Even legal u-turns are hazardous. I’d advise motorists only make them at intersections and according to traffic signals where they have been determined appropriate. Illegal u-turns are…
In the recent past, I have blogged about the dangerous potential that exists around every curve of the road for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists alike. This week, a collision occurred that…
Wearing a life jacket on a boat is analogous to wearing a safety belt in an automobile; they each save lives in the event of an accident. In North Carolina, boating is a popular summer activity….
I recently posted a blog about a crash that took the lives of a grandmother and a little girl in Jamestown, North Carolina, when their car was hit by a patrol car trying to catch a speeder. Such…
In 2008, there were 161 fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina. Twenty-two of these deaths resulted from a fall. Though the data has not been collected or published for the present year, the…
Any fatality on our highways is tragic. But a deadly accident that happened in Jamestown, North Carolina, on May 23 seems all the worse when you consider the victims – a grandmother and a…
Guilford County EMS transported two construction workers from Mary Foust Hall on the campus of UNC Greensboro around 3:00 p.m. on May 26, 2010 after plaster similar to stucco fell on them from the…
Several regrettable incidents on Piedmont Triad roads in North Carolina over the past few weeks remind me of an issue that should concern motorists everywhere. The phenomenon develops when traffic…
A man was killed on the morning of May 17, 2010 while he stood on the side of an exit ramp waiting for the pickup truck he’d been riding in to be removed from the mud. Torrential rains…
When you think of hazing rituals, perhaps images of drunken college freshmen fraternity pledges running miles around campus at ungodly hours of the night are what first come to mind. Or maybe…
On May 13, 2010 I blogged about a collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a tractor-trailer that injured several commuters. Staff writers at news-record.com are now reporting that 12…
I recently posted a blog about two multi-car collisions that both occurred on the same stretch of Interstate 40 in Greensboro, North Carolina on Mother’s Day, May 9, 2010. The first wreck…