Category Archives: distracted driving
The Number of Distracted Driving Crashes in Tennessee Reaches Record High
In December 2015, the Kuck family was struck by a driver on Highway 50, which severely injured the family’s youngest daughter and killed one one of the family’s daughters. The Tennessee Highway Patrol has reported that distracted driving is one of the main focuses of the investigation. Distracted driving refers to operating a motor… Read More »
Distracted Driving Took 51 Lives In Tennessee Last Year
A recent report by Fox 6 WBRC shed some light on the sharp uptick in auto accident fatalities caused, at least in part, by distracted driving. The report highlighted one particularly tragic case of a young mother who lost her oldest daughter in a rear-end accident with a seemingly distracted driver who failed to… Read More »
Beverley High School Students Raise Awareness About Texting and Driving
Two ambitious high school students named Luke Samperi and Callie Donovan have partnered with the Triad Driving School to help raise awareness for one of their generation’s most troubling behaviors: texting while driving. According to Samperi, the impetus of this awareness campaign came from so many of their peers texting and driving. Through their… Read More »
Drowsy Driving Accident Closes Interstate
A car was overturned after hitting a stopped vehicle in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 24 late last year. On Friday, December 5, at around 3:15 a.m. near the Harding Place exit on Interstate 24, police reported that a white Camaro had been seen driving recklessly on the road. Soon afterwards, multiple calls to… Read More »
Nashville Police Offer Pedestrian Safety Tips
Nashville Metro police are stressing pedestrian safety and the importance of avoiding situations that could cause accidents. So far this year, sixteen pedestrians have been killed in accidents involving a vehicle. In one case, a pedestrian was hit at night by a car with the headlights off when he was not crossing the street… Read More »
TDOT Launches Witty Anti-Phone Campaign
Earlier last month, drivers on the interstates in Tennessee undoubtedly noticed new signs up on the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) message boards. They read, “Eyes on the road and your head out of your apps,” and were part of the department’s new campaign to keep drivers from using their phones while behind the… Read More »
