Posts tagged auto

• Aggressive Driving, Road Rage Have Similar Causes but are Different Offenses

  Council Wooten | April 11, 2012 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This video features a WPTV-TV report about a campaign by the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) to crack down on aggressive driving. While this story revolves around one phase of the campaign that...

• ‘If We Save One Life by Doing This, We're Doing Something Right’

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | March 28, 2012 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This public service announcement (PSA) features Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Justin Bieber promoting the Drive Safe anti-texting application from PhoneGuard, Inc. The application...

• ‘You Cannot Write a Paragraph and Read One at the Same Time’

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | March 07, 2012 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This video is one of the “Faces of Distracted Driving” series available at Distraction.gov, a website set up by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The...

• The Reason For The Rise In Florida Auto Accident Insurance Fraud

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2012 11:36 AM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Fraud related to Florida auto accidents is a huge problem. The cause of the problem is well known: Florida's Personal Injury Protection Insurance (PIP) laws give an automatic $10,000.00 in...

• Florida House Bill 427 Bad for Small Business

  Steve Watrel | January 26, 2012 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Florida Legislature began its session this month. As usual, the main focus is promoting the agenda of the insurance industry and big business. You would think that at a time where many...

• Another Teen Killed in Pedestrian Accident

  Council Wooten | January 19, 2012 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Orlando pedestrian is dead following an accident on January 7, according to the Miami Herald. The teenage victim was with two other people at the time. He stumbled and fell while crossing...

• Whiplash Causes Auto Accident Victim’s Costly Injuries

  Ed Normand | September 20, 2011 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Whiplash is a common but silent injury in trucking and car accidents. Whiplash is a misunderstood injury a person can sustain in an accident. It cannot be seen and is largely argued as an...

• Beware: Scary Hospital Tactics in Patient Billing

  Ed Normand | August 10, 2011 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53 year old woman is involved in a motor vehicle accident. No fault of her own. She is taken via ambulance to Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. While there she fills out her...

• Texting and Driving: Distracted Driving is Dangerous Driving

  Jack Scarola | August 04, 2011 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You see those guilty of it every day during our drive to work. Talking on the phone, texting, e-mailing, and eating while driving. Sadly, each day 15 people die and 1,200 more are injured as a...

• Tragic Deaths of Children Are Avoidable

  Brenda Fulmer | July 20, 2011 9:58 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Baby Kate’s mother put her in the car seat in the back of the minivan so she could drop her off at daycare on her way to work. Sadly, Kate’s mother forgot to drop the little girl off at...