Motorcycle Accidents

• Bike Week 2009 wrapping up.

  Jeffrey Meldon | March 08, 2009 10:54 AM | 14 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Daytona Beach Bike Week 2009 is wrapping up the festivities today and regrettably there have been 7 reported deaths this past 10 days. Fortunately this number is down considerably from 2006 when...

• Are loud pipes protecting motorcycle riders?

  Jeffrey Meldon | February 28, 2009 12:35 PM | 8 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  According to many riders in Daytona Beach for Bike Week, this week, they wouldn’t be caught dead on the road without their loud, modified, unbaffled straight pipes. They feel that it provides...

• Motorcycle riders need to protect themselves NOW more than EVER!

  Jeffrey Meldon | February 07, 2009 4:40 PM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  There has been a recent news buzz regarding the Insurance Research Counsel’s (IRC) release of findings last month of a nationwide study that showed that 23%, (nearly one in four), of motor...

• Motorcyclist Dies-Not Wearing Helmet

  Jeffrey Meldon | May 04, 2008 7:10 PM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A Deltona motorcyclist,Steven Louies Cruz,23, died yesterday after he lost control on a curve in the road and ran into a fence post. He was not wearing a helmet, which in Florida is lawful, so long...

• Florida Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With Black Bear

  Chrissie Cole | March 02, 2010 6:16 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A motorcycle accident claimed the life of a motorcyclist, 51, today, when a black bear ran out in front of his motorcycle causing him to lose control on a Marion County road, according to Florida...

• A Warning to the Motorcyclists: Hazardous Conditions on the Roads

  Jeffrey Meldon | March 03, 2009 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  As the biggest Bike Week in the country is occurring in Daytona Beach this week, I wanted to give another word of caution to the bikers in and around Volusia County especially in light of the 7...

• Heads up to everyone on the roads in and around Daytona Beach:

  Jeffrey Meldon | February 18, 2009 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Heads up to everyone on the roads in and around Daytona Beach: Over the next few weeks our area will be host to nearly half a million bikers coming from all over the country for the biggest...

• Motorcycle Crash with Car Kills Rider

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 05, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  James Cassles, age 50, was killed Saturday night after his motorcycle crashed head-on into a car. Cassles had been traveling west on S.R 100 at about 11:40 pm according to Clay County sheriff...