When it comes to child heat stroke in hot cars, one thing is clear: Such deaths and injuries are 100 percent preventable.
That’s the message from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Ronald Medford who stopped in Florida recently for a town hall meeting to discuss strategies to prevent such tragedies.
Nationwide, at least 27 children [...]
Sprint has dialed up an Android app whose mission is to halt distracted driving behaviors before they begin.
“Drive First” will be installed on all future Sprint Android phones, but subscribers must pay an additional $2 a month to engage the app. Owners of Android phones don’t need to upgrade as they’ll be able to download [...]
A new federal safety regulation has been proposed to help eliminate blind zones behind vehicles that could hide the presence of pedestrians.
The proposal, issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), would expand the required field of view for all passenger cars, pickup trucks, minivans, buses and low-speed vehicles with a gross vehicle weight [...]
Click here to see my firm’s website and an article published there about how parents can be liable for their childrens automobile accidents. I am a personal injury attorney in Daytona Beach handling auto accident cases.
If you are in a car accident in the Central Florida area, you may think that your “full coverage” will pay for all of the damages you sustained. As a Daytona Beach personal injury attorney, I see insurance policy exclusions that allow the insurance company to aviod paying for some of the damages a car accident [...]
Parents are generally not responsible for car accidents caused by their children. However, there are some circumstances where a parent can become liable. A child under the age of 18 must have the drivers license application signed by a parent. If the minor is negligent in the operation of a motor vehicle before reaching 18, [...]
In the course of my Personal Injury Practice, I see all types of reckless behavoir. I represented a client who was rear ended by a careless driver who was speeding and ran into the back of my clients vehicle causing severe damage. Running into a stopped vehicle while speeding is reckless in it own right. However, [...]
Florida does not have a law banning any type of cell phone use while driving. Here is a link to a chart which shows which states have enacted restrictions on cell phone use while driving. It is quite alarming that Florida does not have anything in place to restrict texting and driving. This means that [...]
If you are involved in an accident, make sure to take pictures with your cell phone.
As a personal injury lawyer in Daytona Beach, I was glead to read a recent report that stated that the number of deaths on Florida’s roadways were down in 2008. Infact, the number of traffic fatalities hit an eight year low. It is the third year in a row that traffic fatalities have declined and the [...]