Posts tagged traffic

• Kids in the Control Tower

  Jerry H. Trachtman | March 03, 2010 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The recent report of an air traffic controller's son in the JFK Airport control tower has the aviation alarmists in an uproar. The TV networks have broadcast recordings of the boy clearing airliners...

• Car Accidents Abroad

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2010 8:30 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We often worry about contaminated water or infectious diseases when traveling abroad, but how many of us really think about road and traffic safety? A study publicized in 2007 by the Journal of...

• 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...

• Jacksonville Girl Killed In Crosswalk When Light Changed

  Eddie Farah | December 24, 2009 12:19 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A six-year-old Jacksonville girl didn’t stand a chance when she was hit by an SUV in a Jacksonville crosswalk Saturday morning. Her mother was pushing a stroller with her five-year-old...

• Teen Driver Dies One Week After Fatal SUV Crash Kills Mother

  Eddie Farah | December 12, 2009 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There seems to be no end to the tragedy suffered by one Jacksonville family. Last weekend, the family was vacationing in Orlando when their GMC Yukon SUV suddenly lurched forward in a parking lot,...

• Air Traffic Controller On A Personal Phone Call Just Before the Hudson Crash

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | September 17, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Quoting from the the Daily Record, the Chairman of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Deborah Hersman, ...told a congressional committee Wednesday that shortly after the single-engine...

• Jacksonville - Most Crashes In Florida In 2008

  Eddie Farah | July 08, 2009 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Just how are we doing as a state in regard to highway fatalities? A new report issued from the Florida Highway Patrol compiled crash data from around the state for 2008. Unbelievably- Jacksonville...

• Jacksonville Second in Fatal Teen Crashes

  Eddie Farah | December 05, 2008 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With the holiday season just around the corner and more teen drivers out of school and on the road – Allstate Insurance has a word of caution. The roads in three metro areas in Florida are...

• Toddler Run Over In Driveway - A Too Common Occurance

  Eddie Farah | November 29, 2008 12:43 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We’ve heard these stories before, too many times. This time a 2-year-old riding his tricycle in a driveway was run over in a driveway. The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office says the little...

• Auto Accident Insurance Primer

  Ed Normand | August 06, 2008 5:33 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Many consumers wonder what insurance they should get to protect themselves if they get into a car accident. The types of insurance can be confusing. I will be discussing the basics of certian types...