A group of highway safety advocates is giving Florida a rating of “yellow” for its traffic safety laws, saying the state needs to do more to protect motorists. In its recently released 2013 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws, the Advocates for Highway and Auto...
In some car accident scenarios, such as accidents caused by a drunk driver, responsibility for the accident is easy to identify. However, this is not the case for all accidents, especially those that occur because of a defect on or near a roadway. Accidents resulting...
Last week, we wrote about new legislation that would ban texting behind the wheel in Florida. As we mentioned, this legislation marks the fourth time Florida lawmakers are considering such a ban. With so much legal action going on regarding distracted driving, it’s...
It’s common knowledge that accidents caused by distracted driving are a problem in Florida and elsewhere, though the discussion tends to focus on cellphone use behind the wheel. However, according to the National Institutes of Health, smoking a cigarette while driving...
Here we go again. For the fourth time, Florida lawmakers are considering a law that would ban texting behind the wheel. Rep. Doug Holder, a Sarasota Republican, has filed a bill to make texting while driving a secondary offense. Under the proposed law, a driver could...
According to a new analysis by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving deaths are on the rise. The report is based on data from 2011. The report shows that overall, traffic fatalities fell 1.9 percent...
