Virginia was hit yet again with a blast of nasty, winter weather last year and forecasters say there could be more on the way. Winter storms equal treacherous driving conditions, and unfortunately, that often leads to car accidents. According to Virginia law enforcement, there were hundreds of car crashes that were weather-related, including 50 crashes…
Car and Driver Magazine conducted an experiment at an abandoned air field that demonstrated that texting while driving has a bigger impact on safety than driving drunk. That truth becomes even more chilling when you consider that 46 percent of teen drivers admit to texting while driving. If a driver is texting for 6 seconds,…
There can be few more frightening experiences than being a passenger in pickup truck that’s traveling along the Interstate and seeing the driver fall asleep as the vehicle you are riding in veers off the road. But that’s exactly what happened in Newport News, VA when a man from Capron fell asleep behind the wheel. …
Most adults in this country know that seat belts save lives. Statistics show that the majority of drivers buckle up when they get behind the wheel of their vehicle. However, a new study reveals that those same drivers are not as cautious when they are a back-seat passenger in someone else’s vehicle and many fail…
A two-vehicle crash near downtown Grundy, Virginia (VA), left two passengers dead and both drivers seriously injured. The fatal wreck happened on the afternoon of August 6, 2017, but investigators had no immediate answers for why the tragedy occurred. Virginia State Police told reporters that the deadly head-on collision started with an eastbound…