The Backstory: Big Promises in 2023 In 2023, Florida lawmakers passed a sweeping set of tort reform changes, telling citizens it would bring relief from rising insurance premiums and the Florida insurance crisis. The reforms made it harder for everyday Floridians to file lawsuits — all in the name of keeping insurers solvent and premiums […]
Five Tips to Protect Your Family from Halloween Accidents and Illness
Halloween is the scariest night of the year when it comes to accidents. Throw in the current Corona pandemic and the evening is downright terrifying. In an effort to protect your little trick-or-treaters we’re sharing four tips to prevent accidents and help you to make the most of Halloween in Central Florida. While this Halloween might be a bit different than in years past, […]
Keeping Kids Safe from Accidents on Halloween
Halloween is the scariest night of the year for pedestrians. Keeping pedestrians, especially kids, safe from car accidents is our priority. Here are a few safety tips for keeping kids safe from accidents on Halloween.
Slow Down Aggressive Drivers!
Spring is in the air and that means it’s starting to get warm in Central Florida. Get outside and enjoy it, but remember to watch out for other drivers and stay safe. Gasbuddy just released its 2019 list of the cities with the most aggressive drivers and Orlando is in the top 10. It’s not really a […]
Update on House Bill to Ban Red-light Cameras
As reported by the Florida Sun Sentinel, after an emotional 90 minute debate on Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee voted 12-9 to send HB 4087 to the full House. The bill would repeal the law enacted just last year that allows municipalities to use red-light cameras to issue tickets to motorists for running red-lights. Some […]
Progressive to Offer Monitors to Evaluate Drivers
Progressive is launching a program to monitor its customers’ driving habits with a tiny computer device, in exchange for possible premium discounts. Progressive will provide the customer with a device that plugs into the diagnostic port of a vehicle which will collect data about the driving habits of the customer for 30 days. The device […]
Did You Know it’s Drowsy Driving Prevention Week?
The National Sleep Foundation has launched a public awareness campaign to educate drivers about how lack of sleep effects road safety. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released a new study which demonstrates that driving while drowsy is a bigger problem than previously thought. The study showed that drowsy driving results in one in six […]
Beach Driving Proves Dangerous to Children and Families
Is beach driving worth the danger? Growing up in Orlando, a drive on the beach was a fond memory of our family trips to Daytona Beach, Florida. It was the reason you drove to Daytona. These days, however, the risk to pedestrians, especially children, is just too great to justify driving on the beach. As […]
Guardrails Reduce Traffic Fatalities
Yesterday’s Orlando Sentinel reported that five years after guardrails were installed in the median of Florida’s Turnpike, fatal accidents and deaths from automobile crashes on the turnpike have been reduced by more than half. Although urban areas have had guardrails along the turnpike for years, many rural areas, including Osceola County, did not have them. […]
Florida Interstate Among Deadliest in Nation
As reported by The Daily Beast website, the Florida stretch of Interstate 95 is the deadliest interstate in the country based on data analyzed from 2004 through 2008. Interstate 4 ranked third in the study. Because of this study, a few mental alarms should be going off. Florida has two of the most deadly interstate […]
Final Weekend of Daytona Beach Bike Week
With Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida coming to an end this weekend, the cold weather seems to have kept the usual big crowds a little smaller this year. But, the weather should be warmer for the final weekend and that means more bikes and traffic on the road. According to WESH Channel 2, Daytona […]
Florida Legislature to Address Texting While Driving
With Florida’s regular legislative session approaching, supporters of a ban against texting while driving are optimistic that legislation will finally pass during the upcoming session. As reported by the Miami Herald, lawmakers have introduced 17 bills on the issue this year. So far, at least 35 lawmakers are sponsors or co-sponsors of bills banning texting […]
