15

Sep

Study Shows Pedestrian Detection Equipment Not Fully Trustworthy

Confirming what many safety experts already knew, AAA recently released a report demonstrating that although the capabilities of many new vehicles’ safety features are steadily improving, they cannot be considered reliable just yet. Specifically, the study found that the systems...

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15

Sep

Florida Emotional Distress Claim Faces an Uphill Battle

A construction worker who witnessed two co-workers falling off scaffolding to their deaths, while at work building a resort hotel near Walt Disney World in August 2018, has sued Marriott and the construction company responsible for building the hotel for emotional distress relate...

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15

Sep

Another Florida Pedestrian Accident Highlights Road Danger

A pedestrian accident at an intersection in Palm Beach Gardens has highlighted the need for municipal authorities in Palm Beach County and in other communities throughout Florida to take steps ensuring pedestrian safety on Florida’s roadways. Intersections throughout the Sunshine...

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15

Sep

Jet Ski Tragedy Reflects Frequency of Florida Boating Accidents

Florida boating accidents are a huge problem. The Sunshine State has the highest number of registered boats of any state in the country. It also has one of the highest rates of boating accidents of any state in the country, both in terms of the number of accidents that occur on F...

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15

Sep

Fort Myers Fatality Shines Spotlight on Florida Hit-and-Run Accidents

A fatal accident in Fort Myers recently brought the issue of hit-and-run fatalities into the Florida news yet again. The accident involved a motorist who killed a mother of eight and then fled the scene of the accident on foot. Thankfully, police were able to catch the individual...

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15

Sep

Waymo Plans to Test its Self-Driving Vehicles in Florida

Self-driving cars are soon headed for the streets of Florida. Self-driving vehicle manufacturer Waymo, a subsidiary of the same parent company that also owns Google, recently announced that it would begin test-driving its self-driving vehicles on Florida’s roads. The company is d...

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15

Sep

Tampa Collision Highlights Truck Dangers on Florida’s Highways

Anyone who has ever driven on a highway in the Sunshine State knows that Florida has a problem with large trucks on its highways. More than in many other states, the highways in Florida are clogged with large trucks that endanger drivers on our highways and cause accidents all ov...

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15

Sep

Accident Dash Cam Footage Shows Tractor Trailer Menace

More news recently came out regarding the tragic accident from January 2019 on Interstate 75 near Gainesville that made the national news in which five Louisiana teenagers on their way to Walt Disney World in Orlando and two others were killed when a tractor trailer pulled out di...

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15

Sep

On-the-Job Death: Who is Responsible for this Drowning?

What has been called a freak accident at an apartment complex in Venice on Florida’s West Coast several weeks ago involving a landscaper and a lawn mower ended with an on-the-job death when the landscaper drowned in a lake after he was trapped underneath the lawn mower. The detai...

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15

Sep

Road Rage: Not a Wise Choice

In an episode demonstrating both the dangers of hit-and-run accidents as well as the similar dangers posed when motorists engage in road rage, a crash in Fort Lauderdale ended up in the news recently. The accident, which took place in January 2019, was the feature of a news artic...

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15

Sep

Explosion Injures More Than 20 People and Levels Businesses

In a South Florida story that made national news, more than 20 people were injured in a natural gas explosion as a result of a suspected gas leak that leveled the majority of a mall in Plantation in Broward County. The explosion took place over the Fourth of July weekend and dest...

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15

Sep

Florida Hit-and-Run Accident Victim Taken Off Life Support

A University of Central Florida student was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident involving a drunk driver in Orlando recently while she was out walking near the UCF campus. Her family eventually had to make the excruciating decision to remove her from life support due to...

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