The four summer signatures
The parking-hunt rear-end: a driver scanning for a spot brakes for a maybe, and the scanner behind them doesn't. Low speed, real injuries — soft tissue and concussions don't care about the speedometer.
The crosswalk strike: beach crowds cross constantly; drivers watching traffic gaps miss the person in the paint. The yield duty is absolute and the injuries are the corridor's worst.
The visitor variable: rentals, out-of-state plates, unfamiliar streets — claims work normally (rental coverage layers are a known stack), but scene documentation matters double because visitors leave.
The glare crash: westbound at sunset, the ocean end of every cross street. Glare is a condition, not a defense — drivers who can't see must slow, and "the sun blinded me" is an admission wearing sunglasses.
The seasonal evidence advantage
Summer's crowds are summer's witnesses, and the corridor's storefronts and hotels watch everything. But visitor witnesses fly home and footage overwrites in days — the same-week canvass matters more here than anywhere except a hit-and-run. Numbers first, stories later; then the free review before the insurer's version of your summer hardens. First-day steps: the 24-hour guide.
