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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Although there are rules in place that require many if not most truckers to take periodic breaks from driving, trucker fatigue is still a very serious, and all too common, problem on the roads of the Tampa area and in other parts of Florida.One statistic suggests that...
Tampa-areas roads can be dangerous for all Florida travelers, regardless of whether they are walking, riding a bus or driving a car. Congestion, roadwork and other drivers can all increase the chance of an accident that may leave innocent people injured. Pedestrians...
A dump truck driver traveling on U.S highway 301 collided head on with a passenger car, injuring three children from the greater Tampa area, resulting in injuring one them critically. The other two children were listed in serious condition. The woman who was driving...
Drunk driving is a serious threat to the safety and well-being of every person on the road. Operating a vehicle with an elevated blood alcohol content can significantly increase the chance of an accident, and innocent people can suffer. Florida readers understand the...