Originally dubbed the “miracle girl” by first responders, a young North Carolina woman now questions whether she would have ever even been injured by a drunk driver had North Carolina had tougher drunk driving laws. Drunk Driving Accident The young woman, only 18-years old at the time, was hit by...
Distracted driving used to mean: The driver was eating lunch while driving. The driver was putting on makeup while driving. The driver was fishing around on the floor for something dropped while driving. The driver was listening to loud music while driving. The driver was talking to or arguing with...
Most states require mo-ped operators to have a driver’s license, registration, insurance or some combination of the three – requirements not shared by North Carolina. Because North Carolina does not mandate licensure to operate mo-peds, officials suspect that motorists who have lost their license due to a drunk driving conviction...
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is growing tired of managing the accident scenes of teenagers who were texting and driving. In fact, its commander recently announced a new educational awareness campaign entitled “No Texting, Just Driving.” The campaign will focus on educating drivers of the dangers of distracted driving, especially...
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among teens between the ages of 15 and 20 in North Carolina. National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration statistics show this is also true for teens in the U.S. as a whole. NHTSA studies show teens are three times more likely to...
Back-over deaths occur when a driver hits and injures another person while backing up. Tragically, the victims in these types of accidents are most often children under the age of 5 and adults over the age of 70. Many of these accidents occur in the driveways of residential neighborhoods and...
Recently the U.S. Senate approved a highway transportation bill, which among other things, mandates the use of electronic onboard recorders (EOBR) on commercial trucks. An EOBR is a device that records information about the operation of commercial trucks on roads across the country, including those here in North Carolina. The...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently announced that it has decided not to change its 11-hour shift limit for truck drivers. The agency was under pressure from other government transportation agencies and some members of the public to lower the cap to 10-hour shifts, in the interest of protecting...
For the first time in eight years, there was an increase in teenage deaths due to car accidents during the first half of 2011. Deaths for 16- and 17-year-old drivers increased 11 percent during the first half of last year rising from 190 to 211 deaths. North Carolina was also...
First it was drunk driving, then it was distracted driving and now it is drugged driving. It seems people don’t just get in their car and drive anymore. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana does affect your coordination, concentration and reaction time. All of these impairments combine to make a car accident much...
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