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When she felt a sharp pain on her foot after walking into a Spotsylvania County LongHorn Steakhouse, Rachel Myrick assumed she'd been stung by a bee and tried to brush it off. But soon, as she told the The Free Lance-Star, the pain turned excrutiating.
A common argument against the widespread adoption of driverless technology is that the cars can be hacked. Perhaps these people should consider the possibility of hacking versus the fact that chronic drunk driving offenders are free to stay on the roads, imperiling - and often killing - innocent people every single day in this country.
Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, and Anderson. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers or distracted drivers. Whatever the cause, car accidents are a major safety and economic issue for the communities in this vast region.
Bicycling is becoming more popular in the Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, and Anderson region. And with this growing popularity comes a growing risk of serious or fatal bicycle crashes.
Truckers are a growing motorist group using South Carolina and North Carolina highways, and commercial trucking accidents occur regularly in the Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, and Anderson region. When a truck crash happens, serious injuries and fatalities are a common result.
Common causes of commercial truck accidents in Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, and Anderson
According to IIHS, a large percentage of trucking crashes are caused by:
The size and speed of trains brings death and destruction to anyone and anything in their path. The main forms of train accidents are train derailments, train and pedestrian accidents, and train and car accidents.
To learn about train accidents in Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, and Anderson, go to the Federal Railroad Administration site.
At one point or another, everyone is a pedestrian. As the expense of driving and insuring a vehicle rise, more and more people choose to walk to their destinations. As the number of pedestrians increases, so do the number of pedestrian accidents. To see where the Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, and Anderson region ranks in terms of pedestrian collisions nationally, please go to this National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report.