Posts tagged crash

• Don’t let your dog distract you while you drive

  Lawrence Egerton | April 04, 2012 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Distracted driving caused by using a cell phone has been big news recently. Chapel Hill, N.C., became the first town in the nation to pass a complete ban on cell phone use while driving, as we...

• Running Off Road Then Overcorrecting a Common Accident Cause for Teen Drivers

  Emily Mapp Brannon | March 15, 2012 8:41 PM | 2 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Separate car accidents in rural western Virginia (VA) in January and February 2012 that claimed the lives of three teenagers are being attributed to young drivers who ran off the road accidently...

• Chapel Hill deadlocks on landmark hands-free cell phone ban – for now

  Pierce Egerton | March 14, 2012 9:33 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Chapel Hill narrowly missed claiming another national title Monday night. Hold on there, hoops fans – I am talking about driving, but not on a basketball court. This event took...

• Dram Shop Laws Can Make Bars and Restaurants Liable for Drunk Driving Car Accidents

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | March 05, 2012 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Currently, 43 of the 50 U.S. states have so-called dram shop laws that make it possible to hold an establishment liable if it sells an intoxicated patron alcohol and the patron subsequently...

• DOT calls on automakers to limit or disable distracting devices

  Pierce Egerton | February 17, 2012 12:05 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Auto manufacturers should develop technology that will keep drivers from being distracted by the devices built into their vehicles, according to proposals issued Thursday by the federal...

• Randleman roundabouts: The right way to roll?

  Pierce Egerton | January 24, 2012 1:23 AM | 4 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  New intersections draw complaints but advantages are significant Round and round and round you go … But at those circular intersections called “roundabouts,” at...

• Woman sentenced in connection to crash that killed 3

  Pierce Egerton | December 16, 2011 12:09 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With the holiday season come parties, and with parties often comes alcohol. What appears to be the final chapter in the story of a terrible accident serves as a reminder that responsibility...

• DWI/DUI Accident Proves Necessity of North Carolina’s ‘Booze It & Lose It’ Campaign

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | December 06, 2011 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The news could be funny if it weren't so serious. Shortly before 3 am on December 4, 2011, a drunk 21-year-old North Carolina (NC) man slammed his Chevy Camaro into a police bus being use as...

• New Law Punishes Drivers Who Endanger Motorcyclists

  Pierce Egerton | December 01, 2011 8:03 PM | 22 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Among the 35 new state laws that went into effect in North Carolina on December 1, 2011, is a new statute that establishes penalties for putting motorcycle riders in danger. It’s called The...

• Chain-reaction collision with bus carrying A&T students killed three family members

  Pierce Egerton | November 17, 2011 10:00 AM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The recent chain-reaction crash involving a bus carrying N.C. A&T students took the lives of three family members, police have disclosed. The wreck took place on Friday, Nov. 11, on Interstate...