The Sunshine Skyway is known for its remarkable view and simple elegance. The 3 counties that the bridge sits over include Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Manatee. Furthermore, over 50,000 cars drive over the Skyway daily, with 2 to 3 times the people making the trek. In November of 2017, 1,800 LED lights were placed along the…
With the beautiful fall breeze, that fully decorated Christmas tree you put up the day after Halloween, and holiday cheer filling every place you go, how can anything go wrong? While you may have gotten the day off work, the stress of planning, traveling, and family make for one of the deadliest days of the…
NATIONAL—Uber requires their drivers to have car insurance, but if the app is on, then they provide supplemental insurance coverage. According to Uber, here’s how it works: Drivers are covered by their own insurance when they are offline. A driver is protected by a commercial automobile insurance policy with $1 million of liability per incident. This…
A car seat is one of the most important purchases you’ll make for your child. Why? Because child car seats save lives; indeed, that’s a fact. However, finding the right car seat for your child is no easy task. SaferCar.Gov recently released a video to help you through the decision-making process and keep your child safe. Check…
Wet season is about to begin in Central Florida. The attorneys here at Tripp Law Firm want to remind our fellow motorists that it’s illegal—and dangerous—to drive in the rain with your hazard lights on. FLORIDA—Summer is coming. All Floridians know what that means. Rain, and lots of it. Some drivers switch on their hazard…
Texting while driving increases your risk of an accident much more than previous studies have concluded. This is as a result of motorists taking their eyes off the road longer than they do when talking or listening on their cell phones. A study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute used cameras to continuously observe light…
A whiplash injury affects well over one million people in the U.S. each year and is the most common injury resulting from car accidents. Whiplash injury symptoms are often chronic problems that sometimes may persist for many years. Headaches, neck pain, low back pain, and travel anxieties are but a few of these symptoms. Up…
STATEWIDE – Three of Florida’s major highways have been ranked as the most dangerous in the nation. Interstate 4, Interstate 75 (I-275) and Interstate 95 have all been singled out as three of the most dangerous roads in the nation. But why? One motorist put it this way, “Anybody who lives in this part of…
NATIONAL – According to USA Today (1/25, Healey) reports, “Toyota says it knew there were problems with accelerator-pedal assemblies from supplier CTS late last year, but not enough to warrant a recall. The automaker says it hurriedly announced last Thursday a planned recall of 2.3 million Toyotas, back to 2005 models, because the defect trend…
AUTO ACCIDENTS ♦ TRUCK ACCIDENTS ♦ MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS ♦ BICYCLE ACCIDENTS ♦ SCOOTER ACCIDENTS ♦ PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS ♦ INJURED? Have questions? Florida Injury Attorney G. Alan Tripp, Jr. and his injury law team are available 24 hours a day for FREE telephone consultation. CALL the TRIPP LAW FIRM – Personal Injury Law at (888) 392-5297….
