Category Archives: Car Accident
Four People Killed In Three Accidents During Holiday Weekend
Long weekends in the summer tend to be peak times for motor vehicle accidents. When people have more than two days between shifts at work, they are more likely to go on road trips, and when the weather is warm, people are keen on outdoor recreation. Likewise, Memorial Day weekend and the Fourth of… Read More »
The Dangers Of Icy Roads In South Carolina
By some definitions, South Carolina counts as part of the Sun Belt. When people choose South Carolina as a retirement destination or as the location of a winter beach vacation, destination wedding, or bachelorette party, the mild weather is usually one of the reasons. The American alligator, a subtropical species, has a robust population… Read More »
Lane Change Accidents Are Not Always Minor
Changing lanes is a common cause of accidents for inexperienced drivers. It takes practice to get used to where your car’s blind spots are and to build the habit of looking in all your car’s mirrors before you change lanes. Speeding up before you change lanes is counterintuitive after you spent your previous driver’s… Read More »
Driver Who Caused Fatal Collision In 2020 Gets Prison Sentence
One of the principles of law in the United States is that no one should be unfairly punished; penalties should not be disproportionate to the crimes, such as the incident in the beginning of the novel Les Miserables, where a man in early 19th century France receives a years-long prison sentence for stealing a… Read More »
Driver Crashes Into Church Building After Suffering Medical Emergency While Driving
On December 30, an SUV was traveling on Ribault Road in Port Royal when the driver experienced what news sources described as a medical emergency. He lost control of the car and crossed the center lines. There were no cars oncoming, and his SUV continued traveling sideways until it struck a road sign, knocking… Read More »
New Driving-Related Laws Going Into Effect In South Carolina In 2026
If you follow the news carefully, then you know that members of South Carolina’s legislature are always drafting new laws and amendments to existing laws, voting on them, and modifying bills that did not pass, meaning that at least a few new laws go into effect each year. Some of the new laws going… Read More »
Beware Of Winter Driving Hazards In South Carolina
The winter season, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s, brings mixed emotions for many people. On the one hand, there is the general feeling of cheer, which the cooler weather brings and residents and retailers encourage with festive decorations, ambient music that features sleigh bells, and foods that you can only find at this time… Read More »
A Deadly DUI Collision Before The Driver Even Left The Parking Lot
The saying goes that friends don’t let friends drive drunk, but how far should you go to stop a drunk person from driving or a driver from drinking? Being a designated driver is one of the most thankless jobs around. It is no fun to be around a bunch of drunk people when you… Read More »
Three People Die In Head On Collision In Sumter County
Every town has its intersections and stretches of road that the local people just know are trouble. Sometimes they bear makeshift memorials, such as the “three wooden crosses” in the famous song. In other cases, the dangers of these unassuming sites in friendly towns live in the memory of the great Southern raconteurs that… Read More »
Dram Shop Liability And Underage Drunk Driving
Getting a fake ID and using it to buy alcoholic beverages under false pretenses is a young adult rite of passage, especially here in South Carolina, arguably the party school capital of the world. Consider that the most memorable part of the movie Superbad is the glaringly fake Hawaii driver’s license that identifies the… Read More »