According to AAA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Halloween is one of the top three days for pedestrian injuries, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that children are four times more likely to be struck by a motor vehicle on Halloween than any other day of the year. The website […]
Child’s Death Shows Danger of Beach Driving
Growing up in Orlando, I spent at lot of time at Daytona Beach with my family and driving on the beach was one of the reasons to go to Daytona. These days, however, the risk to pedestrians, especially children, is just too great to justify driving on the beach. As Scott Maxwell argues in a […]
Walking in Orlando May Be Hazardous to Your Health
As reported by the Orlando Sentinel, a new study just released has determined that metro Orlando has the most dangerous streets in the country for pedestrians in areas of at least one million residents. The study determined that the problem in Orlando, like much of the country, is that roads are wide and built primarily […]