Although some people ride motorcycles all year long, the warmer months usually result in an increase in motorcycle riders. Some prefer to take less-traveled roads in North Carolina (NC), while others use the same interstates and highways that cars and trucks commonly use. The traffic laws in NC are the same for motorcycle riders as…
Around 5 pm on Father’s Day 2010, a subway tunnel and train in downtown Chicago, Illinois (IL) filled with smoke. Nineteen passengers, including a 10-year-old boy, needed hospital treatment for mild to severe smoke inhalation and other injuries. Fortunately, no one was killed. Preliminary investigations show that one or more railroad ties on the Red…
The Charlotte Observer reported the death of a teenage girl in Cabarrus County, North Carolina (NC) only hours after having graduated from high school. According to the report, she was a passenger in a car driven by a friend who wound up crashing the car near Lake Lynn Road. The accident happened when the driver…
A recent media report concerning car accidents on Interstate 264 (I-264) focuses on two separate car crashes that occurred on the same day, but in two different locations. A total of eight cars were involved in the two wrecks. There were no injuries reported in either of the two accidents. That is good news, and…
A recent article in U.S. News and World Report stated that even after recalled Toyota cars had been repaired, some drivers were still reporting that their cars accelerated on their own, and that brake action was delayed for several seconds. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is asking for Toyota drivers who have had…