Monthly Archives: January 2025
Encouraging News About Drunk Driving Statistics In South Carolina
Of all the dangerous driving behaviors out there, driving drunk is one of the most dangerous. Alcohol plays a role in about one third of traffic fatalities. South Carolina has one of the highest number of DUI accidents in the country, despite its relatively small population, even though, nationwide as well as in South… Read More »
What Do Chicken Strips Have To Do With Your Motorcycle Accident Case?
There are not too many days in the South Carolina winter where the weather is truly miserable, but there are some. If, on one of these days, you are stuck inside with your extended family or your in-laws, you can deflect the conversation away from criticism of your finances and your weight by talking… Read More »
Owners And Local Authorities Are Responsible For Repeated Attacks By Aggressive Dogs
All 50 states allow people injured by other people’s pet dogs to file personal injury claims against the owner of the dog, but the conditions for filing a lawsuit. Some states are “no bite” states, where the owner is liable even if the plaintiff’s injury represents the first time the dog ever bit a… Read More »
Fentanyl And Motor Vehicles Are A Deadly Combination
To many in South Carolina, or anywhere in the United States for that matter, “fentanyl” is one of the scariest words in the English language. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug 50 times as strong as morphine, which means that it is about twice as strong as heroin, the world’s scariest drug of a… Read More »
3 Reasons Your Car Is Safer Than You Think It Is
If you get tired of all the fear mongering on social media, you might turn to a more relaxing avenue of online media consumption, such as reading Wikipedia articles about entertainment personalities of yesteryear. While the insights about their lives and personalities might be fascinating in their level of detail about the subjects themselves… Read More »
Pickens County Man Dies After SUV Strikes His ATV
One Friday night in October 2024, Kyle Thornall was driving his ATV on Old Vinland School Road in Pickens County. As he was turning onto Highway 183, a 2006 Toyota Camry struck his ATV and then fled the scene. Thornall was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. He was 37 years old. … Read More »
Which Factors Affect The Severity Of Motorcycle Accidents The Most?
If you are scrolling through news headlines, you could easily get the idea that catastrophic motorcycle accidents are an everyday occurrence. In fact, the worst motorcycle accidents account for only a tiny fraction of the total number of motorcycle trips. Most people enjoy thousands of uneventful rides over the course of their riding careers,… Read More »
Fatal Car Accident In Car Accident Parking Lot
Insurance companies receive claims every day about collisions that happened in parking lots, but most of these do not cause serious injury. Navigating your way into and out of a parking space is among the skills you must demonstrate on the road test before you can get a driver’s license, but novice drivers who… Read More »