Car Accidents

Automakers are taking safety much more seriously than they have in recent years, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Ten manufacturers have already kept a promise to equip nearly all of their vehicles with automatic emergency braking (AEB)...

It goes without saying that as you drive around Raleigh, you must have your eyes open and your seatbelt buckled. Unfortunately, despite North Carolina's seatbelt law, not every driver and passenger buckles up. As everyone should know, seatbelts are the most affordable...

Most adults have fond memories of their teen years, forging friendships, finding young love and beginning to understand the directions they wanted to take in life. Unfortunately, many teen dreams come to sudden ends in motor vehicle crashes. In fact, teenagers are...

Regular readers of our Raleigh Personal Injury Law Blog know that we recently published a post about a series of crashes and tragedies on Interstate 485 in Charlotte. Five people were killed in the crashes, including two girls, just 12 and 7 years old. The girls' mom...

The companies developing self-driving vehicles have long pushed the notion that once their technology has been implemented, motor vehicle crashes will become relics of the past such as phone booths, typewriters and the telegraph. But a new study from the Insurance...

Listen to a Raleigh newscast and you will hear plenty of reasons to be distracted these days. And if you look in the mirror and look at your loved ones, you will see the very best reasons to stay focused whenever you are behind the wheel of your vehicle. If you are...

There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic has rearranged life in Raleigh and around the world. A drive around the city makes some of the profound changes to our economy and social lives clear. Traffic across the state is down 40 percent to 50 percent, according...

Could it be that an issue that unites Democrats and Republicans has emerged from the chaos of today’s politics? Raleigh’s WNCN reports that Hands Free NC is “drawing support from both sides of the aisle.”The bill aims to reduce the number of...

If you drive southwest of Raleigh for about 140 miles, you will come to Concord, North Carolina. The city of about 80,00 residents was the recent site of a fatal motor vehicle crash that has left the community reeling.The collision was on a state highway near one of...

It really doesn’t matter if you are trained to drive safely and help make our streets, roads and highways safer. No matter who you are and regardless of what you do to earn a living, distracted driving causes motor vehicle crashes that can involve serious...