Dangerous Roads

Interstate 81 connects a number of Virginia's towns and cities, specifically, Abingdon, Blacksburg, Bristol, Christiansburg, Lexington, Marion, Radford, Radford, and Salem, to name only a few.  Although I-81 makes travel easier for millions of Virginians, the interstate is traveled by tens of thousands of cars, trucks, and buses every day, and is the scene of many car accident crashes, injuries, and death. In fact, in August 2009, Christian Davenport wrote a story for the Washington Post about the dangers of I-81 entitled, "On Accident Plagued Interstate 81 in Va., Fear Becomes a Travelling Companion." The growing number of vehicles on I-81 has led to a huge increase in car and truck accidents.  In 2009, tractor trailers accounted for one of every four vehicles on the highway according to the story, and traffic has tripled in the past 20 years in the Winchester and Roanoke regions, from 20,000 to 60,000 vehicles a day.  Also in that article, Lon Anderson, spokesman for AAA Mid-Atlantic was quoted as saying, "To be blunt: If you're driving a car and you have a truck in front and a truck behind and a truck passing you, it's not difficult to determine who the jelly in the sandwich is if things go bad."  Consult an experienced personal injury attorney if you have been injured in an automobile accident.  Call us at Altizer & Altizer at 540-345-2000 or toll free at 800-310-5777, or visit us at our website, www.AltizerLaw.com.