New Toyota Recall: 2.3 Million Vehicles This Time

We reported on the recent findings of a NHTSA study that concluded that there were no electrical defects behind the thousands of reports of sticking accelerator pedals on Toyota motor vehicles. “We feel that Toyota vehicles are safe to drive ” was the widely circulated quick quote from Transportation Secretary  Ray LaHood after the results [...]

Kudos To Local Good Samaritans

When you tune into the news you read about a lot of tragic events and negligent actions by the individuals that cause them. This can get you thinking that we live in a world of gloom and doom where our fellow citizens cause more harm than good, but of course this is not the case. [...]

Florida Joins AAA Safe Road Mapping Efforts

Once upon a time, way back when, in the olden days before the advent of the personal computer people used to get road trips routed on maps as one of the benefits of their American Automobile Association membership. Of course the AAA still provides you with this service in person, but they also offer it [...]

DUI Suspect Nearly Hits Child With Ice Cream Truck

As we consistently pass along New Port Richey injury accident news we try to emphasize the enormity of the responsibility that you undertake when you get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.  When you hear about the injuries and deaths and absorb the details you find that more often than not these tragic occurrences [...]

Big Dorel Child Safety Seat Recall Announced

We recently passed along information about how consumers can contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to lodge a safety complaint regarding motor vehicles, tires, and other automotive equipment. It is this information that helps make the system work as well as it does and it underscores the need for cooperation between individual consumers and [...]

9-Year-Old Hurt In Pasco Crash

There was an accident on Friday at about 5:40 PM on Mill Creek Road that resulted in the hospitalization of nine-year-old New Port Richey resident Adrianna Quedens. TampaBay.com, which is the online version of the St. Petersburg Times reports that the youngster darted out into the street and into the path of a 2004 Hyundai [...]

How To File An Automotive Product Safety Complaint

In many instances the only way that a manufacturer of a defective product will know there is a problem is when enough people bring it to the attention of the powers that be. It is true that automotive manufacturers, tire manufacturers, aftermarket automotive supply makers, and child car seat companies all have quality control mechanisms [...]

Fatal Accident In Land O’ Lakes

We must share a sad report from the St. Petersburg  Times about a fatal one-car accident that took place in Land O’ Lakes on Monday evening. A Hudson man who is not currently being identified by the Florida Highway Patrol lost control of his pickup truck at about 7:00 p.m. on SR 54 in the [...]

Pasco Injury Accident Shuts Down SR 52

According to TampaBay.com, which is the online version of the St. Petersburg Times, there was an injury accident in Pasco County on Monday that resulted in serious injuries to 22-year-old Hudson resident Jessica Vazquez. It happened on State Road 52 when Ms. Vazquez was driving out of one shopping center parking lot and into another [...]

Traffic Safety: It’s A Matter Of Focus

There is a quote that is alternately attributed to baseball Hall-Of-Famer Yogi Berra and former Philadelphia Phillies manager Danny Ozark: ” Ninety percent of this game is half-mental.” This is one of those “Yogi-isms” that is funny in the way that it contradicts itself yet you know what he means all the same. It would [...]

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