A Florida jury awarded a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers fullback $3.4 million in connection with a 2009 car accident. B.J. Askew suffered neck injuries in a rear-end collision that forced the NFL franchise to place him on the team’s Non-Football Injured Reserve List. Askew's car was rear-ended as he drove…
TALLAHASSEE — A Tampa company has sent fliers to chiropractors suggesting ways to capitalize on potential loopholes in new legislation aimed at denting the runaway fraud plaguing Florida's mandatory motor vehicle no-fault law.
The legislation (HB 119) — which hasn't yet reached the governor's desk — still requires all Florida drivers…
The National Safety Council promotes April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month and encourages everyone to take the NSC pledge to drive cell free at nsc.org/pledge. Thousands of fatal crashes each year involve drivers using cell phones.
“It’s time to start changing the social acceptance of cell phone use while driving,” said…
Did you know? An estimated 8,959 lives were saved by child restraints from 1975 to 2008.
According to the National Highway Safety and Traffic Administration, "Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for (children) ages 3 to 14 (based on 2006 figures, which are the latest mortality data…
