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Transportation For America » Dangerous By Design. A new report about the 76,000 pedestrian deaths over the past 15 years in America. Ne such victim was young Tiara Rosa, a pedestrian killed in Richmond las January. This happens because the transportation infrastructure in America is so car-centered that any other form of transports is under-funded

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National Drowsy Driving Prevention Week | Richmond VA Accident Injury Lawyer

Virginia Driver Fatigue Tips I posted a new article on Wayne O’Bryan Law about sleep deprived drivers and how dangerous it is to drive when you are fatigued. If you have been injured in an accident, by a sleep deprived driver for example, you need good information. Help yourself to my FREE book for Virginia

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National Teen Driver Safety Week | Virginia Teen Driving Restrictions | Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer

Teen Driver Tips from Virginia DMV. Tomorrow is the end of National Teen Driver Safety Week in America. If you have a teenager, one of the scariest moments in your life is when your teen starts to drive. Car accidents kill many teenagers. In Virginia there are some laws to help keep teen drivers a

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Truckers want a right to text while driving | Virginia tractor trailer wreck lawyer

Driven to Distraction – Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab. Truckers want to keep the right to use their on-board computers while driving, and to be exempt from a potentially nationwide ban on texting while driving. This despite a study by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that found that truckers who use on-board computers

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Culpeper resident charged with DUI after wreck Friday | Virginia Accident Lawyer

Culpeper resident charged with DUI after wreck Friday. Timothy O’Roark was driving his Ford Ranger on Homeland Road in Culpeper, Virginia when he crossed the yellow line and sideswiped a Dodge Neon driven by Miranda Settle, causing her car to go off the road and over an embankment. Ms. Settle was taken to Fauquier Hospital,

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Three hospitalized after wreck on Va. 122 | Virginia Car Accident Lawyer

Three hospitalized after wreck on Va. 122. There was a head-on collision on Virginia Route 122 near Moneta, VA on Wednesday evening around 5:30 pm. Sammy Martin of Ferrum, VA was driving a 2004 Ford Taurus when he crossed the center line and hot a 1999 Chevy Malibu driven by Craig Powers. Both drivers and

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Man killed in Richmond crash | Virginia Car Accident Lawyer

Man killed in Richmond crash | Richmond Times-Dispatch. Early Saturday morning a young man named Dennis Smith was killed in a car accident in south Richmond, Virginia. He was a passenger in a car driving westbound on Hull Street Road near Belt Boulevard that struck an eastbound flatbed wrecker truck as it was making a

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Virginia Drivers having fewer accidents | Virginia Car Wreck Lawyer

Allstate (IMHO arguably America’s worst insurance company, but that is a subject for another post) has recently released its Fifth Annual America’s Best Drivers Report. The best news is that Virginia has five of the top ten most improved driving cities.  The entire list was topped by Alexandria.  Also in the top ten were Hampton,

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Motorcycle wreck kills two men in Augusta County| Virginia bike accident lawyer

via Fatal Reminder. There was a spike in Virginia motorcycle accidents in 2007 and the rate has declined since then. But last Sunday, a Midlothian, Virginia man was one of two motorcycle riders killed when their identical 2005 Harley Davidson bikes had a head on collision on June 28, 2009  on U.S. Route 250 in

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Accidents leave three dead in Pittsylvania County | southside Virginia personal injury lawyer

Accidents leave three dead in Pittsylvania County. Alice Kates Adkins, 73, of Danville, Virginia and passenger Violet Lines Kates, 91, of South Boston (in southside Virginia) were killed when their vehicle, a 1995 Mazda Protégé, was struck by a 1997 Pontiac Grand Am. The wreck happened Saturday morning at the intersection of Old Richmond Road

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