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South Florida Motor Vehicle Accidents Increase as Tickets Decrease
A Sun-Sentinel report shows that the roads in South Florida are getting more dangerous for motorists; nevertheless police are issuing fewer tickets and citations than ever before. The newspaper’s analysis compared the numbers of motor vehicle collisions and traffic tickets and ci...
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Oct
Florida Road Rage Causes Fatal Hit-and-Run
A 58-year-old Orlando man was recently killed in a Merritt Island, Florida, accident that featured two phenomena that Florida drivers unfortunately know all too well: road rage and a hit-and-run accident. Even though leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident in which someone...
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Oct
Motorcycle Accidents Pose Unique Dangers
A Doral police officer riding on a motorcycle was recently involved in a collision with a tree after skidding off the road and sustaining head injuries which required him to be airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment. The officer was a ten-year veteran of the Doral P...
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Oct
Florida Distracted Driving Accident Kills Two Horses and Injures Riders
Recently, a crash in the Broward County community of Southwest Ranches provided yet another example of the dangers of distracted drivers for those on the road in Florida, both those in other vehicles as well as those who share the road with motor vehicles, be it pedestrians, cycl...
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Oct
Medical Expenses from a Florida Motor Vehicle Accident
Although Florida has one of the nation’s highest rates of residents without health insurance at 9. 1 percent, according to the Florida Policy Institute, many accident victims still may have private health insurance that may initially cover some or all of the individual’s medical t...
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Oct
Receiving Medical Treatment after a Florida Motor Vehicle Accident with No Health Insurance
If you are in a motor vehicle accident in Florida and you have suffered injuries as a result of another driver’s negligence, the chances are high that you will need medical treatment for those injuries. However, if you do not have health insurance, you may find yourself unable to...
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Oct
New Details Emerge Regarding Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Accident in Tempe, Arizona
Disturbing new details have emerged regarding what exactly occurred in the last minutes prior to the late March crash in which a bicyclist was killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle as she crossed a road while wheeling her bicycle in Tempe, Arizona. The Tempe police recently rele...
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Oct
Golf Cart Accidents and Related ER Visits Up Sharply in U.S.
According to a recent Inside Edition report, golf cart accidents are up sharply over the past two years and such accidents are increasingly resulting in serious injuries for those involved. In the last two years, golf cart accidents led to an estimated 35,000 trips to the emergen...
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Oct
Florida is Again the State with Both the Largest Numbers of Boating Accidents and Boating Fatalities, Highlighting the Dangers of Being on the Water in Florida
In 2017, Florida was again the state with the highest number of both total boating accidents and boating fatalities in the country according to statistics compiled by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC). Florida has hundreds of lakes in addition to its t...
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Oct
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance Coverage and Why It Is Essential for You to Carry in Florida
Uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) insurance is an often-misunderstood but particularly important type of insurance that is essential to carry in Florida as a part of your automobile liability insurance policy. While UM coverage can be added to your automobile liability insuran...
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Oct
What If Am I Rear-Ended by a Driver Who Flees the Scene of the Accident in Florida?
Imagine you are rear-ended by a driver in Florida. As required by Florida law, you immediately pull to the side of the road in order to exchange insurance and contact information with the other driver. Before you have a chance to even react, the other driver takes one look at you...
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Oct
Tesla Slams into Concrete Wall in Fort Lauderdale, Bursting into Flames Killing Two Teens and Prompting Federal Inquiry
A 2014 Tesla Model S recently ran into a concrete wall and burst into flames in Fort Lauderdale, killing two teenagers and prompting an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). According to a report from Bloomberg News, the teenagers were driving at a hig...
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