Category: Automobile Accidents
What Are the 8 Keys to Defensive Driving?
December 10, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsDefensive driving skills are not taught in most driver education classes, but they are important.
Parking Lot Safety - More People Equals More Accidents
December 7, 2018 | Category: Automobile Accidents, Pedestrian AccidentsThe National Safety Council said that, on average, at least 60,000 are injured and 500 more die in the 50,000 plus crashes in parking lots and garages every year.
Why Is a Vehicle Accident Investigation Important?
November 28, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsSouthwest Florida is a busy place. This is particularly true during the tourist season, as our population seems to explode. When this happens, vehicle accidents increase. We often see the results of these accidents when we are backed up on I-75 for miles.
Are School Bus Drivers Fit to Drive?
November 26, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsTwo school bus crashes occurred in 2016, one in Maryland and one in Tennessee. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, they had something in common: “a lack of oversight when it came to making sure the bus drivers were fit to drive.”
Dangerous Roads in Lee County
November 14, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsFlorida’s population is increasing every day. Experts agree that rapid growth can have both positive and negative effects. One such effect is an increase in traffic accidents.
School Bus Accidents Should Never Happen
November 12, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsSchool bus accidents do not need to happen. Children are defenseless as they head to their buses and are no match for vehicles.
Preventing Blind-Spot Accidents
November 9, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsStatistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show nearly 840,000 blind-spot accidents occur each year in the United States, resulting in 300 fatalities.
Daylight Savings Time - A Time for Caution
November 5, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsOn November 4th, Floridians turned the clocks back one hour. This one hour makes a difference in driving conditions and causes more accidents.
10 Tips for Driving in Heavy Traffic
November 2, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsThe most recent statistics released by the Federal Highway Safety Administration showed that the vehicle miles traveled in the United States in 2016 exceeded 3.2 trillion miles. This is the highest since the statistics were first tracked.
Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0
October 29, 2018 | Category: Automobile AccidentsGovernmental agencies say we need to prepare for automated vehicle use and the effects of human drivers.