The holidays are fast approaching, and people everywhere are traveling to spend the holidays with loved ones. That means high traffic volumes and a whole lot of road rage. As you probably know, road rage occurs when a driver becomes agitated and angry at another driver. The problem with road rage is that it can [...]
Texting while driving is extremely dangerous. Reading a text message successfully distracts a driver for five seconds, and at 55mph—the national average speed—that means a driver is distracted for the distance of a football field. When a driver allows themselves to be distracted by a cellphone, they are being negligent and can be held liable [...]
In the United States, approximately 2.5 million people are involved in car accendents each year. Of those, 1.6 million involve the use of a cellphone. That’s 64% of all traffic accidents in the US. Driving an automobile while distracted by your cellphone is inherently dangerous, and if you cause an accident while using a cellphone [...]
Picture this: It’s a Monday morning, you’re already running late for work, so you pour your coffee into a to-go mug, thinking, ‘I’ll just drink it on my drive in.” While balancing your bag in one hand and your precious coffee in the other, you fumble for your keys to unlock the car door. You [...]
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April is nationally recognized as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in order to remind drivers that doing other tasks while behind the wheel can be extremely dangerous to everyone. According to officials with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the most dangerous distraction when a person is behind the wheel is texting, because it takes away [...]
Two people were transported to the hospital after a car accident occurred on Kansas 5. According to the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office, the accident occurred just after 11 p.m. at the intersection of K-5 and 119th Street when a 23-year-old Kansas City man was traveling west and swerved to avoid hitting a vehicle that was [...]
A Kansas City man was arrested after allegedly stealing a deputy's personal truck from his home over the weekend. According to officials, the off-duty deputy realized that his home was broken into and truck was stolen while working in a workshop in his home. He called police officials just before 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. [...]
