OurSouth Florida car accident lawyers are monitoring a debate waging in Royal Palm Beach, West Boca and Boca Raton over the use of red-light cameras. Supporters say the red-light cameras act as a deterrent by decreasing the number of drivers running red lights – and the number of car accidents…
According to Meteorology professor Jan Null, so far in 2010, 49 children have died due to heat stroke caused from being left in hot vehicles. In Florida alone, six children have died from hyperthermia this year – including, most recently the Miami Herald reports, a one-year-old from Miramar. On average,…
When 22-year-old Tiffiany Olson died from injuries sustained in a South Florida fatal motorcycle accident on a Palmetto road on Dec. 7, 2005, the only identification she had on her was a driver’s license with an old address. It would take law enforcement six-and-a-half hours to track down her next…
There are many unknowns and much uncertainty swirling around an early morning South Florida car accident on Palmetto Expressway that left one pedestrian dead and found a stunned driver flagging down a state trooper in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 28, the Miami Herald reports. What detail are known are…
The stories of distracted driving fatalities are as heartbreaking as they are endless. One young couple was Disney-bound, where they were scheduled to meet with the bride-to-be’s parents and their wedding planner. It was early 2008. Their car was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer, allegedly driven by a texting…
On the heels of a distracted driving summit aimed at mapping legislative, law enforcement and awareness campaigns that will drive down the exploding number of distracted-driving related car accidents nationwide, Sect. Ray LaHood released two glowing NHTSA reports tracking ongoing seat-belt usage and minimum age drinking law efforts. Our Fort…
According to the National Traffic Safety Board, our youngest travelers face the greatest risk of injury or death if involved in a car accident in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach or elsewhere in South Florida. Florida earned the NTSB’s “most lenient” ranking because State law only requires child safety seats for…
Despite an increase in road travel, in 2009 the number of fatal car accidents nationwide dropped to their lowest number since 1950 and car accident injuries also fell to lowest rates ever recorded the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reports. There were 442 fewer fatal Florida car accidents and Texas…
Car accidents in Port St. Lucie are less likely to occur than any other major city in Florida, while car accidents in Fort Lauderdale and Miami are among the state’s most frequent, according to a report released by Allstate Insurance. The list, which compares accident rates in nearly 200 cities…