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Longboat Key Police Chief Dies In North Carolina Motorcycle Crash

Police Chief Al Hogle, of Longboat Key, Florida, was killed in a motorcycle crash today in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The details of the wreck have not yet been released by the State Highway Patrol. The Longboat Key News reported that Chief Hogle was...

Train Cuts Tractor-Trailer In Two – No Injuries Reported

Last Friday, a dangerous railroad crossing in Kings Mountain, North Carolina claimed a tractor-trailer loaded with cotton bails as its latest victim when a huge train sliced the 18-wheeler in two near Battleground Avenue and Oak Street in Kings Mountain. Luckily, no...

Bigger & Heavier Trucks Mean More Dangerous Roads

This image could become a common sight on the interstates and rural roads throughout North Carolina and around Asheville if the truck industry is successful in Washington this week. Truck industry big shots are pushing Congress to let states decide how big and how...

A Computer Device That Stops Your Child From Texting While Driving

You've heard the statistics: nearly 6000 dead and over 500,000 injured. The death and destruction on our roads continues, and at a recent safety summit in Washington, D.C., the experts are blaming cell phones. A device at the recent 2012 Consumer Electronics Show...

North Carolina Tired Truck Drivers May Get More Rest

Exhaustion can be deadly, especially when an 80,000 pound tractor trailer is involved. Recent data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that crashes attributed to distractions killed 3,092 people last year. The U.S. Federal Motor...

Thanksgiving Safety Tips For Those On The Roads

When you are speeding and not paying attention on a busy city thoroughfare, bad things can happen. Yesterday in Charlotte, a reckless driver caused a serious 5 car pile-up. When the driver of a Mercedes Benz sped down W.T. Harris Boulevard, which is a four lane...

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Cigarette Verdict

The Florida Supreme Court has just declined to review a lower court's decision upholding a $3.3 million compensatory damages verdict and a $25 million punitive damages verdict for the widow of a smoker. The case name was Martin v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. The effect...

Truck Driver Crashes Into AmTrak Train – Wilmington Passengers Safe

A tractor-trailer driver slammed his big rig into the side of an AmTrak train at a public crossing in a rural Nevada town on Friday. The collision ripped several of the train cars apart and caused a terrible fire. The LA Times reported at least 6 people, including the...

Loser Pays Legislation Signed Into Law In Texas

Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law a measure that will further limit the filing of frivolous lawsuits by making the party who filed the lawsuit pay the other party's court costs. Under the loser pays model, if the party filing the lawsuit, usually referred to...