In a drunk driving accident, more people may be held responsible for the crash than just the intoxicated driver. For some accidents, the establishment that served alcoholic beverages to the guilty driver could be held liable as well, and this is because of dram shop laws. This could be in cases where an injurious or …
Blog: Car Accident
Working with Insurance When Your Vehicle Is Totaled
When your car, motorcycle, or bike has been damaged in an auto accident, you may be facing disputes with insurance adjusters. You may not be able to agree on the “actual cash value” of your car, and whether or not it is actually totaled. What is certain, however, is that you should not have to …
Are You Really Prepared for an Auto Accident?
You may think you already know what you need to do if you are ever in a car crash, but things may be different when you suddenly find yourself in such frightening circumstances. Other drivers will not or maybe cannot cooperate with you either; some motorists do not even know what information to give you. …
Study Suggests 20 Percent of Crashes Caused by Fatigue
While it used to be believed that driver fatigue contributed to 2 to 3 percent of all car accidents, a new study indicates that fatigue can cause as much as 20 percent of all auto collisions in the United States, according to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Center for Vulnerable Road User Safety. Other studies …
Greenville Nearly Tops N.C. Auto Accidents List
Greenville has some of the highest car crash statistics in North Carolina. An officer from the Greenville Police Department stated that Greenville saw more than 5,000 vehicle accidents last year. That is an especially appalling number for a population of 86,017. There were many different causes for these crashes, many of which were probably preventable. …
The Fight against Distracted Driving Continues On
Every day, many lives are injured and killed as a result of distracted driving accidents on the roads. Whether the driver is using their cell phone for music, texting and driving, talking on the phone, distracted with others in the car or trying to eat their food, people are being placed at risk regularly because …
Studies Find that New Cars are Linked with More Accidents
According to a recent study done in the UK, researchers are finding that within the first six months of a driver owning a car, they are twice as more likely to get involved in an accident. Insurance underwriter Accident Exchange in the UK did this study, and they learned that despite the fact that newer …
Texting and Driving: More Common in U.S. Than Europe
As many are aware of by now, the dangers of texting while driving are ever present and far too many people are being killed on a daily basis at the hands of these careless drivers behind the wheel. While many people may assume that the majority of other countries are dealing with these same concerns …
Understanding North Carolina’s Dram Shop Liability Laws
Most people in the state of North Carolina are aware of the fact that they can pursue compensation if they are ever struck and injured by an intoxicated driver—whether they are on a motorcycle, in a car, or walking on the street. What many do not realize, however, is that the drunk driver may not …
How Ignition Interlock Devices Can Prevent Drunk Driving Accidents
As drunken drivers continue to the take the lives of more than 10,000 people each year and injure 345,000 more, North Carolina residents are up in arms to prevent repeat offenders from making the same mistake twice. Advocates of ignition interlock devices are asking that anyone who has been convicted of a DUI offense be …