Drivers in South Carolina may be wary of a car full of teens because they are concerned about the risk of a dangerous accident. These fears may be based on more than simple stereotypes about teen driving. For National Teen Driver Safety Week, the AAA Foundation for...
In its report on 2017 car crash trends, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that there were 37,133 fatal crashes that year: a 1.8 percent decrease and an improvement from 2015 and 2016, which saw an 8.4 and 6.5 percent increase, respectively....
A head-on collision in South Carolina on the afternoon on Sept. 28 claimed the life of a 51-year-old woman, according to local reports. The accident took place on Bramlett Church Road in Laurens County at approximately 4 p.m. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says...
During a regular shift in January 2017, a Gwinnett County police officer responded to a car crash call around 9:00 p.m. For what remains undisclosed reasons, the young officer raced to the scene at 97 miles per hour. Unfortunately, the officer never made it to the...
Georgia drivers are right to think that their car safety systems keep them safe. Federal estimates say that such systems can reduce crashes by 40 percent and crash fatalities by 30 percent. Still, there are limitations. According to a study from the AAA Foundation for...
The mobile workforce is becoming more connected. In 2013, 55 percent of mobile workers owned smartphones, but in 2017, that percentage rose to 77. At the same time, the number of car accidents among mobile workers went up from 5.7 million in 2013 to 6.4 million in...
If you are the victim of a car crash, you may walk away from the accident and, except for shaky nerves, feel perfectly fine. The problem is that symptoms of an underlying injury may not show up for days or weeks. One of the more common symptoms is a recurring...
Self-driving cars have sparked both interest and fear among people in Georgia who wonder how the technology will change the driving experience and affect roadside safety. However, even as the technology advances, humans continue to be the greatest threat to life and...
On Sept. 7, a two-car collision caused the death of one individual in Cartersville. The accident, which occurred at approximately 10 a.m., also injured two other people. According to the Georgia State Police, a black Honda driving north on Joe Frank Harris Parkway...
Certain intersections in Georgia and South Carolina are more conducive to traffic accidents than others. In the city of Greenville, for instance, one woman who works in the area reported seeing three accidents in the East North Street-Pelham Road area and two others a...
