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.
Is This What Your I-4 Commute Looks Like?
How is your I-4 Commute? If you use I-4 to get around Orlando, then you know it’s kind of a mess right now. However, as the picture above shows, it’s going to be really nice when it’s finished (whenever that is). The project is one of the largest ever undertaken in our area, and all […]
Safe Driving Tips for the Rainy Season
Now that the rainy season is officially here, make sure you’re being careful on the roads and stay safe. AAA says wet weather contributes to nearly 1.2 million traffic crashes each year. Since we get a lot of rain here in Florida, during this time of year it increases your risk of being in an […]
New Texting While Driving Law
Last month Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill passed by the legislature this year to crack down on texting while driving. Starting July 1, police will be allowed to stop and ticket drivers for texting. There are a few exceptions (which might make enforcement a bit tricky) and drivers will still be able to […]
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 […]
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 […]
No More Texting for Truck Drivers
On January 26, 2010, U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced new federal policy to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The rule goes into effect immediately and is the latest action taken by the Department to restrict distracted driving which can cause serious automobile and trucking accidents. […]
Orlando Approves Giant Video Screen to Face I-4
As reported by The Orlando Sentinel, in a 5-2 vote, Orlando’s City Council approved placement of the giant video screen on the arena that will face I-4. To get the votes needed, Magic execs proposed new rules that the screen would only display two full-motion video clips per minute and each clip can be no […]
