Orlando Car Accident Lawyer Blog

We feel blessed that many Floridians have been helped by the Florida car accident book, Seeking Justice: An Insider's Guide for the Injured. When I wrote this book, I hoped it would help people involved in a car accident protect themselves from insurance company adjusters. I also wanted to provide a solid method for injured people to find the right lawyer. From the reviews we have received, it has done just that. For anyone injured in a Florida car accident, a Free copy of this book can be a great place to start.

After reading my book, people have shared that they had no idea that out of the 80,000 Florida lawyers- only 2 percent are certified as specialists in civil trial law, which includes car and truck accidents. Everyone should understand that car and truck accident cases have many complex issues that lawyers who do not specialize may not be aware of. Unfortunately, if a lawyer does not know the important issues involved in car and truck accident cases, it is the client who will suffer.

Many people have asked why we are giving away such a valuable book. Well, we believe that people deserve to be treated fairly. Over the past 20 years, we have seen too many decent, honest people taken advantage of after a car accident. This book gives injured people a fighting chance right from the start-Before it is too late.

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Teenage drivers hit the road with little practical experience, often ill-prepared for situations they're likely to encounter behind the wheel. That's why a former Florida police officer created the Street Safe Teen Driving Program. The program includes classroom and hands-on components that allow participants to drive with an instructor. The course is patterned after the law enforcement Emergency Vehicle Operations Course and is intended to supplement standard driver's education classes offered in schools.

The Street Safe program will use five demonstration cars enhanced with decals to make them look like NASCAR racers. The cars will display the names of sponsors, the program and its Web site. Instruction will cover the dangers of alcohol consumption and driving, following too closely, sudden lane changes, safely stopping a vehicle and adjusting driving speed to conditions. Teen participants will be able to experience what it feels like to lose control of a car and will get to operate golf carts wearing "fatal vision" goggles, which simulate the vision of a person who has a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent, the state standard for drunken driving.

Between 1995 and 2004, drivers between 15 and 17 years old were involved in 26,453 fatal crashes that killed 30,917 people nationwide, according to AAA.
Local law enforcement and judicial officials are vocal backers of the Street Safe program. Instructors will include police officers and firefighters. This program sure sounds great to a dad with three new drivers.

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Volvo is leading the way to eliminate injury from car accidents by the year 2020. If all goes according to plan, its driver and passengers will escape even the most serious car crash without injury. And Volvo is far from the only player in what experts call the biggest revolution in the auto industry since the seatbelt.

With 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes each year, car makers, safety experts and designers want to make injury-proof cars. The Swedish carmaker, now owned by Ford, is the first to set a target date to eliminate car accident death and injury in its cars.

As recently as January, some 77 percent of U.S. consumers polled by Consumer Reports ranked Volvo as the safest car brand. According to Consumer Reports no other brand dominates a category the way safety is owned by Volvo. But other carmakers have learned safety sells and are putting out their own safe credentials. As Orlando car accident lawyers we think this can only improve car safety more quickly. That is a very good thing.

Prevention of needless injury and death from car accidents is an issue that deserves everyone’s attention. Taking the injury out of car accidents is one solid method to address occupant safety. The other is building car crash avoidance into new vehicles. We applaud these approaches by auto makers.

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