One of the most important parts of any vehicle is the brakes. If the brakes are defective, the risk of being in a vehicle accident spikes considerably. Many drivers are not aware that there is an issue with the brakes until it is too late. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), brake…
Municipal and state agencies set speed limits for all the roads we drive on. The purpose of speed limits is to make sure that the roads are safe for everyone who uses them – commuters, pedestrians, and cyclists. There are a number of factors that go into determining what the speed limit of an area…
Speed and driver distraction may have played roles in causing a rear-end collision between a public school bus and a large box truck in King George County, Virginia (VA), on the afternoon of January 30, 2018. A witness said the truck never slowed down before slamming into the back of the bus in the 8000…
The cause remains unclear, but a driver who crossed the double yellow center line of a rural highway in central coastal North Carolina killed a passenger in the other vehicle. Both drivers involved in the head-on collision in Jones County on the afternoon of Jan. 31, 2018, also suffered serious injuries that required their admittance…
Running off the right side of the highway in Nash County, North Carolina (NC), set the stage for a fatal crash on the morning of January 25, 2018. The incident started with a car’s driver losing control of her vehicle and ended with an armored truck overturning and slamming into a stand of trees. …