Distracted driving is a rising epidemic in the United States. In 2015 alone 3,477 people were killed and 391,000 were injured in a motor vehicle accidents caused by a distracted driver. Whether someone is texting, checking email, changing music or talking and looking around, distracted driving can become deadly in a split second. April is […]
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Multiple families are mourning the loss of loved ones after a tragic motor vehicle accident that occurred early Monday morning along interstate 85 near the 179 exit for Club Boulevard. According to ABC 11 both drivers of the vehicles were killed, 1 person was critically injured, and 3 children were taken to the local hospital
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The National Safety Council recently released estimates that 40,200 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2016. This is the first time that more than 40,000 people died on U.S. roads in car crashes since before the Great Recession. Everyone needs to work together to reduce the number of annual traffic fatalities and injuries. If everyone
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After years of relative calm on the roads, 2015 is seeing a major increase in traffic deaths. According to an article in the News & Observer, deaths were up 14 percent and injuries were up 33% in the first six months of the year. If the trend continues, traffic deaths this year could exceed 40,000
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When my friends and I were teenaged drivers, we went a little nuts in the summer. School was out, which meant, in our premature brains, that normal rules no longer applied. And with the availability of a car and a lot of unstructured time, we had FREEDOM. We would wake up and decide it was
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If you own a Nissan, Toyota, Chrysler, Honda, or Ford, you’ll want to know about these new recalls. More Airbag Problems More than 2 millions Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda vehicles are being recalled because airbags may deploy suddenly even if there is no crash. This problem was supposed to have been fixed in an earlier
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Highway guardrails are installed to keep people safe in the event of an accident. Now, federal officials are claiming that some guardrails malfunction, turning the metal rails into giant spears that can pierce through a car and seriously injure or even kill the people inside. The problem, it seems, comes from a manufacturing change
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The Department of Transportation recently launched a new PSA campaign intended to encourage North Carolina passengers to buckle up. According to a recent NCDOT press release, front seat passenger seatbelt usage dropped in 2013 to 84.9 percent, down nearly one percentage point from the previous year. In North Carolina, every passenger in a motor vehicle
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Wednesday, February 2, is Groundhog Day. Two important things will be happening: Puxatawny Phil and groundhogs everywhere will be looking for their shadow… and NC State Troopers will begin cracking down on distracted drivers. According to an article on WRAL.com, nearly 58,000 people are involved in a distracted-driving crash in North Carolina every year…more than
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April 14, 2011 A flower girl on her way to a wedding was killed in a North Carolina auto accident. The six-year-old was killed when the vehicle she was in was struck by another vehicle that had crossed the center line, according to msnbc.com. Investigators were considering charging the driver of the other vehicle involved
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