get away with doing you know, giving back as little
as possible until somebody takes them to test.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
And when what's frustrating and and and plenty of cases
settle for a good value without a lawsuit being filed.
Happens every single day. But what's frustrating for me, and
what I really hate is sometimes people are in a
financial position that they can't wait and they have to
take you know, and they don't have the time. We
can't file lawsuit less authority, you know. Let's thority comes
from the client, you know, And and sometimes you know,
(15:45):
I feel like these big companies they want to test, Uh,
who's gonna who's gonna just wave the white flag and
have to get out early? And and that breaks my
heart when it happens. But yeah, yesterday was I don't know,
we were on one and and uh, we're gonna we'll
be working really hard in twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Got to be good for probably won't be the only
day we fall ten. But yeah, So I'm just curious.
Do insurance companies have the ability to obtain information to
know who they could maybe bully? And that's my word,
nobody else's as far as just hey, we're going to
give them this because we don't think that they may
have the resources or the time to where they would
really wait and fight this. They're going to take whatever
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we can get them give them, because that's that's how
desperate they are.
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Would they have ability to know that.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
Well, one thing they're going to have on every file
is zip codes of where people live, and then they're
going to draw their own conclusions based on that. I
get information back from insurance adjusters all the time about
what's happening on my client's social media. Very frequently it's
like hot takes that are not true at all, but
I know that they're looking sure, So just between those things,
I mean, they're going to get a lot of information
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from that. And uh, you know, if if you know,
maybe sometimes you can see it on TV commercials from
personal injury to the lawyers, but like, don't don't post
about your wreck on Facebook because the second you say like,
thank god, I'm okay, that is you know, that means
something to someone that just survived a bad wreck and
didn't get killed. And for the insurance company, they'll use
that again any time that you say i'm okay, it
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has it has a it's a weapon for them.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
That makes total sense. I would never think that, and
so many people do it, probably without even any thought.
But yeah, that that's that's good advice to to just
always know as soon as you end up in a
wreck and you do realize you're okay, you know, there's
a lot to process at that time and I don't
know if and it's okay on a spectrum, yeah, it's
a sliding scale. Yeah, And just just know that, hey, uh,
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the the company that you would like to hold accountable
for injuries damages that you have, they're already there. They're
already set up basically in their defense, right, Like they've
got the defense set to where they already like, don't
do anything to give them any advantage. But most people
aren't wired to assume that anybody would be out there
doing that. But that's that's what this world is, right.
Speaker 5 (17:50):
Yeah, it's kind of a curse to think like a lawyer, but.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Yes, here we are. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Well, it's good to have people like you that that
fight for them and again look out for him, because
that's you know, I can without proper representation. And even
if you have never been in a situation before, Like
if I was to call Alex White because I got
in a car accident and just kind of start the process,
I mean I would go in completely unaware of anything.
(18:14):
I have a little more information now just because of
our conversations that we have. But how many people are
like me that are just coming in completely blind?
Speaker 5 (18:21):
Ones like you, Nick, Thank you. I think that's a
good thing.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
But I would imagine that you don't walk around every
day thinking, well, hey, maybe tomorrow's with the day that
I get in an accident and I'm going to need
somebody to help me. But when it happens, you've got
to be prepared.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Yeah, and things move fast, especially early on. I mean
the first week after the accident is probably the most important.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Yeah, So tonight you're going to be at Central High school.
There's a big basketball game Louisville Male High School in
Central High School. What do you give it away? Yeah,
so in law school, I actually taught at Central Nice,
so I've got home Muhammad Ali.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Yes, I've got a connection there. Special place obviously a
special place to the city. It's a historic high school here,
so we'll be there. We've got some really awesome hoodies,
you know, yellowjackets on the front, Nice and we're giving
away I don't know, several hundred of these to fans
and players, uh and students at Central High School. They're
hosting Mail. We do have a sponsorship with Mail too,
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so you know, we were playing both sides, but tonight
it's all about Central High.
Speaker 4 (19:19):
School and they're the home team.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
We're gonna be We're gonna be hooking up fans with
some great swag. So I can cold right now. It's
good to Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Well, and hoodies are awesome, and the gear that you
give away it is a higher quality and also a
better design than most because you clearly at one point
when you when you were running your firm, you decided
when it comes to giving away hoodies, t shirts, really
anything that has your brand on it, you know, you're
you're gonna go above and beyond as far as quality,
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and clearly that stands out. Did you do it once
and realize, okay, this is a way to go. More
people are wearing the T shirts the hoodies because they're
not just they don't just have our logo on it.
They've they're styling. They look good. That clearly matters. But
most don't do that. And I know it's probably not cheap.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Yeah, it's you know, it's definitely been a learning curve
running a business. And you know, previously, you know, I'd
given away some different uh you know, different items of
various qualities, and I realized a cheap T shirt, you know,
you wear a couple of times, it changes in the dryer,
it doesn't fit people.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
Throw away logos fading, and I'd rather, I'd rather.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
Spend a little bit extra money and give something to
someone that you know, they can enjoy and like. And
that's why we always like, we don't touch the front.
It's always going to be the brand of the school
or whoever we're supporting. Uh, so that you can get
the you can get the actual sports gear for them.
Our logo goes on the back only. But I want.
I want to give away stuff that's nice so that
it's it's yeah, it's a favor and and people actually
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keep it and like it and want to wear it.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
No doubt.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Alex White's with us here in studio. So tell me
a little bit about the latest with Senate Bill ninety nine.
That is the bill that is aimed to limit distracted driving.
Obviously something you're very passionate about in your in your practice,
But what's the laier and just kind of your thoughts
on the on the bill itself.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
So I'm my opinion on this has changed dramatically in
the last you know, fifteen to twenty years, you know,
in our generation when we're the first texting generation. Sure, Nick,
you and I and I remember when this bill was
first passed. I was still in college, and you know,
you just don't want, especially at that age, you don't
want the government telling you what to do and you know,
(21:24):
making an illegal to you know, text and drive, which
is what we thought the first bill did. Arguable, it's like,
you know, no, I'm afraid, and I'm now an adult.
I want to be able to do what i want.
Nobody can tell me what to do anymore, right, But
you know, unfortunately, as this has become a bigger and
bigger and bigger problem in the last fifteen years, I've
just seen so many lives literally be ruined, and not
(21:46):
just individual lives, but families lives be ruined because what
people choose to do behind the wheel.
Speaker 4 (21:51):
And you know, I'm.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
I've been interviewed on you know, this issue multiple times
from various outfits. And you know, the current law that
we have is not good. It was drafted in like
twenty eleven, twenty twelve, and you know, no offense to
people in Frankfurt. But you know, I just I picture
the people that wrote this bill, you know, fifteen years ago,
as being super old and having no clue how cell
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phone works, and as somebody that's read it and deals
with it every day. Like the Kentucky law on this
is not good. It doesn't, you know, And I think
it's it wasn't drafted properly. It's not enforced the way
it should be when we it hard to enforce because
of just the area as far as like you can
have your phone, but you can't be doing this. Can
somebody truly observe what it is you're not allowed to do?
(22:37):
I think that's, you know, not to go down like
huge political rabbit hole. And I don't want to throw
anybody o the bus, but there's so many times when
I look at a police report and I look at
a claim, I look at this case I'm working on,
whatever it may be, and very obviously someone was not
paying attention, likely on their cell phone. We've even had
cases where we've had third party witnesses say, yeah, I
(22:58):
saw him looking down at his phone before the wreck,
and that makes it into the police report, but there's
not a ticket. And you know the times that I have,
I don't know if I've ever seen a case where
we had someone actually taken it for distracted driving, honestly,
and at one point I looked up the stats and
I know that it is enforced and people are getting
tickets for it. I've literally never seen it in our
(23:18):
office represents thousands of cars to do, so you.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
Think you'd be the one that would see it more
than anybody.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
So my anecdotal data just from what I've seen is
that it's very rare for someone to get a ticket
on the current law, and the current law is not
hands free. So with the new bill changes is it's
going to be similar to what almost every state around
US has. In West Virginia specifically, I think Indiana, Ohio
(23:45):
as well. If you want to access your phone, you've
got to do it with voice commands. And you know,
now you know, every new car is going to have that.
Sure every old car is going to have it as
an aftermarket availability. There's several ways that you can get bluetooth,
you know, technology into your car. And then you know,
even if you don't go through the stereo, you can
(24:07):
have your car, you know, on a holder in your.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Uh, you know, off the.
Speaker 5 (24:12):
Windshield or somewhere if you can talk directly to the phone.
And I mean I think every phone in the last
ten years has come out with some type of voice control.
So and if you need to ask just your phone
and one of those aren't available, I think the law says,
don't do it. I think common sense would say don't
do it. I think the standard reasonable care says, don't
do it. Pull over. You know, if I need to
(24:33):
change maps or something on my phone, and I know
it's one that I'm going to have to like actually
access to, I'll pull into a parking lot and and
make sure that I'm ready to go before I start
driving or change you know it and obviously, like I'm
hyper sensitive to it. If I unfortunately, you know, do
something stupid and I get a ticket for hands free driving, uh,
you know, would probably make the news. So I got
I got to be extra careful. But uh, people should
(24:56):
use reasonable care and not look down at their phone
while they're driving, because these things they suck you in,
they take your attention, and then you can literally kill
someone and ruin someone's family.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
I'd tell you what the the way it currently is
now as far as the law that that is, again,
clearly there's not there's people are, people are being ticketed,
but as far as how much it's being enforced, it's
tough to know. But without a change to that, With
people more and more every day getting distracted by their
phones when they're not driving, just in everything, the things
you can do with these devices, I mean, it's crazy.
(25:27):
Were we spend way too much time on them. People
are also doing it while driving. I feel like without
a change the current status as it is, it's only
going to get worse.
Speaker 5 (25:35):
Yeah, the risk is the exact same as drunk driving.
And you know, I don't think there's anybody in the
population at this point that's going to say drunk driving
should be legal, you know, because we know how bad
and danger it is. Dangerous it is. The risk for
distracted driving is the same as drunk driving, and it's
way more prevalent because everybody's got a phone with them
(25:58):
at a shaven time. And I mean the damage is this.
You were doing everything right in your life, You're working
hard for your family, you're driving home, minding your own business,
and you get killed. And that's it's very serious. Souh. Yeah,
I'm all for it. I thought it was I thought
this thing should have been passed years ago. It's it's
obvious that the Senate was going to pass it this year.
(26:19):
I you know, I'm glad to see the change.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
Good stuff.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Alex Is always appreciate you stopping in k you too,
See you soon, my friend.
Speaker 4 (26:25):
Have a good week.
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Let's get to a quick time out. We'll check on
trafficking weather right here. It's news radio eight forty whas
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