Most people relate driving under the influence to alcohol consumption. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marijuana users are roughly 25 percent more likely to be involved in an automobile collision in comparison to drivers with no traces of marijuana…
More states are passing laws that mandate all drunk driving offenders to put an ignition interlock device in their vehicle at their expense. This is a change from past laws, as previously the devices were usually only required for second and subsequent offenses. Now many…
A lieutenant with the Appalachia Fire Department is recovering from his injuries this week after the ambulance he was in was hit by a drunk driver over the weekend. The firefighter was hurt in an accident in Appalachia, Virginia. The ambulance was struck by a…
Correlation is not causation, but the concomitant rises of smartphone use and deadly crashes involving pedestrians sure seem to be related. This is a top-line insight from Governors Highway Safety Association’s latest Spotlight on Highway Safety report, which estimates that, during 2017, 5,984 pedes
Three victims in a fatal North Carolina car accident died of their injuries this week. According to media reports, a pickup truck was going south on US 17 in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina on Feb. 15 near NC 904 when the driver swerved into…
A high school student from Liberty, North Carolina has died after a single-car accident on Feb. 11. The next day, the driver of the vehicle, an 18 year old, was charged with DWI for having alcohol in his system at the time of the accident.…
Study after study shows that as a society, we are stressed. This stress is evident in many things we do in our daily lives. One of those ways is driving. Stress causes people to drive aggressively, as well as engage in distracted driving behaviors. Distracted…
Each day, victims are injured or killed because of a defective or dangerous product. Almost on a weekly basis, we read or hear news reports about the latest recall or accident caused by a product that turned out to be dangerous. Vehicle recalls – such…
Fourteen automakers have announced even more vehicle models to add to the already massive Takata defective airbag recall list. This comes a month after Takata added an additional 3 million more vehicles which have faulty airbag inflators. These latest recalls now become part of what…
An Illinois tractor trailer driver is facing charges in West Virginia crash that killed a family of four from North Carolina. The truck driver was arraigned on four counts of negligent homicide and reckless driving, according to the West Virginia State Police. Police stated that last…
The North Carolina State Police reported December 12 that a driver in Gaston County fell asleep behind the wheel and caused a fatal accident. Police stated that the driver of a Dodge pickup truck, 33 year-old Jamison Rodgers, apparently fell asleep while driving south on…
Two people died and two were injured when a car going the wrong way on I-40 in Raleigh, North Carolina slammed head on into a pickup truck late in the evening of Jan. 18. The deadly wrong way car accident happened a few minutes before…
