I recently received an email alert that the North Carolina Department of Transportation had updated its website with information on driving in winter weather. NCDOT does this annually because, as anyone who has struggled to keep a car or truck on the road as a nor’easter howled or as snow and ice covered the pavement…
Driving while distracted is an alarming habit that is on the rise. Advances in technology make it easier for us to take up various tasks at once. But this multitasking also leads to negligence which can cause serious accidents. So much so that distracted driving is now one of the leading causes of road accidents…
The Virginia legislature has passed the bill HB 1705, which focuses on improving safety for pedestrians and requires motorists to stop and yield the right of way to them. This amendment to § 46.2-924 of the Code of Virginia explains the responsibilities of automobile drivers to halt and yield to pedestrians at: (a) marked crosswalks,…
A multivehicle collision on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula sent a mother and two of her children to the hospital with injuries. The Friday evening crash on John Clayton Memorial Highway just west of the turnoff to Patriot’s Way also claimed the life of the 89-year-old driver who initiated the chain reaction. According to multiple…