Posts tagged motorcycle accidents

• Motorcycle Helmets Reduce Deaths By 40%

  Bob Carroll | September 03, 2006 5:14 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The World Health Organization has a message for those who are still not using motorcycle helmets.Increasing Helmet Use Promoted As An Effective Method Of Reducing Road Injuries And DeathsEach year about 1.2 million people die as a result of road traffic crashes, and millions more are injured or disabled. Most of the deaths are preventable.Head injuries are the main cause of death and disability...

• A Trauma Surgeon's View Of Motorcycles

  Bob Carroll | July 02, 2006 7:13 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Pay a visit to this article posted at Where's The Outrage before you jump on your motorcycle. In the full article the trauma surgeon author includes some specific medical case stories and a helpful list of steps to take to reduce the risk of serious injury or death.Don't Underestimate the dangers of MotorcyclesOver the last couple of weeks there's been a lot of discussion about motorcycles and...

• Terry Bradshaw Was Right About Riding The Motorcycle, Ben

  Bob Carroll | June 12, 2006 5:21 PM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  If you are Ben Roethlisberger, who quarterbacked the Steelers to a Super Bowl win, you might like to ride a motorcycle. You might even like to ride it without a helmet. But, the man who quarterbacked the Steelers to four Super Bowl wins, Terry Bradshaw, said Ben should wait until he retires. After a motorcycle crash this week that took Ben to surgery, Terry is looking pretty smart. Why does...

• "Managerial Decision" Kills Employee

  Bob Carroll | December 31, 2005 7:18 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Sometimes judges get tangled up in abstractions when the simple facts and proper path is clear. If I handed a gun to a 6 year old and said "Go out and play," isn't that a clear violation of a state law as well as very negligent? Or, is that just a parental decision? A Florida appellate court has ruled it is just a business owner's managerial decision to order an employee to drive a motorcycle...

• Repeal Of The Motorcycle Helmet Law - Now The Head Hits The Road

  Bob Carroll | October 05, 2005 11:17 PM | 3 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A report by the National Highway Traffic Administration entitled Evaluation of the Repeal of the All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Law in Florida shows what happens when unprotected heads hit the road. The report "reviews the crash reports after the repeal of the mandatory motorcycle helmet law [and] it indicates that motorcycle fatalities have increased 81% when comparing 2001-2003 fatalities...

• $15 Million Verdict In Motorcycle Death

  Bob Carroll | September 24, 2005 4:30 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Tampa Bay Online has reported on a significant wrongful death verdict in Tampa. I congratulate counsel from Pinellas County who obviously presented a compelling case for the anguish of the family over this tragic loss."TAMPA - The parents of a motorcyclist who died in an accident with a tractor-trailer won a $15 million verdict in a trial that ended Wednesday.About 4 p.m. on Oct. 31, Jeremy T....