When a person does not get enough sleep, it can make it difficult for him or her to perform daily tasks such as driving. Tired drivers are often dangerous drivers, even when they do not realize they are too fatigued to drive safely. When anything compromises a...
Year: 2018
Driver hits several Tampa-area school children
As part of what seems like a nationwide epidemic of drivers hitting students trying to get on school buses, rescuers in the Tampa area had to take 7 people 5 children and 2 adults to the hospital. The children in the auto-pedestrian accident at their bus stop, while...
Despite law, Florida has a problem with distracted driving
Several previous posts on this blog have discussed the dangers that distracted drivers in the greater Tampa cause for those with whom they share the road.In particular, pedestrians, who are naturally more difficult to notice, can easily fall victim to a distracted...
Florida is the home to several dangerous highways
At least according to a recent report, Florida is the home to a disproportionate share of interstates and other federal highways known for being particularly dangerous.For instance, according to this report, the most dangerous highway in the country in terms of...
Decreasing the chance of being involved in a motorcycle accident
Motorcycles have the right to share the road with other Tampa-area drivers, but often, drivers fail to recognize the rights of bikers. Whether it is because of carelessness, lack of experience or outright recklessness, bikers often suffer because of the actions of...
Limo tragedy raises broader safety concerns
By now, most people in the Tampa area who pay attention to the news have probably heard of the horrifically tragic limousine accident in another state.The point of this blog post is not to re-hash those details as families grieve, but to emphasize that the accident...
Tampa residents may be too trusting of auto safety features
Many of the newest vehicles on the market boast of state-of-the-art safety features that are supposed to make both occupants of the vehicle and those with whom they share the road safer.However, a new study suggests that people can be a little too trusting, and at the...
Staged accidents in Tampa area could affect true victims
The Tampa Bay area is a busy and growing location, and that means there are many drivers traveling the roads, trucks delivering goods and tourists navigating unfamiliar streets. With so many people on the road, accidents happen, and people get hurt. If you were hurt...
National agency calls for improved pedestrian safety
The National Transportation Safety Board, a federal agency with expertise in traffic safety, recently issued a comprehensive report that discussed how the country can make pedestrians both in Florida and in other parts of the country safer.The report, which was...
There’s hardly such a thing as a true auto ‘accident’
People use the term "accident" fairly broadly, especially when they are referring to collisions between two or more vehicles. In this broader sense, accident just means something that no one caused on purpose, which is indeed the case in the vast majority of car...