A ‘Killer Tree’ Along the Highway? No. Driver Fatigue and Distraction.
Two fatal crashes at the same site along U.S. 58 in Suffolk, VA, within three days highlighted the deadly dangers of drowsy and distracted driving.
Drugged Driving: An Increasing Factor in Fatal Car Accidents
If you have been injured in a drugged driving crash, contact a North Carolina car accident attorney to see what legal recourse you may have for your losses.
New Report: Drugged Driving Kill More Victims than Drunk Driving
The Governor’s Highway Safety Association recently announced the results of a study the agency conducted and those results are alarming – prescription and illegal drugs cause more fatal vehicle crashes than alcohol. According to the data collected by the agency, 38 percent of all drivers killed in this country in 2016 had alcohol levels in…
Drunk Boating a Deadly Risk in North Carolina
Boaters and personal watercraft users who are under the influence of alcohol kill and injure several dozen people in North Carolina each year. Most of the criminal laws and insurance rules that apply to DWI also apply to BWI, or boating while impaired.
Donorcycles: Motorcycle Accidents and Helmetless Riders
Hospital trauma staff have a special name for motorcycles: donorcycles. They use this reference because statistics bear out that riding a motorcycle without a helmet dramatically increases the odds that the motorcycle driver will become an organ donor far too soon in his or her life. And if the current data doesn’t prove this point,…