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…
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Smaller, fuel-efficient cars could increase risk of traffic fatalities in Florida car accidents
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…
Florida Injury Lawyers urge teenagers to accept responsibility for their safety, avoid drunk driving car accidents during graduation season
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…
Click it or Ticket aims to reduce serious injury from car accidents as Florida’s new mandatory seatbelt law begins this summer
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 boat accidents decline, Florida injury lawyers urge safety review during National Safe Boating Week
As Southwest Florida boating season begins in earnest with the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, Florida injury lawyers urge safe boating practices to avoid boating accidents. Lee County kicked off National Safe Boating Week with a demonstration of safety gear on Thursday at Centennial Park in downtown Fort Myers. Florida leads…
Florida injury lawyers urge motorists to review Top 10 lethal driving mistakes to avoid fatal car accidents, serious injury
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…
Florida motorcycle lawyers promote message of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month to reduce motorcycle accident deaths and injury
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.…
Florida governor to sign tougher seat belt law aimed at reducing car accident injuries and fatalities
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed the state’s tougher seat belt law during an afternoon ceremony today — giving law enforcement permission to stop vehicles with unbelted front-seat passengers. Florida ranks 35th in the nation in seat-belt usage. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration estimates the law will prevent 1,733…
Florida motorcycle riders gear up for Naples MASH BASH, sponsored in part by Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers
Motorcycle riders from across Southwest Florida will ride into Naples for this weekend’s MASH BASH, sponsored in part by Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers. “We are excited to join all of our friends in Collier County for this weekend’s motorcycle event,” said Founder and Senior Attorney Bruce…
Motorcycle injury lawyers urge caution in wake of weekend Cape Coral motorcycle accidents
A pair of serious Cape Coral motorcycle crashes killed one man and seriously injured two others over the weekend. Florida injury lawyers remind motorists to use extra caution around motorcycles in an effort to avoid the tragic consequences that too often result from motorcycle accidents. Ronald L. Johnson, 53, of…