The Navy in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), launched its motorcycle summer safety campaign on June 17, 2011, with a safety ride to teach riders some key lessons on the roads.The program grew out of considerable brainstorming about the best way to reinforce the motorcycle safety message, the Flagship reported. “Being a motorcycle rider myself, I wasn’t…
A 71-year-old woman died in a four-vehicle wreck in the westbound lanes of I-64, west of Oyster Point Road, Newport News, Virginia (VA), on the morning of June 14, 2011, according to the Virginian-Pilot. When a 1997 Mercury Tracer got a flat tire while traveling in the right, center lane of the interstate, the driver…
An Old Dominion University student was buried in May 2011 after he was killed in an auto crash, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The college student, his brother and a friend were in western Maryland and headed to Virginia after visiting a friend at West Virginia University when the wreck occurred. The driver lost control of…
As the school year ends, many young students prepare to head off to college while their younger cohorts look forward to becoming the big fish in the high school pond. While these are exciting times both for the students and their parents, it is important to be aware of a very serious danger that is…
To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. In this case the driver of a tractor-trailer hauling plumbing materials was charged with reckless driving after his truck lost control while exiting from the Capital Beltway onto I-66 West in Virginia (VA). While pulling a tanker, tractor-trailer drivers need to pay close attention…