Posts tagged speeding

• Teen Traffic Accident Deaths Soar in Virginia During January 2012

  Emily Mapp Brannon | January 27, 2012 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The first month of 2012 has proved to be most deadly for Virginia teens. State police statistics highlighted by the private group Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety and law...

• Do You Believe You Are Really Speeding at 5 mph Over the Limit?

  Kevin Duffan | September 08, 2011 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Many people are habitual speeders, travelling just a few miles over the posted speed limit, maybe even 10 mph over. Of course, even if you are just 1 mph over the speed limit, legally, you can be...

• Do Increased Speed Limits in Virginia Mean More Accidents?

  Kevin Duffan | July 25, 2011 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Not necessarily. About a year ago, the speed limit on several interstates throughout Virginia jumped from 65 mph to 70 mph and now there are reports about an increased number of accidents in that...

• Making the Fairfax County Parkway Safer

  Doug Landau | May 10, 2011 10:29 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Having helped victims injured on the Fairfax County parkway (Route 7100) by speeding motorists, distracted and reckless drivers, Herndon Reston and Fairfax car crash lawyer Doug Landau was not...

• Bikers Licenses, Identification and the Police

  Doug Landau | February 10, 2011 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  After representing several bikers picked up by local police for violations of state law, I was asked could they have gotten tickets (and potentially points on their Division of Motor Vehicles...

• Increased Speed Limit May Help Congestion, But What About Safety?

  Rick Shapiro | June 20, 2010 12:58 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Virginia (VA) highway officials are considering increasing speed limits on certain sections of some VA interstates to 70 MPH. The logic behind this increase is that people driving faster will ease...

• 10 People Killed in 10 Different Accidents Over Memorial Day Weekend in Virginia

  Randy Appleton | June 08, 2010 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Virginia State Police have reported 10 people died in 10 separate car wrecks during Memorial Day Weekend. The crashes spanned across VA including Virginia Beach, Newport News, Chesapeake, Prince...

• Is It the Increased Interstate Speed Limit or Speed Variation Causing More Injuries or Deaths?

  Rick Shapiro | June 06, 2010 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently, Virginia's new governor proposed increasing speed limits on many Virginia (VA) interstate highways, including I-81, I-64, I-95, and several others. There has been some outcry to this...

• Driver Safety at Risk in Virginia From Proposals to Raise Speed Limits, Allow Radar Detectors

  Rick Shapiro | February 05, 2010 6:42 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Virginia (VA) took a step toward making its roads less safe and more deadly on Feb. 2, 2010, when members of the state House and Senate voted to pass bills that would allow the Virginia Department...

• Strict enforcement from VSP on I-64 in Norfolk this weekend

  Randy Appleton | December 04, 2009 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Drivers on Interstate 64 beware: The Virginia State Police is out in force this weekend. Troopers are being paid overtime in a federally-funded effort to keep Virginia’s highways safe, the...