Alarming numbers are in from the most recent, statewide law enforcement campaign against drunk and impaired driving. During the Labor Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign this year, law…
On September 28, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, D.C. announced its determination that a fatal multicar crash that occurred on June 26, 2009 in Miami, Oklahoma…
The urge to text while driving resembles an addiction for some motorists—a scary, life-threatening addiction. Studies show that texting while driving is as dangerous—if not more…
Albert Arnott, 60, of Arizona had just completed a tour from Los Angeles to New York on his recumbent bicycle. He was travelling through North Carolina on his way back home to Pheonix, Arizona when…
Flash floods are a quick killer on highways and rural roads alike. Even when a driver conducts the automobile in a manner appropriate for road conditions at the time, hydroplaning is a real threat….
The NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program recently published the results of a campaign against driving while impaired that took place statewide in North Carolina between June 28 and July 4,…
Three young people lost their lives in Brown Summit, North Carolina on February 13, 2010 when Amanda Sperduti, now 21, of Winston-Salem crashed the vehicle she was reportedly driving at 90 mph….
Brandie Lyons is the 21-year-old, single mother of two. She is training to be a firefighter. That’s enough to make her a hero in my book. But Brandie Lyons isn’t your average…
A case of extreme road rage put Mark Walker in the hospital on April 20, 2010. I blogged about the incident back in April, and I’m happy to hear that Mr. Walker is recovering, although the…
Two drivers were transported to Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina after a collision that occurred around 7:30 on the morning of July 8, 2010 in Rockingham County. Emir Chavez,…
One might expect that motor vehicle accidents contribute to an overwhelming majority of traumatic brain injury (TBI) fatalities in North Carolina. Surprisingly (and sadly), even more TBI deaths are…
In North Carolina, injury is the third-leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. In individuals between the ages of one and 44, injury causes more deaths than anything else. Traumatic…