South Florida Accident Awareness Blog
In an effort to promote awareness and keep people in our community safer, our news blog provides visitors with current information on local accidents, medical malpractice, product recalls and other Florida law.
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Safety Reminder – Florida’s “Move Over” Law
Veterans Day is a three-day holiday for many in the state of Florida, and as with any long weekend, it means increased traffic on the roadways. It also marks the arrival of the upcoming holiday travel season where there will be increased police presence and emergency...
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Serves As A Reminder To Florida Drivers To Stay Alert When Behind The Wheel
Although everyone recognizes the dangers they pose to themselves and others on the road when they drive while sleepy, that fact still does not deter many from driving while fatigued. According to results from a survey just released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic...
U.S. FDA Announces Concerns of Blood Clots Forming in Yaz/Yasmin Birth Control Users
In a safety announcement released late September, the United States FDA or Food and Drug Administration stated their remaining concern regarding the use of contraceptives—particularly Yaz and Yasmin—which are drospirenone-containing birth control pills that increase...
Florida Drunk Driving Accidents Result in High Costs
Drunk drivers continue to cause deaths, injuries and extensive property damage to residents of Florida’s Treasure Coast. While the Florida Highway Patrol has stepped up efforts to keep dangerous, drunk drivers off the roads, many drinkers still insist on driving drunk...
Florida Business Customers Should Stay Alert to Avoid Slip-and-Fall Accidents
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nearly 9 million Americans were treated in emergency rooms for unintentional falls in 2009, making it the leading cause of all visits to the hospital. Nearly one million of the emergency room visits...
Have Fun in Southern Florida on Halloween, But Keep Safety in Mind
Halloween is the one time during the year that children can dress up as their favorite super-hero or cartoon character and collect candy and treats from their friends and neighbors. Although Halloween is typically a fun night for children and adults alike, it can come...
SUV Innovations to Lead to Safer Vehicles on Florida Highways
Our Florida car accident attorneys previously reported that roll-over accidents result in too many fatalities in Florida and throughout the United States. Some of these accidents are caused by the higher profile of SUVs, yet many others are caused by driver error and...
Recent Florida Dog Attack Puts Pit Bull Ban Back in Spotlight
Once again a young Florida child is the victim of a vicious dog attack. The latest dog-bite accident left an eight-year-old Deerfield Beach boy with a broken arm and bites to his face, arms and legs. He required over 30 stitches to repair the wounds caused by the pit...
Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Applauds Key Biscayne Effort to Ban Texting While Driving
Proposed bans on texting while driving have been unsuccessful in Florida over the past five years, but officials in Key Biscayne are trying to change that. According to a recent article in the Miami Herald, Key Biscayne vice mayor Michael Kelly and village attorney...
Drivers Should Be Alert for Motorcyclists Sharing the Florida Highways
Florida’s Treasure Coast and the surrounding South Florida communities continue to be plagued by tragic vehicle accidents. The “Traffic Crash Statistics Report 2010,”which summarizes Florida’s vehicle crash data for last year, shows that traffic fatalities are...
Port St. Lucie City Council Pushes Cell Phone Ban Resolution
Florida is one of a handful of states that does not have a specific “cell phone law” to ban or limit the use of mobile devices while driving. Further, Florida’s preemption law prohibits localities from enacting distracted driving bans. However, Port St. Lucie’s City...
Unlicensed Drivers a Danger on Florida Roadways
According to a study released by the American Automobile Association (AAA), over two million motorists on Florida roadways are driving illegally. Driving with revoked or suspended licenses, these drivers are proving a menace to other drivers, with an estimated one in...
Insurance Institute Identifies Seven Basic Safety Laws That Can Save Lives on Florida Roadways
The Florida car accident attorneys of Philip DeBerard, Injury Attorney have continued to stress the importance of following Florida’s traffic safety laws and driving defensively, and sober, when traveling Florida’s highways. Even though the recent Florida traffic...
Roll-Over Accidents Claim Too Many Lives on Florida Highways, But Fatalities are Decreasing
On the heels of a St. Lucie County, FL accident where a teenager lost his life when he was ejected from the car that rolled several times, at least four more people have died on Florida highways in similar accidents. In one accident last week, a family suffered tragic...
Florida Traffic Crash Statistics for 2010 Released by FLHSMV
Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles just released the state’s traffic crash statistics for 2010. There is good news in the data – the traffic death rate continues to drop in the State of Florida. In fact, the state’s “mileage” death rate (number of deaths per...
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