Daylight Savings: Lose An Hour, Don’t Lose Your Life
Daylight Savings Time Brings Fatal Car Crashes The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Highway Safety Challenge is reporting a consistently high number of fatal traffic crashes on Virginia’s roadways. In past years, Virginia has seen increases in the number of fatal crashes year over year. So far, in 2020, that number is on par with the same…
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Roadways Are Dangerous for Truckers Too
Roadways Are Dangerous for Truckers Too There has been much press lately about truck crashes and the danger to smaller vehicles due to truck driver error. Due to the size of large trucks, the danger to smaller vehicles on the highway is indisputable. When there is a crash involving a truck and a smaller vehicle,…
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Car Crashes: More Dangerous For Women
Car Crashes: More Dangerous For Women Consumer Reports is reporting that today’s automobiles are less safe for women than for their male counterparts. A study out of the University of Virginia shows that seat-belted women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a car crash than men. This is mostly because test dummies…
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Proposed Cuts To Social Security Disability Benefits
Proposed Cuts To Social Security Disability Benefits The Trump Administration has announced proposed cuts to disability benefits. These cuts come in the form of new rules for the Social Security Disability program, and these new rules could affect tens of thousands of people. Let’s examine some of the proposed cuts to Social Security Disability benefits:…
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Drunk Driving: DUI Crash In Berkeley County West Virginia
Drunk Driving: DUI Crash In Berkeley County, West Virginia The Washington Post is reporting that a Winchester man was arrested after driving drunk on New Year’s Day and causing a crash in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The wreck occurred on Interstate 81 southbound in Berkeley County. Cody Wade Braithwaite of Winchester was charged with DUI…
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Fatal Accidents On The Rise In Clarke County
Fatal Accidents On The Rise In Clarke County According to recent statistics from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety’s (IIHS), the probability of dying in a car accident has declined by more than one-third in the past three years. The IIHS stats show that in 2012, there were 7,700 less fatal car accidents than 27…
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Route 11/North Valley Pike Tractor Trailer Crash
Route 11/North Valley Pike Tractor Trailer Crash 1/2/20 Post Update — The Harlow family requests assistance with funeral expenses during this very difficult time. If you would like to help out, please see the information below. Please consider helping this family by making a donation for funeral expenses to Kyger Funeral Home. The Rockingham County…
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Long-Term Disability: How to Win
Long-Term Disability: How To Win If your long-term disability company has denied you benefits, there are a few things you’ll need to be prepared to address if you are going to try to appeal your case. First, there are periods or components of long-term disability that you should be aware of. Those components include not…
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Route 257 Rockingham County Accident: The Importance of Seat Belt Usage
Route 257 Rockingham County Accident: The Importance of Seat Belt Usage One of the most important choices that drivers and passengers can make is to use their seat belts while operating or riding in a vehicle. Recently, many drivers in the United States are beginning to understand the importance of using their seat belts. In…
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Most Dangerous Roads in Page County
Most Dangerous Roads In Page County Traffic safety researchers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have known for a long time that the majority of fatal crashes occur on rural roads. While recent studies have shown many of the differences between rural and urban crashes, it is still not clear if most rural crashes…
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