In The News

It’s hard to forget the fatal 18-wheeler collision that took the life of 65-year-old TDOT technician David Younger in late April. According to the reports I read from WKRN, the accident took place around 9:40AM, Thursday, April 28th when a TDOT crew took three emergency vehicles down I-40 to respond to a worksite in Hickman County. […]

Just recently, Governor Bill Haslam declared a state of emergency in response to a pipeline burst, which leaked more than 6,000 barrels of gasoline down in Alabama.  This pipeline is the major source of gas to Nashville and several other cities in the Southeastern United States. When I read that an Executive Order had been […]

Luo Lang, a 44-year old Nashville woman, sustained critical injuries after she was struck by a hit and run driver while walking on I440 East near the Richardson Avenue Overpass. According to WKRN News, the car that struck Lang slowed down for just a moment before speeding away. A police hunt ensued for the driver […]

Here in Nashville, three of our main interstate routes, I-24, I-40, and I-65, are amongst the most heavily traveled by semi-trailer trucks. There is a constant flow of these large, dangerous, vehicles using these roads to travel the country. These trucks are constantly passing through our most heavily traveled areas, right through the downtown Metropolitan […]

One of Tennessee’s most important rules of the road regarding safety is also one if its least known. Specifically this is the Move Over Law. This is the law that requires a driver to move his vehicle into an adjacent lane of traffic, or slow down if moving over is not feasible, when approaching a […]