When Should A Senior Citizen Stop Driving?

There is no denying the fact that your faculties diminish when you reach an advanced age, and this is something that you have to keep in mind as it applies to operating a motor vehicle. There is an inherent Catch-22 involved in this situation because as you get older you are probably going to also [...]

Fatal Port Richey Accident Wednesday

Earlier in the month we reported on an incident that took place in the parking lot of a Publix  supermarket in Port Richey. 65-year-old Nitza Loyola-Smith was struck by a vehicle driven by Laverne Nathaniel Mills, 69, who was backing out of a parking space at the time. Loyola-Smith was hospitalized with serious injuries and [...]

NHTSA Awards Handed Out At Lifesavers Conference

We publish a lot of information about traffic safety and news about the accidents here in Pasco County and around the Tampa Bay area for one reason: We care about the well being of the community. If even one person reads one of our posts and refrains from risky behavior behind the wheel because of [...]

16th DUI?

You see a lot of strange stories when you are keeping your finger on the pulse of traffic safety news, and some of them really boggle the mind. Just last week we reported on the Pasco DUI case involving William David Naugle, a 43-year-old Zephyrhills resident. After a Pasco County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a [...]

Pasco Senior Struck In Parking Lot Succombs To Injuries

We are forced to pass along the sad news about 65-year-old New Port Richey resident Nitza Loyola-Smith who passed away on Thursday as a result of injuries that she suffered on March 3rd. Loyola-Smith was in the Publix parking lot in Port Richey when she was struck by a Toyota sport utility vehicle that was [...]

A Car Can Be A Deadly Weapon

When you are interested in automotive safety you can talk about specific actions and behaviors, like drinking while driving, texting while driving, making sure your car is in proper repair, and any number of other things. But at the root the single most important thing you can do to simplify it all is to truly [...]

Finding The Right Car For A Teen Driver

It could be argued that once you reach the age when you no longer believe in Santa Claus the next really, really big event in your life is going to be the day when you get your driver’s license. It is indeed like the grand countdown to Christmas when you are a young child anxiously [...]

Pasco Man Racks Up DUI #5

There are those who say “some people never learn,” but some of the optimists among us will question this, suggesting that it is human nature to learn from your mistakes. When you err, you generally feel as though you can do better and try not to make the same mistake twice. Plus, aside from your [...]

“Sexting” Leads To Pasco DUI Arrest

We are all well aware of the fact that driving while under the influence is one of the prime causes of traffic fatalities in the United States. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in 2009 DUI-related fatal crashes accounted for over 30% of all highway fatalities. Meanwhile, slowly but surely the [...]

Florida Car Insurance Costs Less Than National Average

Insure.com publishes rankings of the average cost of auto insurance state by state, and this year Florida is on the bottom half of the list. The national average is $1,561 per year,  and here in Florida the average cost is $1,476, which puts us in 29th place.  By comparison, Michigan is the state at the [...]

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