Posts tagged driving

• Distracted Driving-We All Need To Help Stop It

  M. Brandon Smith | March 08, 2012 6:13 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Distracted driving is a dangerous epidemic on America's roadways. In 2010 alone, over 3,000 people were killed in distracted driving crashes. [Distraction.gov] Distracted driving is...

• Drunk Driving And The Accidents It Causes

  M. Brandon Smith | March 01, 2012 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Drunk driving will impact one in in three of us. – MADD Plain and simple, alcohol affects coordination and lessens a person’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. On average someone is...

• Richmond County DUI Accident

  M. Brandon Smith | October 01, 2011 3:30 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A drunk driving rollover crash on Sunday night has caused serious injuries to a four-year-old child and the driver of the vehicle, both of whom remain in critical condition. Another young...

• Should Semi-Truck Drivers Be Banned From Using Cell Phones While Driving?

  M. Brandon Smith | September 29, 2011 8:27 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  In March of 2010 a semi-truck traveling through Kentucky on Interstate 65 crossed the median and into the lanes of oncoming traffic, striking a 15-passenger van. 11 people died in the accident....

• Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Motorcycle Accident

  M. Brandon Smith | August 11, 2011 3:38 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  On late Friday night, an Atlanta man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car in Paulding County. According to the Georgia State Patrol, the driver of the car, 23-year-old Joshua Michael...

• Tractor Trailer Accident Caused By Negligent Trucker In Georgia

  M. Brandon Smith | July 24, 2011 1:40 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Accidents between tractor-trailers and passenger cars generally spell bad news for the passenger car. As a reminder of the severity of these types of collision, just last week, a 21 year old...

• DUI Driver Hits Pedestrian In Carroll County

  M. Brandon Smith | March 01, 2011 2:01 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Driving Under The Influence Every time a driver gets behind the wheel there is potential for an accident to happen. That potential exists whether or not the driver drinks before getting behind the...

• DUI Crash Leads to Four Deaths and Much Needed Criminal Charges

  M. Brandon Smith | August 18, 2010 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  At the beginning of this month, the widows and girlfriend of four men killed by a suspected drunk driver in St. Petersburg, FL gathered to speak about the tragedy. 51 year-old Roy McConnell...

• DUI Driver That Struck Gwinnett Bus Faces New Charges

  M. Brandon Smith | April 30, 2010 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In late December of 2009, a Lawrenceville woman by the name of Joy Christine Wilson made headlines after allegedly striking a small passenger bus on I-85. The accident resulted in a dozen...

• Crossing Guard and Child Struck By Negligent Driver

  M. Brandon Smith | November 23, 2009 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This past Wednesday, a driver hit a student and school crossing guard in front of Martin Luther King, Jr., Elementary School, according to Clayton News Daily. The female crossing guard was...