There were four serious tourist injuries in the last 3 months of 2007 according to state regulators. In addition to a widely reported death which occurred on Animal Kingdom's Expedition Everest ride, the Orlando Sentinel reports the other incidents were: a 34-year-old woman broke a vertebra in her lower back on Universal Studios' Revenge of the Mummy ride on Nov. 18; an 81-year-old woman...
The results of a 2 year clinical study revealed that the popular Cholesterol drug Zetia and the Zetia-containing pill Vytorin may be ineffective. Another interesting aspect of the study was that the pharmaceutical companies that produce the drugs kept missing deadlines to release the findings. The company originally blamed the complex data for the delay, but after news articles and Congress...
A new proposal could result in bikers losing their motorcycles. A bill sponsored by Representative Carlos Lopez-Cantera of Miami calls for motorcyclists to be arrested and have their bikes confiscated if they are charged with reckless driving or exceeding the speed limit by 50 miles per hour. That is only for motorcyclists CHARGED with those crimes- if later convicted, bikers stand to lose...
Warning signs existed for 20 hours prior to Wednesday morning's I-4 pile up. The National Weather Service had given Northern Polk County (where the pileup occurred) a 10 out of 10 severe fog warning. The Department of Forestry then told the Florida Highway Patrol to expect dangerous conditions in that area, where a controlled burn was ongoing. This warning from the Department of Forestry is...
A 70 car pile up that closed Interstate 4 for more than 12 hours yesterday, injured 37 and killed 4. The wreckage of semis, car, SUVs, and trucks stretched over two miles. The pile was made up of several collisions involving multiple vehicles. The first crash was reported around 4:30 a.m. according to the Orlando Sentinel. Less than 24 hours prior, a controlled forest burn was being...
The consistent problems that Tampa faces with I-4 traffic were brought into bold bas-relief during rush hour this morning when a fifty car pile-up killed three drivers and injured many more. Police struggled to reroute traffic on I-4 that was at a near standstill from the accident near Lakeland.Traffic on the only major artery into Tampa from Lakeland and Orlando faced almost zero visibility...
The Florida No Fault Law is set to return on January 1st, 2008. The law requires drivers to carry mandatory $10,000 PIP coverage. The $10,000 is used to cover 80% of medical bills and 60% of lost wages up till that amount. Drivers should make sure they speak with their insurance agent to make sure they have PIP coverage. Although many insurance companies are automatically adding it back,...