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Troubling ethical questions surround self-driving cars
Proponents of self-driving vehicles insist that when the autonomous vehicles do start rolling down our roads, that traffic congestion will ease, gasoline consumption will drop and that people with physical limitations will be mobile. Proponents also believe that motor vehicle accidents, injuries and fatalities will drop significantly once computers and sensors are…
‘Tis the season to . . . rage?
Road rage incidents are becoming more common in North Carolina, according to a news media report. Far too often, the rage involves more than insulting gestures or shouted epithets; the incidents are increasingly turning violent. Take for example, the story of Thomas Casey. He was recently on a Charlotte highway when another…
Study looks at who is most likely to drive while distracted
It bleeps, buzzes, blinks and rings. Your phone wants your attention and it has all sorts of tricks to get it. The problem is that our phones, tablets and in-dash entertainment centers are often pulling our attention away from the road and traffic while we drive. A new study shows…
Buckle up: AAA expects heavy Thanksgiving travel
Traffic flowing in and out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport should be heavy over the next few days. AAA says that Americans are expected to travel more over this week’s Thanksgiving Day holiday than they have in 12 years. Heavy traffic will combine with the usual holiday concerns about drinking…
The three Ds of holiday driving: drunk, distracted and drowsy
It has been a long, interesting 2017, to say the least, and the year is starting to draw to a close. The holiday season is ready to kick off with Thanksgiving and turkey. Before you start visiting family and friends around Charlotte, please be aware that this is one of…
Inspections help remove problem rigs from Charlotte’s interstates
As everyone who has driven on Interstate 77 knows, traffic can move at a crawl during Charlotte’s rush hours and up to the speed limit (and beyond) for the rest of the work day and on weekends. Imagine your surprise if you were driving on I-77 behind an 18-wheeler, as…
Hazardous to your health: Hazmat carriers
We have written here on our North Carolina law blog about the dangers posed to the average Charlotte motorist by large commercial vehicles. Tractor-trailers are long, heavy, slow to stop and difficult to maneuver. Commercial truck crashes often have dire results for those in passenger vehicles: catastrophic injuries and death are far…
North Carolina school bus crash: 15 kids hurt, none seriously
It is about a three-hour drive east of Charlotte to Benson, North Carolina. Though the town has fewer than 3,500 residents, it boasts two high schools, a pair of middle schools and two elementary schools as well. A school bus on its way to one of the elementary schools was…
Another fatal North Carolina distracted driving crash
There was anger and frustration in the voice of the truck driver’s boss. The supervisor had just lost a friend and a co-worker in a North Carolina truck accident near the Bladen County line about three hours southeast of Charlotte. A TV news report said the death of 45-year-old Timothy Williams left…
Police: Drunk driver struck, killed North Carolina firefighter
Northwest of the Charlotte metro area is where you will find the small town of Drexel in Burke County. After a recent storm in the area, a pair of firefighters were helping clean up debris from Highway 70. The firefighters were wearing safety vests and turnout gear and their vehicle’s…
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