Automobile Accidents

• May is Time to Focus on Avoiding Motorcycle Accidents

  Eddie Farah | May 03, 2007 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  There is no freedom like being on a motorcycle--at least that's what my friends say.But with one in ten U.S. traffic accidents that lead to death involving a motorcycle, May is the month formotorcycle safety. Maybe because of it's proximity to Daytona, the Jacksonville area sees alot of motorcycle accidents.In 2005-- the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that 4,553...

• Outrage Expressed Over Mexican Trucker Program

  Eddie Farah | April 24, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Truckers from around the nation plan to circle the White House this week in a show of outrage over a pilot program to open our borders and jacksonvill'e highways to Mexican long-haul rigs. President Bush has signed a bill that opens the nation's highways to 18-wheelers from south of the border. Up to 17,000 could soon be on our roads by-passing the sort of scrutiny and safety checks for big-rigs...

• Police Say Cyclist Caused Tractor-Trailer Crash

  Eddie Farah | April 13, 2007 11:39 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  You see them all the time on the road--cyclists who sometimes follow the rules of the road--sometimes do not. Something went terribly wrong Wednesday evening when 18-year-old Ronald Dale of Waycross, Georgia failed to stop at a sign and that began a chain of events resulting in the death of a female motorist. 33-year old Sarah Elaine Cribb Poss was just trying to avoid Dale. She did, but lost...

• Hero Rescues Children Following Head-On

  Eddie Farah | April 11, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It took the courage of one woman to save the lives of three children riding in an SUV who were hit head-on Monday.The as-yet unidentified woman was traveling north on AIA from Duval into Nassau County when the Dodge Neon in front of her crossed the median into oncoming traffic. The 17-year old driver, Lawrence Brown was following his father to work in Amelia Island. No word on why he crossed...

• Legislature May Reform PIP

  Eddie Farah | April 05, 2007 11:08 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  We see it every day. A person injured in an auto accident goes to the doctor for common pains that result. Even without health insurance, Personal Injury Protection or PIP, which every person pays for as part of their auto policy, can mean the difference between finding problems or letting chronic conditions go undiagnosed. But the insurance lobby wants to get rid of PIP and the up to $10,000...

• Tougher Driver's License Requirements in North Florida January First

  Eddie Farah | December 04, 2009 12:13 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Beginning January first, it is not going to be as easy as it has been in the past to renew or replace your driver’s license in the North Florida’s St. Johns County. It’s all part...