New technology, the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS), is in the development stage at a Massachusetts lab, which could prevent drivers that are impaired by alcohol from ever operating a vehicle. Our Fort Lauderdale car accident attorneys find this news encouraging as states continue to fight the carnage…
Florida remains one of the few states that has not banned cell phone use or text messaging while driving, even though distracted driving is responsible for a growing number of car accidents in Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas. The National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) has grown to almost 40…
Motorcycle enthusiasts love Florida’s weather and scenic highways but motorists need to be observant when sharing the road to prevent a Palm Beach motorcycle accident. Until the economic downturn, the number of motorcycle accidents nationwide had increased each year for more than a decade. Florida, Texas, and California lead the…
Due to the economic downturn there was a two year drop in overall traffic congestion. It is thought as the economy rebounds so will our traffic problems. As traffic congestion grows so does the chance of being involved in a Fort Lauderdale car accident . A published report from the…
In a recent South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog about distracted driving, we reported on the government’s request that automakers get involved in the fight against cell phone use and texting while driving. Florida is one of a few states that do not currently have any law in place about distracted…
Our Fort Lauderdale car accident attorneys know that public awareness regarding the depth and scope of traumatic brain injury in the U.S. has spiked due to studies linking TBI to athletics, injured Iraq War veterans, and most recently, the point-blank shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords in a Tucson grocery parking…
The female driver of a black Thunderbird narrowly escaped serious injury or death when a large Ficus tree crashed down on her car as she was driving midday along East Camino Real, the Palm Beach Post reports. A Fire Rescue spokesperson told the paper that the driver was “almost encased…
Just shy of 7 a.m. on Jan. 18, a Florida East Coast Railway train engineer reported spotting a body alongside the track just south of Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Cops believe the victim – a white male – was side-swiped by a southbound…
Residents of a Sebring mobile home park are turning to the media to address what they see as a traffic safety issue going overlooked in their community by county officials and local law enforcement, Tampa Bay Online reports. During the last six years, residents say, four Florida drivers have crashed…
Fifteen hundred fewer lives were lost on the nation’s roads during the first 11 months of last year, according to the National Safety Council. As our Palm Beach personal injury lawyers recently reported on our Fort Lauderdale Car Accident Attorney Blog the 2,430 traffic fatalities recorded last year in Florida…