A serious accident occurred in Fairplain, West Virginia (WV), near Route 21 and Homer Smith Road. Although one victim is in critical condition, the other victims sustained serious injuries, according to WOWKTV.com. A driver ran a yield sign and T-boned a woman’s car, which also had four children as passengers. WOWKTV.com reports that the Ripley…
National Work Zone Awareness Week spanned Monday through Friday, April 7-11, 2014. Proof of the need to remind every car, truck, bus, SUV and motorcycle operator to slow down, move over and eliminate all distractions while cruising through stretches of highway construction and repair comes from two separate April 9 accidents in the same I-97 work…
“Distracted driving awareness” reads like an oxymoron, but nothing a driver does behind the wheel is more important than recognizing and minimizing things that take his or her eyes and mind off the road. Distractions for drivers have been listed often enough that everyone should know talking on a cell phone, texting, eating, reading a…
What should have been an enjoyable day of celebrating ended in tragedy when a shuttle bus was struck and overturned killing one and injuring 17 other people. The group was on the way back from a birthday party when a speeding car swerved into their lane striking their shuttle bus. The fatal accident occurred on…
If you’re texting, you’re not driving. This is the message put out by The U.S. Department of Transportation about the dangers of distracted driving. A visually shocking new video shows exactly what happens when a driver takes their eyes off the road. According to the DOT, 27 percent of distracted drivers in fatal crashes are…