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Between poorly designed roads and an increase in SUVs, trucks and vans driving on them, traffic accidents and fatalities are on the increase in Florida, according to a number of recently issued reports. Four of the top 10 most dangerous cities for pedestrians are in Florida, according to a report from Smart Growth America, an […]
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has noted an alarming trend: Pedestrians crossing the street are at increased risk of being struck by larger vehicles such as an SUV or pickup trucks, according to a recent study. The Institute cites the increasing popularity of these vehicles for the rise of pedestrians being struck by automobiles.
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While Broward County saw a 34% decrease in pedestrian and bike fatalities from 2021 to 2022, Palm Beach County saw an increase of 13% in the same time frame, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. Even more dramatic was a decline in Broward County of 51% from 2018 to 2022, while bicycle and pedestrian
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A Home Depot customer was attacked and bitten in the face by another customer’s dog resulting in severe injuries. You can read the full news article about the incident by clicking the following link. In short, the dog owner and the dog’s trainer were in Home Depot and asked the victim to give the dog
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Here it is, folks—the Palm Beach Post 2022 annual roundup of the most dangerous intersections in Palm Beach County! The good news is that no intersection was the site of more than 100 crashes. The bad news is that two intersections came close, which means they are especially dangerous. Accidents occurring in these dangerous intersections
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The National Safety Council has declared April Distracted Driving Awareness Month. This day of reckoning originated with a mother whose nine-year-old daughter was killed by a distracted driver who was looking at her cell phone while driving her SUV and struck Erica Forney, who was riding her bicycle, head-on. She died tragically two days later, on
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Floridians have less rights today, and they are far less protected than they were last week, following enactment of the new tort reform law. On Thursday, March 23, 2023 lawmakers passed CS/CS/HB 837 which is also known as the Omnibus Tort Legislation Act. It represents the most egregious infringement of Floridian’s rights in favor of
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More than sixty years ago, President Eisenhower signed into law the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1856, authorizing the construction of nearly 50,000 miles of nearly toll-free highways, making interstate transportation safer and more efficient. This system has achieved its goal of providing safer transportation. The Palm Beach Post reports that as of 2004, the Interstate
In 1994, the whole country was buzzing over the generous award to a McDonald’s customer “who spilled hot coffee on herself,” as one person put it. Many people viewed the case as a monument to consumer greed. Others viewed it as propaganda for tort reform. I believe this case is largely misunderstood and did not