Posts tagged cell phone

• Drinking Age Should Stay 21

  Eddie Farah | November 06, 2008 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is releasing new data that shows that keeping the drinking age laws at 21 prevented an estimated 4,441 drunk driving deaths over the last five...

• Texting while driving- just like driving drunk? Some say even worse.

  Brian Denney | January 05, 2010 4:43 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You see it every day. Maybe you are one of them. People driving their cars, talking on their cell phones, or even worse, texting, while every-now-and-then glancing up at the road. The scenario is...

• Reaction to Ocala Bus Tragedy

  Jeffrey Meldon | October 02, 2008 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Only days after the tragic death of middle school student Frances Schee--caused by an accident between the school bus on which Frances was riding and a tractor trailer--Elissa Schee, the mother of...

• 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...

• Gov. Crist Supports Texting Ban This Legislative Session

  Eddie Farah | November 20, 2009 12:04 AM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has come out with a Legislative wish list for 2010. He clearly stated he is in favor of a ban on texting while driving this year, adding new momentum for the state...

• Asleep at the Wheel?

  Jeffrey Meldon | April 28, 2009 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A big rig driver battles drowsiness on a 40-hour haul, a cell phone distracts him, and a school bus is stopped directly ahead on a busy highway in afternoon traffic. Such was the horrifying scene...

• Surprise Report -- Texting Ban Increases Collisions

  Laurie Briggs | October 06, 2010 10:07 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In 30 of the 50 states, it is illegal to text while driving. It seems entirely reasonable to prohibit something, which common sense tells us is dangerous, right? Surprisingly, the Insurance...

• St. Johns County Chamber Joins With AAA To Get Serious About Texting

  Eddie Farah | October 18, 2009 11:14 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The government estimates that there are 5,800 deaths caused by distracted motorists. St Johns County Sheriff’s officer, Col. Art May says he is seeing them more and more. Often it presents as...

• Two Die After Collision With School Bus

  Eddie Farah | September 30, 2009 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Children at a Clay County elementary school are trying to cope with the deaths of two people who were in a car that collided with a school bus. The Florida Highway Patrol reports the car ran into...

• Florida Teens Rally Against Texting While Driving

  Eddie Farah | September 18, 2009 12:09 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  By now we’ve all seen the video on YouTube than aired on British television. The public service announcement should be seen by all teenagers who are close to the driving age, or presently...