The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released the first major study on the effectiveness of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). While a decade ago, we began seeing the first fully functional touch-screen entertainment and navigation systems in new vehicles, the last five years have witnessed an increasing number of…
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Injury Prevention: Defective Products and Holiday Crowds
We’ve written recently about some of the increased injury risks that come with the year-end holidays. Among the most overlooked are holiday shopping risks and the dangers of defective products. The holidays are a time of large crowds, overstocked stores and overflowing parking lots. We also bring more new products…
Southwest Florida Bikers for Babies Event a Success
The 18th Annual Bikers for Babies Ride was a success this past weekend, as thousands were raised for charity on the ride from North Collier Regional Park in Naples to the Seminole Casino Immokalee Hotel. Attorney P.J. Scheiner was among the riders to participate in the Nov. 4 ride. The…
Southwest Florida Boating Safety in Focus
The 46th Annual Fort Myers Boat Show will take place next weekend on the downtown waterfront. Organizers expect the biggest event ever, with nearly 500 boats of all types. More than 100 boat brands will be represented and hundreds of booths will be selling gear and other accessories. Go Boating…
Reducing Holiday Risks in Southwest Florida
Safety is too often a critically neglected holiday skill. Everyone at Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorneys for the Injured, wish all of you a safe and enjoyable holiday season. We don’t want to be the dark storm cloud blocking your ray of sunshine. But the fact is the holidays…
SWFL Pedestrian Accidents: Halloween, Early Darkness, Increase Risks
Ghosts and goblins running loose in the streets next week herald an even scarier risk: The increased accident risks that will come with early darkness. Trick or Treat always increases the risk of pedestrian accidents or other injuries involving children. According to the Safe Kids USA organization, children are more than…
Third Annual Bruce L. Scheiner Bikers for Babies Charity Poker Tournament
The third year was the best yet for the Annual Bruce L. Scheiner Charity Poker Tournament, held last Saturday Oct. 20 at the Naples Fort Myers Track and Entertainment Center in Bonita Springs. The event raised more than $5,000 for the March of Dimes Bikers for Babies campaign. Prizes included two…
2018-2019 Cape Coral Bike Nights Season Underway
Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorneys for the Injured, is again providing sponsorship for this season’s Cape Coral Bike Nights. “We are pleased to sponsor Southwest Florida’s largest family-friendly motorcycle event,” Bruce L. Scheiner said. Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorneys for the Injured, has been providing sponsorship to the…
Celebrate responsibly: Drunk Driving No “accident”
We are entering the most dangerous time of the year for drunk drivers. Recently we have written about the threat of early darkness. Back-to-school dangers. Holiday and tourism traffic. And the increase in cycling traffic that comes with fall weather. But no discussion of autumn road safety is complete without…
Early Darkness Increases Road Risks in Lee & Collier Counties
Hello Darkness My Old Friend While Sound of Silence was recorded 55 years ago, early darkness comes to Southwest Florida every autumn. By the time Daylight Savings Time begins November 4, we will all be dealing with dusk or darkness during our evening commute. Love it or hate it, early…