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Police responded to an auto accident with a car in Lake Eola in downtown Orlando around 2 a.m. Saturday morning. The young woman driver said she was trying to avoid a pedestrian who crossed in front…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Traffic Safety Facts for 2007, the 119 bicycle-related deaths was tops in the nation. You might say that makes sense because…
The Florida legislature will send a bill to Gov. Charlie Crist that will allow law enforcement officers to stop vehicles to write tickets merely for seat belt violations. The Governor says he will…
After the Chicago Tribune found that not all child restraint seats perform the same way in different vehicles, on Friday the U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a new system whereby…
Our fellow IB blogger, Joe Saunders, has a very interesting post on his blog dealing with Fitness Balls exploding and causing injury to people. These ball are usually used to strengthen the core. A…
Just as high school prom season is about to start, the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act and the SafeRoads4Teens campaign were announced in Washington DC yesterday. U.S….
The makers of the drug Raptiva announced a volutary, phased in recall of the drug. The safety of the drug (which is used to treat psoriasis) has been called into question for years because it is…
According to The Florida Civil Rights Association and the National Motorist Association they are. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting these groups have joined efforts in fighting red light cameras in…
Last week in the Orlando Sentinel’s Ticked Off column, a reader was complaining that an orthopaedic doctor’s office charged $35.00 for copies of 10 pages of medical records – that’s $3.50 per page….
The temperature in Florida pools hasn’t even begun to rise and we have had the second toddler drowning in just 5 days. A 4 year-old Lakeland girl was found in a swimming pool at
The tragic drowning death of an Orange County toddler yesterday causes us to once again focus on the dangers of an unprotected pool. According the Orlando Sentinel, there were 441 deaths by…
Many tourists traveling in and our of Florida buy travel, or trip, insurance as a way of protecting themselves from cancelled trips, but more importantly, to cover the cost of travel-related illness…
