Posts tagged crash

• Trucker Fatigue Prompts For a New Federal Safety Law

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 08, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Federal regulators say that trucker fatigue is causing fatal accidents, even as the number of fatal truck crashes has dropped in recent years after a major overhaul of rules that took effect in...

• Airline Companies: Beware of Public Perception. The Public is Watching, Waiting, All Eyes are on You. It’s No Time to Make a Mistake.

  Robert Parks | June 23, 2009 9:38 PM | 3 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  As I scan the latest news articles and Google alerts, there seems to an influx of stories focused on air travel safety. Could it be the media playing on the devastating Air France Flight 447...

• Another Airbus Crash- Travelers becoming concerned about airline safety records and airline travel

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | June 30, 2009 4:01 PM | 9 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Yemen flight IY 626 was en route from Yemen to Comoros when it encountered what was described as some “tough weather”. The Airbus A310, holding 153 people, was preparing to land when the...

• Florida Traffic Crash Statistics

  Ed Normand | January 25, 2010 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the year 2008, the most recent year that data is available, Florida reported 2,938 fatalities in an estimated 243,342 police reported motor vehicle crashes. Traffic crashes accounted for 199,658...

• Florida State Quarterback Uninjured in Serious Car Accident

  Brian W. Smith | October 10, 2008 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida State University quarterback Christian Ponder and punter Graham Gano were returning from a speaking engagement at a Tallahassee middle school Wednesday, when another driver swerved into...

• Summary of Florida Motorcycle Helmet and Insurance Laws

  Ed Normand | August 17, 2011 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  If an adult meets certain insurance standards under their motorcycle policy, Florida law does not require that person to wear a helmet while on a motorcycle. Most bikers are safer riders and yet,...

• Pilot Fatigue- FAA is taking notice but are they telling passengers the truth

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 9:38 AM | 1 CommentMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Federal Aviation Administration head Randy Babbitt says It's absolutely unsafe to think that commuter cockpit crews can fly as many hours or stay on duty for as long as pilots who may fly one...

• A Family's Liability- when a family is negligent, does the liability extend down the family chain?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | August 24, 2009 6:24 PM | 6 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  On July 26th 2009, Diane Schuler loaded her 2 children and three nieces into her car and hit the road, returning home to Long Island after a weekend of camping. This was 9:30 in the morning. By 1:30...

• Suzuki's Blame the Rider Approach is Paper Thin

  Edward Ricci | February 13, 2009 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Motorcycle riders and sport bike enthusiasts were shocked by the news-- more than 20,000 Suzuki GSX-R1000 suffer from a deadly defect: the frames fracture from routine stress and it can cause the...

• Tallahassee Accident Leaves Two in Critical Condition

  Brian W. Smith | November 30, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Six people were taken to a local hospital on Saturday night, after a crash in west Tallahassee, according to the Tallahassee Police Department. Two of the six are in critical but stable condition,...