Farrow Road in Columbia was the scene of an accident on August 11 which resulted in property damage and injured two people, one a man on a bicycle and the other a pregnant woman in one of the cars.
The crash occurred when a driver pulled from the Hot Spot gasoline station into the path of a vehicle traveling on Farrow Road. The impact caused the car on Farrow to smash into a stop sign, strike a man on a bicycle, and finally crash into a building at 2315 Academy St.
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It’s back-to-school time. Even if you don’t have children in your house, you surely know it’s that time of year because of the number of advertisements in your newspaper and mailbox for back-to-school supplies and clothing. All of us who drive cars must now be more vigilant, because kids will be walking to and from school and getting on and off school buses, and they might be paying more attention to their friends than to traffic.
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On May 28 we shared the story of a modern-day David and Goliath – West Sixth Brewing and Magic Hat – fighting a trademark infringement battle through the use of social media, including an online petition which garnered more than 17,000 signatures on behalf of West Sixth. The companies have reached a confidential settlement. West Sixth agreed to remove a star and the word “Company” from its logo.
Will Montague, a lawyer who deals with intellectual-property issues, opined that while Magic Hat won a legal victory in forcing West Sixth’s logo change, “West Sixth had a huge victory because of the very skillful social-media campaign it conducted, which is relatively new.” Montague said taking this approach “was a gamble on West Sixth’s part.” And, as we pointed out in our initial post, the best course is to “run things by” your attorney first.
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If you’re one of the nearly three million people who drive certain Jeeps – Grand Cherokees made between 1993 and 2004 and Libertys made between 2002 and 2007 – you’re probably watching the latest “flare up” between the government and Chrysler with a mixture of shock and awe.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants these models recalled because the location of the fuel tank makes it subject to fire in a rear-impact crash. (It is behind the rear axle, slightly below the bumper.) But in a rare move, Chrysler Group has refused to recall the SUVs. They deny that the vehicles are unsafe and assert that the fuel systems “do not pose an unreasonable risk” and that Chrysler “stands behind the quality and safety of its vehicles..
Chrysler did say, however, that it will work with NHTSA to resolve the dispute.
The U.S. Senate recently held hearings to consider the legal implications of the automated robot-driven cars being tested in three states — Nevada, California and Florida.
Wonder why they’re spending time and money on unlikely scenarios right out of Back to the Future and The Jetsons? The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers predicts that 75 percent of cars on the road in 2040 will be self-driving. InsuranceQuotes.com put together this infographic pointing to other statistics that may surprise you about the car of the future. http://www.insurancequotes.com/self-driving-cars/
One of the models being tested is a modified Toyota Prius which includes these features to allow it to navigate public roads without a driver:
The number of South Carolinians who died in auto accidents involving a drunk driver dropped in 2011.
Drunk driving deaths in South Carolina fell from 353 in 2010 to 315 in 2011. Ours was one of only four states where fatalities involving drunk driving accidents decreased by 30 or more. The others were Texas (-57), New York (-45) and Tennessee (-31).
But even one alcohol-related death is one too many. And innocent people will continue to die as long as impaired motorists continue to climb behind the wheel.
A winter storm that dropped freezing rain and a glaze of ice on South Carolina is being blamed for dozens of car crashes and at least one death.
Seventy automobile accidents were reported in Greenville County as a result of the January 25 storm.
And a driver in Easley was killed when his car skidded on deadly highway ice.
A rear-end crash near Woodruff has resulted in a felony DUI charge and six people injured.
The wreck happened January 11 when a driver ran into the back of another car on Highway 221, causing it to flip over and then drifted into oncoming traffic and hit another car head-on.
Three passengers in the flipped car – along with all three drivers – were taken to the hospital.
Here’s a hopeful start to the new year: only half as many people were killed in South Carolina car wrecks in the first days of 2013 as compared with 2012.
Seven people have died on South Carolina highways through January 6. That is down from the 13 highway deaths for this same time period in 2012.
These numbers are from the latest highway fatality report by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
Every person convicted of DUI in South Carolina – even first-time offenders – would have to pass a breathalyzer test before being able to start their cars if one state legislator gets his way.
Currently, a so-called ignition interlock device is required only for those who have at least two DUI convictions in the Palmetto State.
But state Senator Joel Lourie, a Democrat from Columbia, said he intends to file a bill in the upcoming General Assembly session requiring ignition interlock even for DUI first-offenders.
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