Traffic Cameras Creating Dangerous Problems The understated, yet considerable change to Florida’s rules about traffic signals now offers local metropolitan areas and counties the ability to change traffic lights (specifically lights with traffic cameras) below national minimums. Or, in other words, the state and local government can now manipulate the length of a yellow light…
Why Your Doctor Will Not Treat Your Car Accident Injury Summertime in Florida conjures up some of the best memories one can have: grilling out, backyard sports and long days at the beach. However, inevitably, the occasional “can’t believe that happened” moment enters our mind as we recall that time, “Uncle Johnny singed his eyebrows…
Hillsborough County Fraud Ordinance Takes A Hit If you live in the Tampa Bay area, you know about our accident fraud problem. You may have seen pain clinics pop up overnight only to be shut down shortly thereafter. Perhaps, you sought treatment at a pain clinic after a legitimate car accident, only to realize the…
Why Athletes Are Not Prosecuted For Drugs Yesterday, August 20th, Von Miller , starting NFL linebacker for the Denver Broncos was suspended 6 games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. Almost exactly one month earlier, former MLB MVP Ryan Braun was suspended 65 games for violating the MLB’s substance abuse policy. Unfortunately, these two…
Mud Racing Waivers Tough Mudder, Spartan Race, Savage Race, Warrior Dash, and a variety of other obstacle courses put participants through mud, fire, electricity, water and basically anything else the race creators can conjure. These races grow in popularity every year. Since we live in beautiful, warm and sunny Florida, we know that we are…
New Florida Phone Scam Imagine this: You just sit down for dinner. Your family is gathered around the table. There is a slight moment of anticipation before the initial “dig in” and RING, RING, RING! Your phone goes off. Oh great…someone is calling…during dinner…and it is probably a telemarketer. You answer the phone with that…
What To Do After An Accident? Do You Really Know? We have all received countless advice on how to avoid an auto accident: adjust your mirrors, drive the speed limit, pay attention to weather changes, etc. And it’s all great advice, but even when you do your best, sometimes an accident is unavoidable. In those…
Texting While Driving Ban Becomes Law It may have taken six years, but it’s official, Florida is now the 40 th state to bas some sort of texting while driving ban. The ban passed into law yesterday, May 28 th , 2013 when Governor Scott signed the bill in Miami. Last month, our Kemp Law…
Changes To Texting While Driving Whether we have been in an automobile accident as a result of texting while driving, know someone who has been in one, or have just had the pleasure of waiting 10 seconds at a green light for someone to finish their “lol,” reply, texting while driving is an ever increasing…
Editorial: Florida long overdue to ban texting while driving By Andrew Marra Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Traffic deaths rose in Palm Beach County last year. On the county’s roads and highways, 137 people died, a 21 percent jump from 2011. As in any year, these fatal crashes happened for a myriad of reasons, but…
