Florida injury lawyers is posting the Top 10 lethal driving mistakes, as compiled by MSN Autos, to remind motorists that safe driving habits are the best defense to prevent you or a loved one from being seriously injured or killed in a car accident or other traffic fatality. Nationwide, 37,313…
Riders and Other Advocates for Road Safety (ROARS) is mounting a community action campaign aimed at reducing road accidents in Southwest Florida. “We stand behind any cause that seeks to reduce accidents on our roads,” said Bruce L. Scheiner, founder and senior attorney at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal…
The Florida injury lawyers at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, begin 2009 with a new toll-free phone number, 1-800-Dial-BLS. Whether you are injured in a car accident, motorcycle accident, truck accident or are the victim of a drunk driving crash or other personal-injury or wrongful-death situation, representatives…
A new education program aimed at increasing awareness of the dangers of distracted driving is now available in Southwest Florida. Florida injury lawyers and personal injury attorneys routinely handles crashes caused by distracted drivers and urge motorists to pay attention to the road for their own safety and the safety…
Some 148,000 people suffer a car accident each year without ever getting behind the wheel: They are injured by a closing car door in what the federal government has announced is the most common non-moving injury inflicted by automobiles. For the first time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has…
The dangerous and deadly business of running red lights at Southwest Florida intersections is increasingly caught on camera – a costly, if not fatal error for the driver and evidence increasingly used in court by criminal and accident lawyers. Lee County is testing a camera at Colonial Boulevard and Summerlin…
Increased patrol will be aimed at reducing car accidents and drunk driving crashes this Thanksgiving holiday as authorities seek to reduce serious injury and wrongful death on Florida highways. “The Thanksgiving Holidays are typically a time of heavy traffic as people travel to spend time with their families so we…
A 15-year-old girl suffered head and back injuries after she fell off a horse. A 13-year-old girl burned her arm, leg and abdomen cooking noodles. President-elect Barack Obama’s aide, Valerie Jarrett, fell off a curb in Chicago and sprained her ankle. The culprit? Text messaging. There is increasing evidence that…
Florida’s 119 fatal bicycle accidents led the nation in 2007, according to statistics released this week by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. Only one other state, California with 109, had more than 100 people killed on bicycles last year. The attorneys at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal…
Preventing motorcycle accidents and bicycle and pedestrian accidents is the aim of the “Give Others a Brake – Share the Road” campaign, launched this week by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Tragically, walking proved almost as deadly as riding a motorcycle in 2007. A total of…