Automobile Accidents

• Truck Crashes After Police Pursuit

  Eddie Farah | March 23, 2007 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Another accident in the streets of Jacksonville highlights just how dangerous police pursuits can be.This time three men in a truck whose driver appeared "suspicious" to police, took off in a neighborhood of Edgewood Avenue. Police began a high speed chase which lasted about 20 minutes, putting all of us in danger. They then deployed stop-sticks in order to blow out the tires of the fleeing...

• Three Die as Van Rear-Ends Tractor-Trailer in Georgia

  Eddie Farah | March 15, 2007 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  If you've ever travelled north of Jacksonville toward Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach, the sheer number of big-rigs loaded to the top with pine logs heading north is overwhelming.But a van carrying adult passengers from a rehab center didn't see one of those tractor-trailers stopped and rear-ended it Wednesday morning. The van driver and two other passengers were killed instantly when logs...

• New Media Warns of DUI Consequences

  Eddie Farah | March 10, 2007 7:47 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  I honestly don't spend much time watching YouTube, the online marketplace for anyone who wants to say nearly anything with a video. But I thought this was a creative and useful tool to warn new drivers, mostly aggressive young males, about the consequences of driving drunk. Afterall, how are you going to teach them? With a lecture at a podium and power point presentation? I don't think so. ...

• Sides Drawn in PIP No-Fault Insurance Debate

  Eddie Farah | March 09, 2007 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It might not be the most high-profile issue in front of the Florida Legislature this session, but the impending October 1st sunset of PIP automobile insurance is an issue that affects all Floridians and their bank accounts.Consider this--an uninsured motorist is in an auto accident. Regardless of who is at fault, PIP (Personal Injury Protection) provisions of your auto insurance offer $10,000...

• 6 Die in Crashes During Bike Week

  Eddie Farah | March 08, 2007 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It is supposed to be a fun-fest for lovers of motorcycles, but so far six motorcyclists have died on Florida's roads during the festivities in Daytona Beach.The latest occured when two motorcyclists died in a head-on crash. 31-year old Brian Charles Greene was in the westbound lane driving east passing a line of cars when he collided with 46-year old Charles Bigbee. Both men were from Deltona...

• State Crackdown on Unsafe Driving

  Eddie Farah | March 01, 2007 11:04 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Most of us will admit that driving to work or across town can sometimes be a harrowing experience. It just seems that there are more aggressive drivers who use their cars to express their frustration and lack of patience. Cars should never be used as a means to express anger and when you feel like gunning it to make a point--get a grip on yourself and your car!The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP)...

• Clay County Head-On Accident Victim Buried

  Eddie Farah | February 24, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Victoria Brandt was newly enrolled to be a third grader at Clay Hill Elementary School --instead this weekend she will be buried after a head-on collision on the Shands Bridge in Clay County earlier this week. 8-year-old Brandt, was one of three children killed in the four-vehicle crash that happened Monday when an SUV mysteriously veered into oncoming traffic near the Shands Bridge. ...

• Highway Traffic Safety Regulators Asleep on the Job

  Eddie Farah | February 16, 2007 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Anyone who passes a big-rig on the highway knows the feeling -- your heart races, you hold your breath and say a little prayer. You hope the truck driver is paying attention and has had enough sleep that day. But we know from experience that too many truckers on the road are pushing the limits. And federal rules now allow drivers to work 14-hour days, 11-hours behind the wheel, that's three...

• CNN Investigates Insurance

  Eddie Farah | February 10, 2007 4:29 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  You have to give some credit to CNN's Anderson Cooper and his producer. They have dared to go where reporters seldom do -- inside the insurance industry to highlight the real-life problems with insurance payouts.Take the case of Roxanne Martinez of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cooper and producer followed her claims with Allstate after her car was hit by another. Medical bills, damage to her car and...

• Jacksonville Woman's Car Shot

  Eddie Farah | February 09, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A Jacksonville woman says she's lucky to be alive after her car's windshield was shot by a small caliber gunduring morning rush-hour traffic Wednesday.Rebecca Morrison was traveling along Interstate-295 on the Westside in the southbound lanes between Pritchard Road and the Commonwealth Avenue exit. The Sheriff's office believes a 22-caliber gun might have left the nickel-sized hole in her...