November 02, 2011
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends comprehensive seat belt use laws as a way to reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths in car accidents, according to the agency’s highway safety countermeasure guide. Currently, 24 U.S. states do not have seat belt […]
Read MoreOctober 14, 2011
In the musical Man of La Mancha, one of the characters notes that “whether the stone hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the stone, it’s going to be bad for the pitcher.” This can sum up the situation in most collisions between a tractor-trailer and […]
Read MoreOctober 12, 2011
presented by: Gary Massey Summer camping season may be over, but there’s still time to enjoy a trip in the family RV. Many drivers take recreational vehicle (RV) trips in the fall, whether it’s to follow their favorite football team to an away game or […]
Read MoreOctober 10, 2011
The term distracted driving has been more frequently used with the widespread use of cellular phones by drivers and with the passing of laws in many states to ban the dangerous use of this device while behind the wheel. Distracted driving can include the wide […]
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2011
presented by: Gary MasseyDespite efforts to ensure Tennessee motorcyclists are properly licensed, the rate of motorcycle accidents that cause injury or death has risen steadily in recent years, according to the Tennessee Department of Safety. In its 2009 “Tennessee Motorcycle Crash Statistics” report, the Tennessee […]
Read MoreSeptember 01, 2011
Tennessee’s state and local law enforcement officials, along with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Organizations (GHSO), the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Organization (NHTSA), and the Governors’ Highway Safety Organization (GHSA) are planning events and increased police patrols as Tennessee joins the national “Drive Sober […]
Read MoreAugust 29, 2011
A cooking grill that fell from somebody’s vehicle onto Interstate 24 recently caused multiple accidents, including a motorcycle accident that hospitalized a Chattanooga man, according to a recent news report from WRCB. The large gas grill apparently fell from the back of a pickup truck, according […]
Read MoreAugust 15, 2011
Recently, a 14-year-old resident of Columbia, Tennessee, lost her life and eleven other people were injured when the 15-passenger church van they were riding in overturned on I-40 near Waverly, according to a recent report in The Tennessean. The group was coming back from an all-night […]
Read MoreAugust 12, 2011
Two separate cars were involved in a hit-and-run accident on Old Newport Highway in Sevier County recently, leaving a 29-year-old woman injured and her horse, Little Man, dead, reports KnoxNews.com. The woman, a resident of Sevier County, was riding Little Man along the edge of the […]
Read MoreJuly 27, 2011
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent federal government organization whose job is to investigate airplane accidents in the U.S. The NTSB is not part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Rather, the NTSB’s sole job is to find out what caused each […]
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