In October, a semi-truck driver told reporters he was lucky to be alive after conceding he fell asleep on I-95 in Lake Worth, causing him to lose control of his rig, which overturned. The crash closed traffic for seven hours…
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Sleepy Drivers As Risky as Drunk Motorists
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States Slow Efforts to Block Driving Privileges for Elderly
It is not secret that elderly drivers face a host of challenges with which younger motorists aren’t yet contending. Reflexes can slow. Vision can dwindle. Hearing diminishes. Bodies become more frail, which means greater severity of injury when an auto…
Texting and Driving Causes Fatal Miami Car Accident
An early morning Miami car accident killed one man is believed to have been caused by texting-and-driving, investigators told NBC-6 Miami. Authorities report the incident happened shortly after 1 a.m. on a Thursday morning. At that time, a 25-year-old operating…
Report: Florida Motorcycle Deaths Rose 23 Percent in 2015
New data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) reveals that motorcycle fatalities spiked by nearly a full quarter last year, from 449 deaths in 2014 to 554 deaths in 2015. That’s a 23 percent increase,…
Report: Florida Has Most Motorcycle Deaths in U.S.
As hundreds of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts come roaring into Florida for the 75th annual Daytona Bike Week this month, the importance of safety must be underscored. The most recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on motorcycle…
Study Finds Distracted Driving Repercussions Underestimated for Teens
Parents who worry about their teens texting and driving may be more right than they know. A traffic safety foundation analyzed nearly 1,700 videos of teens driving and found that distracted driving was more of a factor in crashes than…
Car Wrecks: Avoiding Road Rage
My favorite example of Dallas traffic happened several years ago during Texas/OU weekend. We were in college, driving on I35 (no doubt with the radio blaring), and I saw a driver four lanes over start screaming because he thought someone…
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Doggie Distraction
Although not much has been devoted to distractions by man’s best friend, there are many risks associated with dogs and car travel. According to AAA, unrestrained pets cause more than 30,000 auto accidents annually. Two-thirds of dog owners surveyed said…
NTSB Issues Recommendations for Eliminating Substance-Impaired Driving
Each year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) releases a list of their top ten advocacy and legislative priorities for increasing transportation safety in the United States. They call it their “Most Wanted” list, and for 2014, one of the…
Lower the legal limit in DUI cases from 0.08 in Florida? National Transportation Safety Board proposes lowering legal breath test limit for DUI cases.
Last week, the NTSB proposed lowering the legal limit for Driving Under the Influence cases from 0.08 to 0.05. In Florida, the legal limit is 0.08. Also in Florida, a driver with a breath alcohol under 0.05 is presumed to…
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