Category: Distracted Driving

Since South Carolina lawmakers have delayed action on legislation to make texting while driving illegal, South Carolina remains among the states without laws restricting texting or other cellphone use while driving. That means South Carolinians may face more distracted-driving dangers…

By now, we’ve all heard of the dangers of texting while driving. Most states have adopted laws to curb it. But there’s another warning you probably haven’t heard: talking into a mobile device that translates words into a text message is…

Although a majority of South Carolina’s legislators have shown support for a statewide ban on texting while driving as a public safety issue, a Senate panel has decided that it will postpone acting on a proposed ban until at least…

Texting while driving is a dangerous activity. And people at the University of South Carolina experienced this reality firsthand, thanks to AT&T’s “No Text on Board, It Can Wait” campaign, ABC Columbia reported. AT&T invited students to go on a…

By Ken Harrell, Managing Partner Most responsible drivers (including most teen drivers) are well aware of the dangers of driving while intoxicated. Every year, our law firm sees several cases where a fatality or serious injury has occurred due to a…

The South Carolina Highway Patrol wants high school students to know the dangers of texting while driving. That’s why it is teaming up with Subway for a second year to promote its W8 2 Txt program and spread awareness of this…

Excuse the distraction, but this is an important message. Do you know that adults are more likely than teens to text while driving? To make matters worse, adult drivers know the practice is unsafe. According to a report by USA…

More than 25 percent of American teens admit to the dangerous habit of texting while behind the wheel resulting to teen driving accidents. Now a South Carolina group wants to reduce that statistic with the help of a special technology. The Canary Project,…