Automobile Accidents

• Helpful Hints In Selecting a Child Car Seat

  Ed Normand | November 13, 2009 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Baby Car Seats - Did you know... Often parents move their child from a baby car seat to a full-size safety seat too soon. Data from crash-testing reveals that a baby is better protected in a...

• More Dangers of Distracted Driving

  Ed Normand | November 03, 2009 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A client of mine was forever maimed in a recent car crash, but she wasn’t even driving. Jane was walking in her neighborhood, in broad daylight, when a car veered off the road, and mowed her...

• Dangers of Distracted Driving

  Ed Normand | September 30, 2009 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  With the advent of safer cars, airbags and mandatory seatbelts one would think that we are progressing toward safer roadways. Technology, however, is bringing about a new and very real danger:...

• Sunday P.M. Rain Wreaks Havock with Central Florida Highways

  Sandy Grinnell | September 29, 2009 5:06 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A mid-afternoon heavy rain shower on Sunday resulted in multiple auto accidents from Polk County to Tampa, causing significant delays on both I-4 and I-95. The I-4 pile-up occurred at about mile...

• FHP: Labor Day Highway Deaths Were Down

  Sandy Grinnell | September 18, 2009 6:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  While the total number of Florida highway deaths over the long Labor Day week-end are not yet available, the number of car crash related deaths investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol was seven...

• NTSB Urges Florida to Pass Child Booster Seat Law

  Sandy Grinnell | September 09, 2009 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  When I posted the blog last week about National Child Passenger Safety Week, I didn't know that the NTSB was going issue a press release today asking Florida to comply with its child booster seat...

• Is Your Child's Safety Seat Truly Safe?

  Sandy Grinnell | September 03, 2009 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  National Child Passenger Safety Seat Week is September 12 - 19, sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Auto accidents are the number one cause of death in children...

• Are Bars Their Brother's Keeper? CDC Reports Binge Drinking

  Mark Willingham | September 02, 2009 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Mike Stobbe of the Associated Press reported yesterday that a new study to be released in October by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that one in ten binge drinkers drove the last time...

• Texting While Driving PSA Getting Lots of Attention

  Sandy Grinnell | August 25, 2009 12:27 PM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A British public service announcement is getting a lot of air time these days, and not just on British television but on YouTube. The very graphic PSA depicts a horrific accident that begins with...

• 2 topics: UM/UIM coverage stacking rules in your state and

  Ed Normand | August 13, 2009 12:24 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Reading one’s car insurance policy can be like reading a foreign language for the first time, a tad confusing. In dissecting the fine print, one of the most under appreciated (no pun...