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Michael Damaso / 09-30-2020 / Community Involvement

Photo Credit: Angela Gallo Photography Donation of Video Conferencing Devices to West Lakes Partnership Helps More Loved Ones Connect, More Often Video conferencing with families and friends has become a way of life for many during COVID-19, but for those living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the simple act of seeing loved ones […]

Doug / 08-24-2012 / Auto Accidents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9bbTGhL0c&feature=youtu.be On Monday, we discussed the “How is my KID driving?” app created by Cooper City father Mike McManigal to help parents monitor their teens’ driving. However, here are 10 other apps currently available which can also reduce “driving while intexticated”: Drive First — This Sprint app locks the phone when your car is traveling […]

Doug / 08-20-2012 / Auto Accidents

Last week, we noted the comments of Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Lieutenant Tim Frith to WPTV-TV regarding the increase in traffic fatalities in Broward and Palm Beach counties. “I know for a fact distractions play a large role in traffic crashes,” Frith told WPTV. “We need to attack driver distraction like we did with DUI […]

Doug / 08-17-2012 / Auto Accidents

https://youtu.be/-t2zTQW6yis This video is from an ABC News report this past January after a series of deadly crashes on Interstate 75 in which 11 people were killed and 18 people were hospitalized. On August 2, 2012, the trucking industry magazine Fleet Owner reported that one of the major findings of a state investigation into the […]

Doug / 08-13-2012 / Auto Accidents

After traffic crash fatalities during the first quarter of the year declined by about 30 percent between 2006 to 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said last month that the number of deaths in the first three months of 2012 represented a 13.5 percent increase from the same period in 2011. On […]

Doug / 08-10-2012 / Auto Accidents

On Monday, we began discussing a July 26, 2012, article in the USA Today that examined how motorists should deal with distracted—and thus dangerous—drivers. Among the many pieces of advice that were offered in the piece, here are some of the things you should do if you encounter a motorist who is “driving while intexticated”: […]

Doug / 08-06-2012 / Auto Accidents

While Florida is now one of only 11 states that does not make it illegal to text while driving, it was still interesting to read how authorities in the other 39 states are identifying distracted drivers and enforcing their cell phone bans. “Police look for the same telltale signs they would employ if they were […]

Doug / 07-30-2012 / Auto Accidents

The video above is from an accident that occurred a few years ago in Missouri. We are posting it not because of why this truck overturned, but to point out that a crane was needed to clear this section of US Route 50 of the 40,000 pounds tons of logs that spilled from the trailer. […]

Doug / 07-27-2012 / Auto Accidents

It was just after midnight last month when a semi driver did not stop in a construction zone on Interstate 4, crashing into a Florida Highway Patrol trooper’s cruiser. The 35-year-old truck driver was cited for careless driving, and while troopers did not say how he missed numerous signs, tow truck operator Brian Harris told […]

Doug / 07-23-2012 / Auto Accidents

The video above shows some of the events in conjunction with the National Technology Day celebration at Anna University (AU) in India. The school has been celebrating this day for the past few years to commemorate the test explosions of nuclear devices at the Pokhran test range on May 11, 1998. We are posting the […]

Doug / 07-20-2012 / Consumer Safety

On Monday, we began to discuss the record settlement British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay at the beginning of the month for illegally marketing and failing to report accurate safety information about defective drugs. However, as author Charles Seife noted in a July 9, 2012, article for the online magazine Slate, “When you sell some […]

Doug / 07-16-2012 / Consumer Safety

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on July 2, 2012, that British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will pay $3 billion in fines in the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company. GSK will plead guilty to marketing drugs for unapproved uses and failing to report drug safety information to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). […]

Doug / 07-13-2012 / Auto Accidents

As we mentioned on Monday, one study presented at the recent Lifesavers Conference held here in Orlando found that drivers using phones are four times more likely to get into a crash—regardless of whether the phone is hands-free or handheld. In a Consumer Reports article published on June 14, 2012, hands-free devices were one of […]

Doug / 07-09-2012 / Auto Accidents

Intexticated drivers remain a serious public safety issue, and US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wrote on his blog that he was “particularly pleased” that there were several sessions on distracted driving during the Lifesavers Conference in Orlando last month. The event was held by the National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities and was the group’s […]

Doug / 07-06-2012 / Auto Accidents

On Monday, we discussed the inherent danger involved with fireworks that is associated with this past Wednesday’s Fourth of July holiday. However, as we noted, there are thousands of injuries from fireworks throughout the months before and after Independence Day. As Captain Joe Bruni notes in the video above, it is not only common for […]

Doug / 07-02-2012 / Consumer Safety

With millions of Americans celebrating the Fourth of July this coming Wednesday, there are certain to be thousands of fireworks as part of the festivities. Unfortunately, thousands are injured by fireworks every year around this time. The video above from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) demonstrates some of the dangers of fireworks. It […]

Doug / 06-29-2012 / Auto Accidents

We posted a video on Monday that discussed the myth of multitasking, but the video above featuring productivity trainer Jan Wencel actually puts a viewer’s multitasking ability to the test. Her company, Life Contained, runs a workshop entitled “Multitasking Makes You Stupid.” Wencel notes that in these workshops, “we often have students who not only […]

Doug / 06-25-2012 / Auto Accidents

David Teater is the senior director of Transportation Initiatives at the National Safety Council (NSC), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accident prevention and promoting health issues. As we mentioned last week, the NSC has designated June as National Safety Month, and this final week has been dedicated specifically to driving safety. We have posted videos […]

Doug / 06-22-2012 / Consumer Safety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQGjPOFio0&feature=related This ABC News segment on preventing dangerous falls among the elderly is a couple of years old, but the dangers remain as prevalent as ever. As we discussed on Monday, the National Safety Council (NSC) has made June National Safety Month, and this week is dedicated specifically to raising awareness about preventing slips, trips […]

Doug / 06-18-2012 / Consumer Safety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3-6tR68ZpY&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL1DE4BA928A511A6A This is a public service announcement from the Florida Department of Health, the Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida and the Florida Department of Children & Families. As the PSA notes, half of all children hospitalized for falls are under the age of 5. We are posting this video now because June has been […]

Doug / 06-11-2012 / Consumer Safety

We previously discussed traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) after the death of former NFL linebacker Junior Seau last month. In the video above, Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that there was enough evidence to suggest that previous blows to the head sustained on the football field contributed to the condition known as chronic […]

Doug / 06-04-2012 / Car Accident

Many of us are aware of the risks and penalties inherent in driving while intoxicated, but driving while “intexticated” is every bit as dangerous. The video above effectively demonstrates the difficulty the average driver might have in acquiring a driver’s license if the test required him or her to pass a texting test at the […]

Doug / 05-28-2012 / Auto Accidents

In the video above, John Templeton, Jr. recalls leaving a Florida bar in 2002 after night of drinking when he was 19 years old and how his next memory was waking up to find himself handcuffed to a hospital bed with a state trooper informing him that he was responsible for the death of 18-year-old […]

Doug / 05-21-2012 / Auto Accidents

This video from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) calls attention to some of the “fake-out” moves drivers may try to use to pretend they are wearing a seat belt when passing by a police officer. Today kicks off the nationwide “Click It or Ticket” campaign, and it is Florida’s 12th consecutive year of […]

Doug / 05-14-2012 / Auto Accidents

Following the death of former National Football League (NFL) linebacker Junior Seau from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on May 2, 2012, the video above is an interview the Associated Press conducted with Miami neurosurgeon Walter Bradley. While he says that there is not a “clear link between repeated concussions and depression,” Bradley does say how […]

Doug / 05-07-2012 / Dangerous

President John F. Kennedy’s meeting with the National Council of Senior Citizens served as a prelude to designating May as “Senior Citizens Month” in 1963. President Jimmy Carter’s 1980 designation led to the annual observance being renamed Older Americans Month, but the Administration on Aging (AoA) says every president since Kennedy has issued a formal […]

Doug / 04-30-2012 / Auto Accidents

The video above is a public service announcement put out by the village of Romeoville, Illinois, in regards to “Keep Kids Alive Drive 25,” a nationwide campaign “put an end to deaths and injuries caused by speeding and distracted driving on our nation’s roads.” We are posting this video today because tomorrow is the sixth […]

Doug / 04-23-2012 / Auto Accidents

This video is for a Maintenance of Traffic course required by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). A few years ago, FDOT released a series of public service announcements to call attention to safe driving in work zones throughout the Sunshine State. We’re posting this now because today marks the start of the 2012 National […]

Doug / 04-16-2012 / Auto Accidents

The video above is another in the “Faces of Distracted Driving” series from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Distraction.gov website. It features the mother of a 13-year-old Citra, Florida girl who was killed when a semi truck slammed into the back of a school bus that the teenager was riding in. The truck driver […]

Doug / 04-09-2012 / Auto Accidents

This video is a segment from WPTV-TV discussing a crackdown by the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) on aggressive driving during the final three days of February this year. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on March 8, 2012, that the statewide campaign resulted in 67 citations for aggressive driving, which involves two or more violations at […]

Doug / 04-06-2012 / Auto Accidents

In this video, a young man’s actions help avert what certainly could have easily been a tragic accident. The students aboard the school bus in the video are helpless after driver suffered a seizure while behind the wheel, and the video shows just how violent the road was before the 17-year-old brought the bus to […]

Doug / 04-02-2012 / Auto Accidents

The video above is WISH-TV coverage of a school bus accident in Indiana on March 12, 2012, one of three separate school bus accidents on the same day. The trio of crashes led to discussion in various outlets about the issue of installing seat belts on school buses, a move that some feel is long […]

Doug / 03-30-2012 / Auto Accidents

Five Canandaigua Academy students submitted the video above to a Distracted Driving Video Contest held in 2011 by the New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company (NYCM), and we particularly agreed with the final thought at the end: “All Distracted Drivers Send the Same Message.” We have been getting a better idea of how people […]

Doug / 03-19-2012 / Auto Accidents

Three years ago, the actress Natasha Richardson fell during a beginner skiing lesson in Quebec, Canada. Three hours after twice refusing medical attention, she developed a headache and was admitted to a local hospital before being transferred to a Montreal Hospital in critical condition and then flown to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City […]

Doug / 03-16-2012 / Dangerous

The video above is the first of a two-part documentary featuring an 18-year-old girl who suffers from the brachial plexus injury (BPI) known as Erb’s palsy in her left arm. This video gives viewers an idea of what it is like to live with Erb’s palsy and the effects the condition has on victims. Erb’s […]

Doug / 03-09-2012 / Car Accident

We focused primarily on cell phone usage in discussing distracted driving earlier this week. However, this video featuring David Teater, the Senior Director of Transportation Strategic Initiatives for the National Safety Council, is effective because it compares cell phone usage to the other forms of driver distraction. As Mr. Teater discusses in this segment, the […]

Doug / 03-05-2012 / Car Accident

This video is from a segment on NBC’s “Today Show” and features footage of a San Antonio bus driver using his cell phone right before crashing into cars stopped in front of him. While the video is a couple of years old and the clip gained widespread online notoriety, distracted driving remains just as much […]

Doug / 01-07-2011 / WKN News

The Orlando Personal Injury Lawyers at Wooten Kimbrough, P.A. participated in a local food drive to support the mission of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida assists local agencies such as emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and low-income day care centers. Wooten Kimbrough, P.A. […]