Posts tagged motorcycle

• Are loud pipes protecting motorcycle riders?

  Jeffrey Meldon | February 28, 2009 12:35 PM | 8 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  According to many riders in Daytona Beach for Bike Week, this week, they wouldn’t be caught dead on the road without their loud, modified, unbaffled straight pipes. They feel that it provides...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Motorcycle riders need to protect themselves NOW more than EVER!

  Jeffrey Meldon | February 07, 2009 4:40 PM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  There has been a recent news buzz regarding the Insurance Research Counsel’s (IRC) release of findings last month of a nationwide study that showed that 23%, (nearly one in four), of motor...

• Motorcycle Awareness Month Applies to All Motorists

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | May 09, 2012 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  I hear the same stories over and over again,” Jim Gladstone says in the video above. Gladstone is the president of West Coast ABATE of Florida, a non-profit organization that promotes...

• Four Killed In Motorcycle Accidents At Biketober Fest

  Council Wooten | October 27, 2011 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Florida State Troopers continue to investigate a motorcycle accident that claimed the lives of two people, according to WDBO.com. The accident occurred in Daytona Beach at the end of the annual...

• 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,...

• 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...

• Crimestoppers Needs Your Help In Motorcycle Fatality

  Eddie Farah | October 03, 2009 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  64-year-old Bobby Nixon was returning from a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Light the Night Charity Ride on Friday when he was thrown from his motorcycle and killed. It happened in front of...