Author Archives: Bernard Walsh
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As part of statewide efforts to encourage greater safety for pedestrians and cyclists, some Florida municipalities are citing parents if their children do not wear bicycle helmets. In Orange County, the Sheriff’s Office issued 60 citations in October 2016 alone to parents of children who were not wearing bike helmets. That number was 20 more… Read More »
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For more than four decades, highway traffic deaths had been steadily declining. But in 2015, those fatalities had their largest year-to-year percentage increase in about 50 years. Early numbers for 2016 are looking even worse. In the first six months of the year, deaths increased by 10.4 percent (up to 17,775) from the same period… Read More »
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A recent report from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicates the frequency of hit-and-run accidents increased about 7 percent from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, there were more than 92,000 hit-and-run accidents reported in the state. Approximately 25 percent of these crashes involved pedestrians. In Hillsborough County alone, hit-and-run accidents increased… Read More »