Posts tagged driver

• Is Minnesota Fatigue Checklist Unfairly Stopping Truck Drivers?

  Mike Bryant | June 09, 2009 9:22 AM | 7 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  There was a federal lawsuit filed this past week that will look at the issue of truck driver safety. Basically, Capt. Ken Urquhart, a District Commander with the Minnesota State Patrol in the...

• St Cloud 1st Street Collision Sends Three To The Hospital

  Mike Bryant | October 26, 2009 3:49 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Friday night, a head on collision on 1st Street sent everyone involved to the St Cloud Hospital. The collision took place west of the 600 block of First Street North. A vehicle driving west lost...

• Drinking And Driving A Hummer: Deadly Combination

  Mike Bryant | August 21, 2009 12:05 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sunday night, a teenager interested in music was killed by a Hummer driver on the wrong side of the road that was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.346. The Humvee was traveling eastbound on...

• True Stories Of Drunk Driving

  Mike Bryant | January 17, 2010 10:11 PM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  For the next week the Minneapolis Tribune will be looking at the real stories behind drunk driving. We spend a lot of time here at the Injuryboard talking about the results when people drink and...

• Remembering A Past Wrong Way Driving Moment That Killed NBA Player

  Mike Bryant | July 10, 2009 9:27 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Many members of the Injuryboard have been writing about wrong way driving incidents. Reading these posts got me thinking about an early morning a number of years ago. I was helping with a golf...

• Roundabouts: Can Minnesotans Get Used To Them?

  Mike Bryant | February 22, 2009 9:00 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Internationally roundabouts are a common road set up. As time has passed due to attempts to slow traffic and to also utilize limited space they continue to be an option in the United States....

• The Hypocrisy of The Big Car Companies

  Mike Bryant | November 01, 2011 12:57 PM | 2 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Distracted driving has become a national issue in the last several years. The term “distracted driving”, while largely associated with cell phone use while driving, can encompass a wide...

• Minnesota Would be Safer with Insurance Verification

  Mike Bryant | July 31, 2011 8:03 PM | 2 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A couple of years back, the Minnesota Department Of Motor Vehicles stopped checking for insurance verification when a person went in to buy tabs. I still have no idea why. I heard it was a budget...

• Real Life Reasons Not to Text and Drive

  Mike Bryant | April 26, 2011 9:37 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This we we have seen heightened scrutiny of distracted driving. It's been interesting to hear so many people at least talking about the issue. I'm sure it will be a problem for those that get...

• Week Of "Less Snow" Gives Us Some Deadly Slick Minnesota Roads

  Mike Bryant | February 06, 2011 9:43 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I noticed it this morning, there was just enough snow from last night to make the roads slick. It seems that a lot of drivers think because it's not as much as earlier in the year, the roads are...