Tag Archives: auto accident
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A recent wrong-way accident on Interstate 75 underscores the need for action to protect motorists from wrong-way drivers. Wrong-way accidents kill motorists and grab headlines. In early April, 91-year old Ernest Lee Holmes drove his 1993 Buick Century onto I-75 in Hamilton County just before midnight. He entered the Interstate from an exit. Driving south,… Read More »
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Statistics on Motor Vehicle Crash Data published by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles show that 7,980 teen passengers were injured in 2010, while 26,848 teen drivers were involved in accidents overall. In other words, in almost 30% of all teen crashes, a teen passenger was injured. Teen passenger injuries exceed the… Read More »
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A Florida Supreme Court ruling could change the way culpability for rear-end collisions is shared. The case involved a three car pileup in which Kerri Ann Rideout collided with the car in front after failing to slow down sufficiently at the crest of a hill while talking on her cell phone. Maria Cevallos, following Ms…. Read More »