April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Distracted driving killed more than 3,500 people on the nation’s roads last year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In those cases, driver distraction was determined to be a primary factor in the fatal collision. However, the true number is much higher…
Driver distraction is the leading cause of serious and fatal traffic collisions in the United States. By some estimates, nearly half of all collisions involve some form of driver distraction. April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and is a great time to resolve to avoid distraction while driving as…
Our New Year’s look, Staying Safe on Florida Roads, has examined many of the ways drivers are distracted inside the vehicle, including cell phones and other electronic devices, eating and drinking, and engaging with passengers. But an often overlooked contributing factor in collision causation is distractions and obstructions outside the vehicle.…
We’ve been blogging a lot about distracted driving as part of our New Year’s look: Staying Safe on Florida Roads. While we all know about the risks of using cell phones, less publicized risks like having children or pets in the vehicle, eating and drinking, and using onboard electronics, are…
As we enter our 50th year of representing injury victims in Southwest Florida, we recently blogged about the dangers of in-car technology and cell phones when it comes to the risks of being involved in a serious or fatal traffic collision. But distracted driving is about much more than the…
When it comes to road risks, distracted driving is number one with a bullet. Car radios (AM) date to the Model A, although they were a prohibitively expensive option. When installation of AM/FM radios became standard in cars in the 1950s, there was heated debate on whether they would prove…
Pedestrian safety and distracted driving awareness are vying for your attention this October. Our Fort Myers injury lawyers recently blogged about the efforts of the inaugural Pedestrian Safety Month. It is perhaps ironic then that we will also be recognizing October as Distracted Driving Awareness Month after the National Safety…
The National Safety Council has launched a campaign targeting the Big Three road threats: distracted driving, drunk driving and speeding. Our car accident attorneys recently posted ways motorists can help keep themselves safer as the world attempts a return to near-normal amid the coronavirus pandemic. As we noted in “Understand…
WINK News is among the media outlets reporting that the grace period for Florida’s texting-while driving law has ended and motorists can expect to be stopped and ticketed for texting behind the wheel as the new year gets underway. The new law applies to drivers texting on a phone while…
Florida lawmakers have passed a tougher measure aimed at texting drivers. Our Fort Myers car accident attorneys continue to see far too many collisions caused by distraction and view this as a long overdue step in the right direction. The new law, which awaits Gov. Ron Desantis’ signature, makes texting…