Encountering road work when traveling Florida’s roadways may waste time and lead to unplanned delays. It may, too, increase your chances of involvement in a serious car crash. Work zones often contain many hazards that motorists struggle to navigate. The combination...
Personal Injury
What are the complications of a traumatic brain injury?
TBIs or traumatic brain injuries occur when you suffer a violent jolt or blow to your head or body. You may suffer blunt force trauma or TBIs can occur when an object enters your brain tissue, such as a bullet, glass or a piece of skull. TBIs may consist of bleeding,...
Why this is one of the most dangerous times of year on the roads
The end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) for another year brings driving challenges for Floridians who suddenly find themselves driving to work and other obligations in the morning directly in to the sunrise. For many more people, it means driving home in early evening...
The basics of slip-and-fall cases in Florida
Anyone who owns property that is open to visitors is responsible for ensuring that their property is reasonably safe and that hazards are either addressed or mitigated by posted warnings. This is true for homeowners, but is especially relevant when it comes to...
Some of your driver’s education information is outdated
Depending on your age, some of what you learned in your driver’s education classes may be massively outdated. This can increase your risks on the road and may lead to injury. Take, for example, the old advice that you should put one hand on the wheel at 10 o’clock...
The message of pedestrian safety is critical in Florida
It is clear that the United States has a pedestrian safety problem. Our infrastructure in Florida and across the country was designed and built with automobiles in mind. If pedestrians were considered at all, they were an afterthought. The evidence of our pedestrian...
What distractions are dangerous for drivers?
The average text message takes approximately five seconds in which to read or reply. Within that time, a vehicle that’s moving at 55 mph will go the full length of a regulation football field. That’s a considerable distance for a driver to not have their full...
Why are pedestrians dying so often?
You’d think that walking is probably safer than driving, but that may not be true. According to the latest report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, traffic deaths have increased only 2% between 2009 and 2018. Meanwhile, pedestrian fatalities have risen a...
Florida’s most dangerous roads for car accidents
In Miami, we know that I-95 is a notoriously bad stretch of highway. If you aren't stuck in a seemingly endless traffic jam, you are dodging speeders and wreckless lane changers, hoping you reach your exit before you get into a dangerous car accident. So it should not...
Motorcyclists: Be careful when cars are turning left
Is driver awareness the main key to keeping motorcyclists safe? If drivers just understood the risks on the road and knew what they could do to be safer, would they avoid these accidents? Not every accident could be avoided through increased awareness, of course, but...