When you have been injured, a responsible insurance carrier you pay your claim promptly and fairly. That’s part of what you pay for when we pay insurance premiums every month, after all. Unfortunately, one of the largest insurance companies in…
Teen Driving Laws in West Virginia
Teenagers in West Virginia don’t receive a driver’s license all at once. The state enforces learning to drive in stages between the ages of 15 and 17, known as the Graduated Driver’s License (GDL) system. This provides teenagers with opportunities…
How Long Do You Have to Report a Car Accident in West Virginia?
If a car accident either injures or kills someone or causes more than $1,000 in damage, you must report it right away to police, according to West Virginia law. An accident that injures or kills someone and causes more than…
Texting and Driving
Texting and driving are part of the larger issue of distracted driving, which caused 3,166 traffic deaths in 2017, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Distracted driving injures more than 1,000 Americans every day, according to the U.S….
Failure to Yield
Drivers who don’t yield to other vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists when the law requires it have committed a traffic offense called failure to yield. West Virginia drivers are required to follow traffic laws. If they don’t, they can be held…