School is out, and the beach and other recreational activities are beckoning Florida’s teenaged drivers. Florida injury lawyers are reminding parents that they are the best source of safe driving advice to help keep their children, and other motorists, safe behind the wheel. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and…
Drivers in Florida are now subject to a citation for not being buckled in by their seat belts – and law enforcement officers can now pull a driver over for that specific reason alone. The fine is higher if a minor under the age of 18 is not correctly restrained…
“While the onset of Fibromyalgia can be triggered by a number of factors, medical professionals concur that a traumatic incident like a vehicle crash can trigger the disease in people who had no previous problems with ongoing pain and were in perfect health prior to the trauma”, said Starr Joyce,…
The injury of two Cape Coral police officers in separate crashes this week is a tragic reminder that motorists need to use extra caution in yielding to emergency vehicles in Southwest Florida. Officer Damien Garcia, 26, suffered head injuries and a broken leg, according to media reports, in an on-duty…
Two Fort Myers-area teenagers remain in critical condition at Lee Memorial Hospital and another has died following separate car accidents this week in Estero and Bonita Springs. Florida injury lawyers at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, urge parents to have a comprehensive talk with their teenagers as…
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office opened June with a crackdown on unsafe commercial trucks in the Naples area in an effort to prevent serious and deadly trucking accidents. Florida trucking accident lawyers and personal injury and wrongful death attorneys know getting unsafe trucks and truck drivers off our road will…
Florida injury lawyers continue to monitor moves by the federal government to increase fuel efficiency, which in the past has led to smaller cars and more traffic fatalities in Florida car accidents. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, resulted in…
While authorities are preaching to teens about safe driving and the perils of drunk driving, the message relies on teenagers taking responsibility for their own actions. Florida injury lawyers urge teens to do whatever they can to avoid the tragic consequences of drunk driving accidents, and car accidents this graduation…
Southwest Florida motorists will see increased seat belt enforcement as the Florida Highway Patrol conducts special Click-It or Ticket patrols in advance of the state’s new mandatory seat belt law, which begins July 1. Florida injury lawyers remind motorists seat belt use is one aspect of a comprehensive safe-driving program…
Florida injury lawyers urge bikers and motorists to review safe driving habits to help prevent motorcycle accidents and fatalities as Florida proclaims May to be Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. “Motorcycling is a year-round activity in Florida and Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month does not come around often enough,” said Bruce L.…