Archive for January, 2011
Texting Causes Fatal Accident
By: Emily Mapp Brannon, Attorney Commerical truck drivers spend a lot of time on the road. This gives them a higher chance of being in an accident. As more and more young people start driving the rate of distracted driver accidents has been going up as well. This was the case late yesterday afternoon when distracted driving [...]
January 10, 2011
Tags: accident, accidents, Beaufort County, car, Carolina, cell, Chandler Road, Chocowinity, distracted driving, drunk, head-on, injury, lawyer, logging truck, NC, phone, semi, Shapiro, text, texting, tractor trailer, wrong way Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics 
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Truck Drivers Must Be Aware of Loose/Runaway Trailers
Loose trailers attached to vehicles can become runaway trailers in a blink of an eye. When this occurs, the trailers essentially become “injury missiles” on the roads causing major wrecks and serious injuries. To learn more, check out this blog… Loose Trailers Cause Major Wrecks and Serious Injuries Watch this News Report on a Recent [...]
January 9, 2011
Tags: accident, injuries, injury, loose, runaway, trailer, trailers, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Distracted Driving – Texting, Chatting, Eating — Takes a Deadly Toll
Federal, state and industry efforts to prevent and crack down on distracted driving by proposing and adopting bans on texting by drivers and banning hand held cell phone use behind the wheel have made a dent in the problem. Those measures can only go so far.
January 9, 2011
Tags: 18 wheeler, accidents, attorney, car, Cooper, crash, death, distracted driving, driver, I-64, injury lawyers, NHTSA, semi, texting, tractor trailer, truck, VA, Virginia Beach Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
