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Parsons Police Chief Dale King recently conducted an important study of local wrecks in an effort to curb the rate of deadly car accidents in the small Tennessee town. The two-year long study indicated that Tennessee drivers were at the greatest risk of being involved in a wreck between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, and 6 p.m. and 8 p.m....
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Every year, thousands of pedestrians are killed in U.S. car accidents, and statistics show that children and senior citizens represent the demographics most likely to be killed in pedestrian accidents in the United States. While considerable attention is paid to the risks of Tennessee car accidents for vehicle occupants, equal focus should be directed towards the risk of injury and...
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Voice-activated features on today's cell phones may make it easier for drivers to text or talk on the phone while behind the wheel, but a new AAA study indicates that hands-free technology is more dangerous than previously thought. In fact, the research suggests that drivers who use hands-free features on their cell phones are two times more distracted than those...
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The Tennessee Claims Commission recently placed some of the fault on the state in the tragic car accident that resulted in the death of 18-year-old Shipley Buckner in 2010. The three commissioners assigned 37.5% of the comparative fault to the state, while the driver of the vehicle involved in the collision was assigned 47.5% comparative fault, and Buckner herself was...
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According to a new study conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute, it is no safer to send text messages using a voice-to-text app while driving than it is to sent text message manually. Wireless providers created hands-free texting apps to lessen the effects of manual texting behind the wheel, and drivers involved in the latest study reported feeling safer when...
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State Rep. Jeremy Faison says he will sponsor legislation next year to reduce the legal standard for a presumption of drunk driving in Tennessee from the national standard of 0.08% to 0.05%, as recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB recommended this week that U.S. states lower the threshold for DUI to 0.05% – which is the...
