The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has proposed new guidelines that would limit the amount of distractions for drivers with “smart” technology built into their vehicles. Those draft guidelines come on the heels of a dramatic increase in distracted driving and would, as summarized by PCmag, block all in-vehicle communications by a driver, such as texting,…
Two cars and a U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer were involved in an accident on the west side of Charlotte, North Carolina (NC), on February 8, 2012. The accident occurred where Billy Graham Parkway and Scott Futrell Drive intersect. View Larger Map According to eyewitness reports given to WCNC, one car ran a red light, causing…
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported that three people were killed and two more were injured in a Bramwell, West Virginia (WV), crash between a car and a truck on February 15, 2012. The fatal collision occurred on U.S. Route 52 near Hunk Hollow Road. View Larger Map None of the names of the victims had been…
A speeding SUV, a GMC Yukon, landed atop a Honda Accord after hitting two other vehicles, going airborne and crossing over the center lane of Oxon Hill Road in Fort Washington, Maryland (MD). When the Yukon stopped on top of her car, the 39-year-old female driver from Alexandria, Virginia (VA), lost her life. According to Gazette.net,…
A deadly accident occurred at the intersection of Providence Road West and Johnston Road in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC), on February 10, 2012. The tragedy that took the life of a 68-year-old man occurred when his car was T-boned. Another victim sustained serious, life-threatening injuries in the wreck. According to WCNC-TV the area has been a…