Automobile Accidents

• What To Do When PIP Is Gone?

  Ed Normand | September 08, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  There has been a lot of publicity about the impending sunset and death of the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) auto insurance law in Florida. Various pundits have opined about the good and bad effects of no more PIP but few discuss what the consumer should do when PIP expires. The answer really depends on what other insurance you already have. At the outset it is important to remember that...

• Cab Driver Shot in Face

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 6:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A cab driver picked up a fare near Universal, was directed to fake address, and was shot in the face. The driver is in the hospital fighting for his life in critical condition. Crime against cab drivers is a well known problem. In fact, drivers have been asking cab companies for years to offer protection. Simple measures like bullet proof glass partitions, panic buttons, alarms and cab cams...

• Hit and Run Driver Hurt When Chased After Auto Accident

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A woman driving a Honda south near UCF in Orlando rear ended another car in a minor crash. No problem until she left the scene in a hit and run. The car that was hit chased the woman until she crashed her car into a tree. What was a minor accident subject to a careless driving ticket may result in jail time for leaving the scene and reckless driving in leaving the scene. Thus a simple auto...

• Bus Crash Hurts 11 Kids

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  11 children were hurt in a single vehicle bus crash in Hillsborough County Florida today. The bus driver ran a curb went off the road and crashed near some trees. 11 of the kids went to the hospital for treatment. The bus driver was issued a ticket for careless driving in causing the auto accident. The bus driver was also cited for failing to wear a seat belt. What kind of example is that...

• Hit and Run Driver Gets Jail Time

  Ed Normand | September 04, 2007 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The driver of a hit and run vehicle that struck and killed a 13-year-old boy who was skating across a State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs Floriida. The victim was in a crosswalk and it was almost dark when he got hit in the car v. pedestrian auto accident. The driver did not even have a driver's license when he crashed into the boy. He tried to cover it up by leaving the scene, fixing the...

• Minimum Required Florida Car Accident Insurance

  Ed Normand | September 03, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The newspapers have been writing about the expiration of the requirement to purchase Personal Injury Protection insurance or no fault automobile accident insurance coverage (PIP) in Florida. While there is debate even among personal injury lawyers about the merits of PIP and its expiration there is also confusion regarding what coverage is required once PIP is gone on October 1st. Originally...

• Electronic Logs Can Stop Truck Accidents

  Ed Normand | September 03, 2007 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Currently, the Federal Regulations for interstate trucking place limits on the hours that interstate truckers may drive. Most truckers follow the regulations but some do not. Recent polls of long distance truck drivers revealed that up to 16% of them had fallen asleep while driving at least once in the previous month. Up to 48% operated a truck while sleepy in the prior week.. Some trucking...

• Challenge to MADD: Stand Up To Alcohol Lobby

  Ed Normand | September 02, 2007 1:40 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In a letter to the Editor of the Orlando Sentinel a member of the National Board of Directors of MADD correctly cited statistics showing that last year in Florida 959 people were killed and over 14,000 were injured in auto crashes caused by drunk drivers. That is 80 deaths a month as a result of drunk driving in Florida alone. What a tragedy. The writer then made a passionate plea for...

• Check Tire Pressure To Avoid Car Accidents

  Ed Normand | September 01, 2007 8:23 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  We all know that our tires should be inflated to a specific level but not everyone knows that low tire pressure and hot weather can be a deadly combination. Under inflated tires can lead to impaired steering, traction, and braking of the vehicle. These safety issues are compounded when combined with hot roads and often overloaded vehicles full of travelers and gear headed on vacation. The...

• Car and Bus Accident Injures Nine in Orlando

  Ed Normand | August 30, 2007 6:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A Lynx bus and a van collided on Boggy Creek road today shutting down a portion of the road for hours. The car accident resulted in injuries to eight of the bus occupants. The accident may have been caused by construction debris on the road. The driver of the van had to be airlifted to a local hospital. Many times car crashes are the result of debris left on the road from construction or...