Posts tagged law

• Alcohol Sale to Underage Drunk Driver Nets Convenience Store $716.5M Penalty

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | May 31, 2012 8:06 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A civil trial jury in Hillsboro County, Florida (FL) has ordered the owner of a convenience store that sold alcohol to a teen who later in the day caused a drunk driving accident that killed a...

• Click It or Ticket – why the beat goes on

  Pierce Egerton | May 25, 2012 12:01 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Oh, brother. Another Click It or Ticket campaign, as we roll into the Memorial Day weekend. Haven’t we had enough? I mean, what are these law enforcement people thinking? It’s...

• Restraining order puts Chapel Hill cell phone ban on hold

  Pierce Egerton | May 04, 2012 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The battle in Chapel Hill, N.C., to prevent distracted driving caused by cell phone use has become tangled in a lawsuit over towing cars. Just over five weeks after the North Carolina college...

• Speed Trap Campaigns: Safety Initiatives or Revenue Generators?

  Kevin Duffan | April 18, 2012 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Consider these numbers from the Virginian-Pilot: During Easter Week 2012, police across the state of North Carolina (NC) issued 39,000 traffic and criminal citations. At least 13,500 of those...

• 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...

• Chapel Hill, NC Becomes First U.S. City to Ban All Cell Phone Use by Drivers

  Jim Lewis | April 01, 2012 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It wasn't easy, and residents' reactions are mixed , at best. But starting June 1, 2012, anyone driving within the city limits of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (NC), risks a $25 fine if...

• Chapel Hill becomes first town in United States to ban hands-free cell phone use while driving

  Pierce Egerton | March 26, 2012 10:21 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The town council of Chapel Hill, N.C., voted Monday, March 26, to ban all cell phone use while driving in the town limits – including the use of hands-free devices such as headsets. The...

• Bayer Settles Dozens of Yaz, Yasmin Blood Clot Cases

  Emily Mapp Brannon | March 26, 2012 4:14 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bayer Healthcare is facing thousands of lawsuits from women who developed life-threatening blood clots after taking oral contraceptives sold under the brand nmes Yaz and Yasmin and generic...

• Chapel Hill hands-free cell phone ban back in play tonight (March 26); would be first in nation

  Pierce Egerton | March 26, 2012 9:29 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  (UPDATE: Cell phone ban - including hands-free use - passes) As the home of the Tar Heels, Chapel Hill gets plenty of national attention. Still, it hurts like heck that the Kansas Jayhawks...

• 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...