Christina Rivenbark

A 27-year-old North Carolina man, father of two young children, died recently after driving around a bend in the road and hitting a slow-moving tractor going roughly 25 miles per hour. As Danielle Arndt reports for the Rockford Independent, it is against North Carolina law to drive tractors and other...

A new survey released in March demonstrates how teens are frighteningly unaware of the dangers of distracted driving. According to the Consumer Union survey, more than 60 percent of American teens don’t see texting behind the wheel as a dangerous threat to their safety. Based on the survey, 63 percent...

Much is made about the dangers of winter driving. Snow, ice and visibility problems are major culprits, but worn tires present hidden issues that are often unaddressed until it is too late. The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) estimates that 11 percent of vehicles on the road in the United States...

Wilmington drivers are all too familiar with the congested intersection at Kerr Avenue and Market Street. Excessive traffic combined with dangerous left-turns continue to cause drivers headache and frustration. But local transportation officials have several proposals in the works to improve the traffic congestion and reduce car accidents at the...

If lawmakers were required to fully contemplate and understand the outcome of every bill that made its way through legislative byways and to the governor’s desk, it would be impossible to create law. Legislatures generally intend to promote law and policy that benefit the public good. And in response to...