Posts tagged Auto Accidents

• Teen Faces Nine Charges in Fatal Wreck

  Eddie Farah | August 28, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Friday night's exhibition football game was a sad one for some parents of students at Ed White High School in Jacksonville. Four teenagers, who were part of a group who cut school on the last day,...

• Construction Worker Painting Lines Hit, Killed By SUV

  Eddie Farah | August 12, 2009 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  People who work on our roads often wear brightly colored neon vests and helmets. That is what 37-year-old Cary Fraser was wearing, but it didn't help him to be more visible to a driver of an SUV...

• Jacksonville - Most Crashes In Florida In 2008

  Eddie Farah | July 08, 2009 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Just how are we doing as a state in regard to highway fatalities? A new report issued from the Florida Highway Patrol compiled crash data from around the state for 2008. Unbelievably- Jacksonville...

• Mom Sentenced In Wreck That Killed Son

  Eddie Farah | May 13, 2009 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Jacksonville mother has a long time to think about that day in March of 2008. She was speeding on a rain-slicked road, with her nine-year-old son in the car. Police estimate she may have...

• Florida's Motorcycle Deaths Drop Slightly, Still Tops Nation

  Eddie Farah | March 01, 2009 12:28 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  An Elkton, Florida man slid his motorcycle into the back of another vehicle last Tuesday evening in St. Augustine. He was flown to Shands-Jacksonville in critical condition. Brandon C. Marlow, 22...

• State Farm Plans Its Exit From Florida

  Eddie Farah | February 14, 2009 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  State Farm is one step closer to pulling its property insurance policies out of the state. Florida’s Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty indicated the insurance giant should go and...

• Trucking Regulations Will Keep Drivers On The Road Longer

  Eddie Farah | January 10, 2009 3:17 PM | 9 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  It was an eleventh hour rule by the Bush administration that does not keep us safer on the highways. The administration in its waning days has decided to finalize rules on just how long truckers can...

• 72 Car Safety Awards Highlight U.S. Automakers

  Eddie Farah | November 28, 2008 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you happen to be car shopping, you’ll want to visit the Top Safety Picks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The list for 2009 has more domestic cars that ever before....

• Support National Salvage Vehicles Database

  Eddie Farah | November 11, 2008 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Every try to buy a used car? About as much fun as going to the dentist. Not to disparage dentists, or the used car industry, but it can be very tricky. The used car stuff that...

• Antilock Brakes On Motorcycles Might Save Lives In Florida

  Eddie Farah | October 23, 2008 2:32 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that antilock brakes on motorcycles could save lives. Antilock brakes are installed in cars and trucks. Typically they are found on touring bikes...