Pasco Motorcyclist Dies In Crash

When you look at the effort that law-enforcement officials, government agencies, advocacy groups, and the manufacturers themselves put into motor vehicle safety initiatives you can’t help but be impressed. Things like airbags,  electronic stability control,  automatic braking, and automated driver alerts are slowly but surely chipping away at the root causes of injuries and fatalities [...]

Fatal Crash In Pasco Wednesday

We were fortunate enough here in Pasco County to go through several days without any serious injury accidents to report, but tragedy struck in Land O’ Lakes on Wednesday night. According to TampaBay.com, which is the online version of the St. Petersburg Times, there was a collision at the intersection of Foggy Ridge Parkway and [...]

Florida Personal Injury & Appropriate Communication

They say that there is a time and a place for everything, and whether or not that is literally true is open for debate. But when it comes to Florida personal injury cases there is indeed a time to be completely forthcoming, and there are times when you may want to be very discerning about [...]

Federal Investigation Concludes “Toyota Vehicles Are Safe To Drive”

There’s an old expression that goes something like this: “If it looks like a duck,  swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” This is interesting to keep in mind when you consider the results of a 10-month long study that was conducted by the Department of Transportation [...]

2011 Harley-Davidson Recall Announced

We keep our fingers on the pulse of vehicle recalls by frequently visiting the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website  SaferCar.gov, subscribing to the NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation updates and by generally paying close attention to auto safety news. Most of the recalls that we report on involve cars and trucks though we did [...]

NTSB Calls For Mandatory Helmet Laws

Discussions about highway safety and the operation of motor vehicles tend to conjure mental images of cars and trucks, and this is quite understandable. But of course there are also many motorcycles on the road, and when you think about the great lengths that are taken to protect the drivers of cars and trucks to [...]

Super Bowl Sunday: Party Safely

There are a handful of events that take place in the United States each year that define us as a culture, and many would say that the Super Bowl stands alone at the top of the heap. It is the biggest home party day of the year, and that is fantastic for the hosts and [...]

Florida Rep. Slosberg Champions Minor Traffic Safety Act

A little while back we offered some thoughts about the inherent challenges that teenage drivers face. Operating a motor vehicle is truly a life and death matter and though you can go through classroom training and drive under supervision, there is no substitute for experience. Certain types of hazardous road conditions that can develop spontaneously [...]

Fatal Pasco School Bus Crash Wednesday

Any type of motor vehicle accident is a big deal, but when there is a bus involved that has dozens of people on it the stakes get that much higher. When it is a school bus filled with children, you are talking about something that approaches the worst case scenario. We had just such an [...]

DUI Prevention Technology Moving Along

There is never an excuse for driving while intoxicated, but the fact is that people are human and they make mistakes. This is why the mandatory penalties for a first-offense DUI are harsh enough to act as a very significant deterrent while allowing the perpetrator to make amends and move forward with his or her [...]

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