The national automobile safety advocacy group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety recently released its 19th annual Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws, a report rating all fifty states for the effectiveness of their traffic safety laws. Perhaps unsurprisingly for many Floridians, Florida was only one of eleven states that were rated as a “danger”…
An accident between a semi-truck and a train in rural Hendry County in central Florida occurred early on a recent Monday morning and resulted not only in the death of the truck driver but also in the closure of a major road in both directions. According to a report from a local media outlet, the…
Right before Thanksgiving, a van carrying a college cross-country team from Oregon was involved in a serious, multi-vehicle accident on I-75 in southern Alachua County. Ten people were ultimately injured and had to be hospitalized as a result of those injuries from the crash. An article from local news affiliate WCJB regarding the crash reported…
A recent electric scooter accident in Tampa in which a child was killed reflects the danger of these vehicles, particularly when the scooter’s operator is not following the law or, even worse yet, is impaired while operating the scooter. According to an update on this accident from accident investigators, a 37-year-old man and a 10-year-old…
A star NFL player was injured and is possibly out for the season after suffering injuries in what he is describing as a “freak accident” while he was on an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) excursion while on an off-week vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. According to an article regarding the accident from ESPN.com, New York…
One of the proponents of the law that ensures that motorcycle riders in Florida do not have to wear helmets was killed in a motorcycle accident recently. Attorney Ron Smith and his girlfriend were on their way to a funeral on Smith’s motorcycle when Smith lost control of his bike and crashed into a truck…
A recent trucking accident in Jacksonville serves as yet another reminder of just how dangerous it is when drowsy drivers are behind the wheel, particularly when the drowsy driver in question is at the wheel of a truck. According to an article regarding the accident from News 4 Jax, a box truck carrying industrial cleaning chemicals…
What if I Am Not Wearing My Seatbelt and Someone Else Hits and Injures Me? You are in a hurry to get to work, so you jump into your car and don’t put your seatbelt on before you immediately pull out of your driveway, instead planning to buckle up at the first red light you…
A recent accident on the Florida Turnpike in Lake County outside Orlando resulted in a fatality when a motorist made the questionable decision to try and cross all lanes of traffic on foot according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). According to an article on the incident from Click Orlando, the man crashed his vehicle on…
Is He or She Entitled to Seek Compensation for Her Injury and What Is the Process For Doing So? Your daughter is riding her scooter down the street when a motorist driving down the road and not even paying attention but, instead looking at his phone, has a low-speed impact on your daughter, knocking her…
