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Las cifras respaldan lo que probablemente ya sospechas si pasas mucho tiempo manejando en West Palm Beach: la intersección de Okeechobee Boulevard y North Military Trail es la más peligrosa para accidentes en el condado de Palm Beach. Donde hay peligro De acuerdo con The Palm Beach Post, en la intersección de Okeechobee y Military...

Distracted driving is responsible for an estimated 390,000 injuries and 3,500 deaths per year. At any given time, there could be any number of distracted drivers on the road. One of the more notable modern distractions is the rise of infotainment systems built into vehicles. AAA has performed six rounds of research into distracted driving...

The numbers back up what you probably already suspect if you spend much time driving around West Palm Beach – the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and North Military Trail is the most dangerous for accidents in Palm Beach County. Where the danger exists According to The Palm Beach Post, Okeechobee and Military was the scene...

La advertencia es clara: los conductores del sur de la Florida deben verificar si sus vehículos están equipados con bolsas de aire defectuosas que pongan en riesgo su vida. La contundente recomendación fue hecha por Heidi King, administrador adjunto de la Administración Nacional de Seguridad en el Tráfico en Carreteras (NHTSA), así como por los...

The warning is clear: South Florida drivers should check whether their vehicles are equipped with life-threatening defective air bags. The strongly worded advice comes from Heidi King, deputy administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), as well as automakers and community leaders. They are urging motorists to check their vehicle identification numbers (VIN),...

The laws in Florida that protect victims of auto accidents are different than those in most of the country. We have addressed elsewhere that this has benefits and drawbacks, but one factor that warrants special attention is the question of punitive damages. On the face of it, it would appear as though victims of auto...

Algunas personas no deberían tener licencia de conducir debido a una afección médica, ya sea física o mental. Cada vez que están detrás del volante, suponen un peligro para ellos mismos y para todos a su alrededor. ¿Qué tan peligrosos son los conductores que tienen problemas médicos? Las emergencias médicas contribuyeron a más de 8,000...

Florida is one of only 12 states that use a no-fault insurance system rather than a tort system, as identified by the Insurance Information Institute (III). Of those, it is one of only three states that limits lawsuits by a verbal threshold rather than a monetary threshold. The differences between our system and the rest...

Some people should not have a driver’s license because of a medical condition, whether physical or mental. Every time they get behind the wheel, they pose a danger to themselves and everyone around them. How dangerous are medically impaired drivers? Medical emergencies contributed to more than 8,000 crashes over the past three years in the...

Todos hemos oído hablar sobre los peligros de los conductores que manejan distraídos en el sur de la Florida. Pero, no olvidemos los peligros que implican los peatones distraídos. Esa es una de las conclusiones de un informe de la Governors Highway Safety Association (Asociación de Seguridad Vial de los Gobernadores) titulado “Seguridad de Peatones...