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As Joan Lowy, reporting for the Associated Press, writes that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is setting down some rules. Well, it's a proposal, but if it becomes more than that, new trucks and buses would have to come off the assembly line with electronic stability control.
The rule would help cut down on rollover accidents, which can be a significant problem when it comes to large vehicles like commercial rigs and motor coaches.
Continue reading Federal agency proposes electronic stability control on new trucks, buses
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According to Australian researchers, Level 1 trauma centers can cut the risk of death by 25 percent, for those who arrive with serious injuries from accidents like car wrecks. And as Amy Norton reports for Reuters, the fact that Level 1 trauma centers have surgeons and specialists on hand means that people with serious injuries are generally less likely to end up with disabilities.
In fact, the outcome for many of these accident victims is characterized as "good," and it goes beyond just having specialists on hand.
Continue reading Level 1 trauma centers do a bang-up job helping the banged-up
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As we wrote about earlier in this post about high auto insurance premiums, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed the no-fault insurance bill into law, as Brendan Farrington reports for the Associated Press. With Scott's signature, auto insurance premiums are likely to stay exactly where they are now: high.
But there are other changes, changes that don't benefit consumers. For instance, if you get into a car accident, you'll have more hoops to jump through to get no-fault benefits, such as a $2,500 cap that can only be increased if you have a qualifying "emergency medical condition."
Continue reading Gov. Scott signs no-fault bill, but don't expect your premiums to decrease
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As Laura Bauer reports for the Kansas City Star, at the time of writing the crash team was still investigating and didn't know why the 19-year-old driver of a tan Toyota Avalon crossed the center line and crashed nearly head-on - "about six inches from being totally head-on," said a state trooper - into a car coming the other way, causing three auto accident deaths.
Inside the other car coming the other way was a young family, including a newborn baby, a boy, who had just been discharged from the hospital.
Continue reading Newborn baby escapes unharmed after horrific head-on collision
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It began with an anonymous tip to Florida troopers, as Julia Bagg reports for NBC 6 Miami, and ended with 1,000 modified cars scattering to the winds as the cops arrived. The drivers of these cars were preparing to compete in an off-the-books street race, complete with spectators on the sidelines.
The road on which the street race was taking place was characterized by one state trooper as "death valley." Trooper Nelvys Hernandez said, "It's just horrendous to see so many vehicles coming in and out at a high rate of speed," as Bagg reports, conjuring images of horrendous car wrecks from speeding.
Continue reading Miami street race: Risk of car wrecks one side of the coin
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It is National Work Zone Awareness Week. For those drivers prone to "barreling" through the Orange Zone, this week is a reminder to hit the brakes. Not only are drivers ticketed for speeding in a work zone liable for big fines and points, but speeding or lack of attention is likely to cause some type of motor vehicle accident in busy work zones: hitting a worker, pedestrian or other vehicle.
"Even though a motorcycle is not a toy," says motorcyclist Jeff Foley, as Michael Virtanen reports for the Republic, "it brings out the child in me." Foley is referring to the state of mind he gets when riding, where everything else in his life falls away momentarily.
But riding a motorcycle didn't come easy to him. He is lucky he did not get into a worse motorcycle accident when he first got his license; he dropped his motorcycle twice, at low-speed, due to a self-described cockiness and overall lack of experience.
First an airplane, now a Toyota Camry, as Frank Fernandez reports for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. And it truly is amazing that no one was killed in this unusual Florida car crash - though there were serious injuries - looking at the footage provided by the News-Journal, in which you can see the Camry careen through the glass doors of the Publix store and hit an entire bench full of people, as well as a stroller in which lay a baby.
The car definitely looks as though it was traveling at a high rate of speed. Those within view of the camera are wiped off the screen in what seems like a fraction of a second.
Continue reading Publix stores: Unintended target of accelerating Camry, wayward plane
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At this time, there are no further details as to how the boating accident happened, though government authorities took the opportunity to remind people about proper boat safety, like being sure to wear a lifejacket.
Continue reading Father and son, members of Florida Powerboat Club, lose their lives in accident
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As Charles Elmore reports for the Palm Beach Post, Florida Gov. Rick Scott is likely to sign a bill into law that would continue today's no-fault insurance PIP system, which mandates coverage, and is alleged to cost Florida drivers more for their auto insurance than in other states where the no-fault mandate has been dropped.
Continue reading Floridians continue paying high auto insurance premiums, but now get less
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