Truck accidents in North Carolina tend to cause more fatalities and serious injuries than other types of motor vehicle accidents. Worse is the fact that many of these accidents are preventable in the first place. While a driver can do many things to avoid an accident,...
Month: October 2019
Crash statistics: Which counties in northeast North Carolina are the most dangerous?
In northeast North Carolina, which counties are the most dangerous for driving? The dubious top spot belongs to Wake County. In 2018, it had an accident rate that was nearly three times as high as Durham County, which the second-most-dangerous county. Johnston County,...
How can drowsy driving hurt you?
There are many roads in North Carolina and even more drivers that use them. Today, we at Hardee & Hardee, attorneys at law, will discuss the increasingly prevalent problem of drowsy driving and how other drivers on the road partaking in this behavior may impact...
How can a traumatic brain injury impact your life?
If you’ve been in a major car accident that caused a violent jerking of the head, had a fall where you struck your head or otherwise suffered trauma to your head, it is possible you have a traumatic brain injury (TBI). While most people in North Carolina fully recover...
Efforts to improve traffic safety in Greenville
Greenville is consistently one of the worst cities of comparable size in North Carolina for motor vehicle crashes, according to the state's Department of Transportation. Over a three-year period, from 2015 to 2017, the DOT's reports demonstrated that Greenville had...
Steps to preserve and use truck black box data
A collision between a large truck and your regular passenger vehicle can be devastating. Sometimes weighing as much as 80,000 pounds, a truck has a significant weight advantage over your car or pickup, meaning that it can strike your vehicle with more force than you...