There is no excuse for feeling stranded anymore if your car is out of commission or you want to enjoy an evening out without worrying about driving home. Ridesharing is a convenient and relatively affordable way to get where you need to go. With the help of an app on...
Pedestrians in Florida who become involved in an accident with a car are at much greater risk of serious bodily injury than if they were also inside a vehicle. Pedestrians do not benefit from the protection a car or truck will provide, which means they take on the...
A wreck with a commercial vehicle has the potential to devastate the life of everyone in your family. The road to recovery may be long and difficult, and the bills simply won't wait. That makes it particularly important to hold everyone liable for their share of the...
Every year, there's an uptick in the number of drunk drivers out there on the road during the holiday season.From "Drunksgiving," (the day before Thanksgiving) until New Year's Day, there always seems to be an excuse to make merry -- and many people do that with beer,...
When someone is on a bike or a motorcycle, there are a dozen different ways that they can get hurt. While you're probably conscious of their danger, you may not realize that you could be part of the problem -- just by opening the door of your vehicle the wrong way.If...
When water accumulates on the road, there's always a risk that you'll end up hydroplaning. That happens when your car's tires can't cut through the water well enough to grab the road. The lack of traction can throw you out of control, leaving you unable to brake or...
Ask anyone for tips on how to handle the aftermath of a car accident and one thing you'll often hear is, "Take photos at the scene."Why does that matter? You can, after all, get photos of the damage to your vehicle at any point later. Plus, once the police get to the...
What could be more heart-stopping than to realize that the headlights you see ahead of you on the road at night are actually in your lane and coming toward you? That's the reality you can experience when you encounter a wrong-way driver.Wrong-way accidents commonly...
There are a lot of rules of the road, and it's hard to remember them all. It never hurts to run through a few reminders, especially when it comes to situations that tend to provoke confusion, like who really has the "right of way" to carry on without stopping when a...
A study carried out by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in 2006 showed that the number of motorcycle-involved fatalities reached 4,810, a number that was double what it was ten years before. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
