Category: Traffic Safety

  A bill to allow North Carolina motorcyclists over the age of 21 to ride without helmets has passed a committee of the state House. If this legislation becomes law, North Carolina will join South Carolina in relaxing laws on…

The North Carolina General Assembly submitted a proposal to eliminate the state’s annual vehicle inspection program. If passed, House Bill 59 would remove the requirement that owners have their automobiles examined yearly. It would also save drivers the $13.60 they…

By Ken W. Harrell, Managing Partner In the March 21 edition of the Charleston Post and Courier, the front page article detailed a “road rage” incident between Craig Culpepper, an off-duty police officer from North Carolina, and Chad Walton, a Summerville…

Drivers in South Carolina are allowed to text while operating a motor vehicle. But this might change in the near future due to a new bill in the works. State lawmakers are joining forces to ban people from texting when…

After the latest deadly car accident on McMillan Boulevard in Boiling Springs, neighbors are speaking up. They say this accident, which occurred in late February, is just one of numerous crashes that have happened there, so more needs to be…

The AAA Carolinas Foundation for Traffic Safety has named Easley an Outstanding Traffic Safe Community for 2012. Easley is one of 15 communities in South Carolina to be honored The foundation judges towns on the number of accidents and police…