angel oakSouth Carolina singularities
• Adjutant general: The head of the state's national guard, the adjutant general, is a statewide elected official.
• Driving Under the Influence: South Carolina is the only state in the nation with mandatory videotaping by the arresting officer of the DUI arrest and breath test.
• Fire Safety Regulations: South Carolina is the only state that allows fire officials to sidestep a federal regulation requiring that for every employee doing hazardous work inside a building, one must be outside.
• School Buses: South Carolina is the only state in the nation that owns and operates its own school bus fleet.
• Strokes: South Carolina has the highest rate of stroke deaths in the nation.
• Black Water River: With the Edisto River, South Carolina has the longest completely undammed / unleveed blackwater river in North America.
• Outdoor Sculpture: South Carolina is home to the world's largest collection of outdoor sculpture located at Brookgreen Gardens.
• Landscaped Gardens: South Carolina is home to the oldest landscaped gardens in the United States, at Middleton Place near Charleston.
• Adjutant general: The head of the state's national guard, the adjutant general, is a statewide elected official.
• Driving Under the Influence: South Carolina is the only state in the nation with mandatory videotaping by the arresting officer of the DUI arrest and breath test.
• Fire Safety Regulations: South Carolina is the only state that allows fire officials to sidestep a federal regulation requiring that for every employee doing hazardous work inside a building, one must be outside.
• School Buses: South Carolina is the only state in the nation that owns and operates its own school bus fleet.
• Strokes: South Carolina has the highest rate of stroke deaths in the nation.
• Black Water River: With the Edisto River, South Carolina has the longest completely undammed / unleveed blackwater river in North America.
• Outdoor Sculpture: South Carolina is home to the world's largest collection of outdoor sculpture located at Brookgreen Gardens.
• Landscaped Gardens: South Carolina is home to the oldest landscaped gardens in the United States, at Middleton Place near Charleston.
