Automobile Accidents

• Traffic Signals to Prevent Car Accidents

  Craig Cannon | April 20, 2007 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  As a result of concerns over car traffic conditions in The Villages, a community development district board is openly in favor of installing traffic signals at the intersection of Morse Boulevard and San Marino Drive. The board expressed disappointment when professional traffic engineers recommended not to install traffic signals at the intersection. All five board members are concerned about...

• Texas Takes The Lead! But, We Floridians Can Also Protect Our School Children–Find Out How:

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 25, 2009 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Starting September 1st in Texas, it will be illegal to talk on a cell phone in an active school zone unless: the car is stopped, a hands-free device is used, or in an emergency. As we welcome a new...

• Care and Feeding of Tires.

  Jeffrey Meldon | June 30, 2009 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A married couple from Ocala were killed while their twin daughters left uninjured, after a tire on the family mini van blew out in Valdosta Georgia on June 11th, 2009. Officers reported that...

• Wrongful Death in Motorcycle Accident

  Craig Cannon | March 23, 2007 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A man died in a car accident Monday afternoon. He was a 75-year-old trucking company owner who split time between Central Florida and Richmond, Va. He owned Butler Transport for 25 years in Richmond. His Florida home was in Leesburg. It's possible he was heading to or from her home when the crash happened.The victim was eastbound on County Road 486 in Citrus Hills at about 4:15 p.m. Monday...

• Car Damage due to Gustav, Hanna, Ike or Josephine

  John Salter | September 03, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Many consumers in Florida purchase "FULL" coverage for their automobiles. The problem is the legal definition of that word. Under Florida law, consumers are only legally required to have PIP...

• Gainesville Florida Law Enforcment Cracks Down on Drunk Driving

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 16, 2008 4:02 PM | 3 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Gainesville, Florida law enforcement has joined a nationwide effort to increase DUI arrests and hopefully reduce the number of accidents, injuries and deaths caused by drinking and driving. The...

• If these are "good neighbors" I'm changing neighborhoods!

  Tom Copeland | November 19, 2008 10:25 AM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Every day we emphasize to clients and others we come into contact with the importance of having the proper automobile insurance. Florida's no fault system does not require a car owner to carry...

• CSX Railroad Train Kills Grandmother

  Jeffrey Meldon | May 08, 2008 5:19 PM | 3 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Cynthia Forman, a 58 year old grandmother, was killed yesterday when a CSX railroad train was unable to stop and hit her as she was crossing the tracks in her car. The railroad tracks crossed a...

• Woman Killed by Van

  Craig Cannon | April 27, 2007 7:48 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A New Smyrna Beach woman was killed Wednesday afternoon after getting off a Votran bus on South Dixie Freeway. Shelby Kane, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said Kane had just gotten off a southbound Votran bus and was crossing the four-lane street when she was hit by a van. Kane was apparently headed to the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, when the crash occurred. A...

• Neck Injuries in Car Crash Tests

  Craig Cannon | April 05, 2007 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Head restraints in several passenger vehicles provided marginal or poor protection against neck injuries and whiplash, the insurance industry reported today in new crash test results. Only 22 of 75 vehicles tested in a simulated rear crash at 20 miles per hour received the top score of good from the Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The vehicles were tested on a crash...