Among all motor vehicles, motorcycles are the most vulnerable on the road. Because motorcycles do not have seat belts, you can be thrown off your seat in a crash, which can result in serious injury or even death. Imagine your chance for survival if a truck strikes you, or if you strike it. Hitting a…
ORLANDO – Sunday, June 7, 2009 – Three people were hurt and one man arrested after police said he lost control and caused a 10-car pileup on Interstate 4 early Sunday. Police said the man lost control of his car and crashed around 3 a.m. Sunday at the Amelia Street exit of I-4 in downtown…
PLANT CITY — A tractor-trailer truck Tuesday toppled over onto a car driven by a woman who fell asleep at the wheel, trapping the drivers in the wreckage and snarling traffic along Interstate 4 for hours. Both drivers escaped with only minor injuries. The driver of the car was in the center lane when she…
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, troopers are reporting multiple crashes and delays along roadways in Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Volusia and Brevard counties this morning — possibly connected to the severe weather conditions. The combination of wet roads and heavy traffic is the genesis of traffic accidents that sometimes can result in serious injury…
Recently, the Florida Highway Patrol officially cited low visibility and smoke from the Big Cypress wildfire as the cause behind four separate accidents at I-75’s mile marker 79. The accidents, which involved 12 vehicles and a boat, totaled $42,000 in damages and occurred over a 30-minute span when visibility was at its worst on Alligator…
The Florida Senate has recently passed a measure that toughens the state’s seat belt law. The Senate voted 33-4 and the House passed the bill (SB 344) with a 95-20 vote to allow police officers to pull over drivers who fail to buckle up. Gov. Charlie Crist indicated he was ready to sign it into…
Recently, network news has been covering microcars’ poor safety rating. Television coverage of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s poor rating given to microcars during crashes with large vehicles. www.iihs.org/video.aspx/releases/pr041409 All three major networks ran segments on the story. NBC Nightly News (4/14, story) Williams reported, “Saving money, saving the environment, by driving one of…
Traffic crashes are the single most significant cause of preventable death and injury in North America. In 2006 in the U.S., as many as 171,000 crashes, 144,000 injuries and 887 fatalities were attributed to red light running (the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). There is no doubt that red light runners are dangerous drivers who…
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