West Virginia is among many states that undergo an annual road-construction season that puts up orange barrels in the spring and often leaves them generally in place until well into the fall months. Construction zone delays and backups generally are handled with...
Month: November 2020
Longest trips run highest accident risks
If you go on a trip in Virginia that lasts more than an hour, you are running a much greater motor vehicle accident risk than trips of shorter duration. Yet most accidents truly do happen close to home, a new study shows. High accidents rates in first six minutes The...
Widespread causes of truck accidents
One out of every 10 highway fatalities involves a large truck. This is despite the fact that large trucks comprise only 4% of the 268 million vehicles on U.S. roads. Drivers in Virginia should know that nearly 5,000 people died in truck crashes in 2017, not to mention...
8 people have been indicted on prison-related charges
In October 2020, a Virginia court issued 36 indictments against 35 individuals for several charges. Among these people were three prison employees and five other individuals who have been accused of having sex with inmates and bringing drugs into the prisons. The...